Obama to create the largest protected place on the planet, off Hawaii and other top stories.

• Obama to create the largest protected place on the planet, off Hawaii

  

  President Obama will create the largest protected area on the planet Friday, by expanding a national marine monument off the coast of his native Hawaii to encompass 582,578 square miles of land and sea. The move, which more than quadruples the size of the Papahānaumokuākea (pronounced “Papa-ha-now-mow-koo-ah-kay-ah”) Marine National Monument that President George W. Bush established a decade ago, underscores the extent to which Obama has elevated the issues of conservation and climate change in..

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• Here's what we know about the secretive company building terrifying tools to hack your iPhone

  

  Flickr/Kārlis DambrānsAn Israeli company named NSO Group is reportedly behind the hacking tool for iPhones that forced Apple to issue a critical software update on Thursday. The tool was apparently discovered in a hacking attempt on a human rights activist in the United Arab Emirates, but details on the ultra-secretive company are hard to come by. That's because NSO Group sells sophisticated hacking tools to governments, militaries, and intelligence agencies — and it tries to keep such a low p..

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• Uber reportedly lost $1.27 billion in just six months

  

  Uber lost $1.27 billion in the first half of 2016, according to Bloomberg, which on the surface seems like a lot of money. Okay, not just on the surface. It is a lot of money. But this is Uber we’re talking about! The most valuable startup in the world, most recently valued at $62.5 billion. So $1.27 billion in losses probably isn’t a big deal, right? Well, yes and no. The context is certainly important. Bloomberg notes that the majority of Uber’s losses stem from the massive amounts of subsidi..

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• This is why you should (or shouldn't) buy an Xbox now instead of waiting for next year's souped-up model

  

  The Xbox One S (above) with the original Xbox One (below)Matt Weinberger/Business InsiderEarlier in August, Microsoft launched the Xbox One S: A leaner, meaner update to 2013's original Xbox One console that packs a little extra juice into a 40% smaller shell. It's a huge step over the original Xbox One in just about every way. Normally, I'd say you should buy it without reservation. But back at this year's E3 video game conference, Microsoft made the extremely atypical move of pre-announcing a..

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• Facebook Plan For WhatsApp Data Poses Legal Risks

  

  When WhatsApp announced on Thursday that it would start sharing data with its corporate parent, Facebook, some of its fans howled that the popular messaging service was betraying long-held promises to protect their privacy. But for the companies, angry users may pose less of a problem than the Federal Trade Commission, which serves as the country’s top privacy regulator. Recall that in 2014, after Facebook GOOG announced it would acquire WhatsApp, the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection ..

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