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• The CIO blogger: Tips and advice

  Ever thought about starting a blog? It's a great way to get your voice heard, become part of an online community, or simply keep an online account of your life.

• Yahoo to slash jobs and close Web properties in major turnaround plan

  Yahoo will cut 15 percent of its workforce and close some online services in a major turnaround plan announced Tuesday.

• AT&T, WhatsApp get low marks from EFF for data disclosure policies

  The Electronic Frontier Foundation released the latest version of its annual "Who Has Your Back" report on tech companies' data disclosure policies Wednesday afternoon, giving perfect five-star ratings to companies including Apple, Adobe, Dropbox and Yahoo.

• How green is Amazon's cloud?

  Amazon Web Services has been under fire in recent weeks from a group of activist customers who are calling for the company to be more transparent in its usage of renewable energy.

• Facebook builds platform for companies to share cybersecurity threat data

  Facebook has built a platform where organizations can share information about the security threats they face in order to better fend off cyberattacks.

• Dangerous IE vulnerability opens door to powerful phishing attacks

  An Internet Explorer vulnerability lets attackers bypass the Same-Origin Policy, a fundamental browser security mechanism, to launch highly credible phishing attacks or hijack users' accounts on any website.

• NSA privacy director defends agency's surveillance

  The U.S. National Security Agency's surveillance programs are legal and under close scrutiny by other parts of the government, the agency's internal privacy watchdog said Monday in an online Q&A.

• Yahoo CEO Talks Mobile, Advertising and Tumblr

  In a keynote before leading advertising and marketers professionals, Marissa Mayer details Yahoo's growth on mobile and its new advertising options -- and talks up Tumblr.

• NSA protest results in tens of thousands of phone calls, emails

  Organizers of The Day We Fight Back, a protest Tuesday against U.S. National Security Agency surveillance programs, called the effort a "tremendous success," with nearly 100,000 phone calls made to U.S. lawmakers and 185,000 people signing up to send email blasts to their congressional representatives.

• More than 4,000 groups sign up to protest NSA

  More than 4,000 groups and websites have signed on to support a day of protest against U.S. National Security Agency surveillance programs, scheduled for Tuesday.

• Tumblr offers SSL option, but not default

  Tumblr now allows users to encrypt their connections with the microblogging service, but the feature is only offered as an option for now.

• Memo to Pinterest: Go ahead with those ads, but be careful

  Pinterest already makes nice with outside businesses to better connect them with its site, but the social network is now thinking about consummating that relationship with promotional content.

• Srsly? Bitcoin, selfie added to Oxford dictionary

  What do bitcoin, emoji and selfies have in common? They're all now official words, at least according to the Oxford dictionary.

• Yahoo aims for consistency with site redesign

  Yahoo has redesigned its Sports, Movies, Music, TV, omg, Games and Weather sites with a more consistent look and some personalized tools, the company said Tuesday.

• Tumblr issue causes incorrect posts to appear on users' blogs

  Tumblr is working to resolve an issue causing seemingly random content to be posted to people's blogs that they didn't put there themselves, with pornography showing up in some instances.