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First known ransomware for Mac users arrives via infected Transmission BitTorrent client; Apple revokes developer certificate that enabled infected installs — Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) customers were targeted by hackers over the weekend … | Sydney Morning Herald: |
Ray Tomlinson, inventor of email, dies at 74 from suspected heart attack — Email pioneer Ray Tomlinson dead at 74 — Email pioneer Ray Tomlinson. — Raymond Tomlinson, the godfather of email, died Saturday morning of a suspected heart attack. He was 74.| Brian Armstrong: |
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As Bitcoin approaches its 1MB block size limit, transaction processing takes 10+ hours for some, while transaction fees rise several times — Bitcoin's Capacity Issues No ‘Nightmare’, But Higher Fees May Be New Reality — While bitcoin may not be facing a “nightmare” scenario as indicated by the media … | Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Uber, responding to customer service leak, says it received five rape claims and fewer than 170 sexual assault claims from December 2012 to August 2015 — Internal Data Offers Glimpse At Uber Sex Assault Complaints — BuzzFeed News obtains internal data on rapes and sexual assaults lodged … | Adam Pasick / Quartz: |
Spotify's new Fresh Finds playlists leverage hundreds of music blogs and review sites it crawls and its own early adopter users — Spotify is using 50,000 anonymous hipsters to find your next favorite song — Spotify's personalized Discover Weekly playlist has won millions of fans … | Reuters: |
Sources: Commerce Department to place export restrictions on ZTE due to Iran sanctions violations, making it difficult for the firm to buy products from US — U.S. Commerce Department to place restrictions on China's ZTE — The U.S. Commerce Department is set to place export restrictions … | Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Amazon reverses course, says it is bringing back support for device encryption to tablets running Fire OS via a software update due this spring — Amazon reverses course on encryption for its Fire tablets — It's been only one day since — in the midst of a debate over encrypted devices … | Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Inside the Cunning, Unprecedented Hack of Ukraine's Power Grid — It was 3:30 p.m. last December 23, and residents of the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Western Ukraine were preparing to end their workday and head home through the cold winter streets. Inside the Prykarpattyaoblenergo control center … | Bloomberg Business: |
China is building software to collate data on citizens' jobs, hobbies, consumption habits, and more to predict terrorist acts — China Tries Its Hand at Pre-Crime — Beijing wants to identify subversives before they strike. — Shai Oster — China's effort to flush out threats …
Connect Zoho Projects with more than 500 apps using Zapier — Business information today is buried within multiple applications like sales, finance, and marketing. But good business decisions demand unified views of this data. Zoho offers a suite of tightly integrated cloud applications … | Selina Wang / Bloomberg Business: |
Experts: FBI could crack terrorist's iPhone without Apple's help, but wants to set a legal precedent that would give them access to phone data with a warrant — Who Needs Apple When the FBI Could Hack Terrorist iPhone Itself — Experts say Feds could access data without going to court| Olivia Solon / Guardian: |
DARPA's upcoming $2M Cyber Grand Challenge wants teams to build AI-based hacking software that can exploit rival teams' vulnerabilities while fixing their own — These engineers are developing artificially intelligent hackers — In a sign of the autonomous security of the future … | Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Samsung says it has no plans to buy Tidal — Samsung Says It Won't Buy Tidal (EXCLUSIVE) — Samsung has no plans to acquire Jay Z's Tidal music service, the company told Variety Friday. — “The rumor of Samsung acquiring Tidal is not true,” said Samsung spokesperson, breaking the company's silence on the matter.
How Microsoft is empowering students worldwide to achieve more — We're thrilled to see more and more students and teachers around the world using our technology in and out of the classroom.
How smart companies nail the job interview process — They prep candidates ahead of time, offer attire advice, provide useful reminders the morning of the interview, follow up diligently afterwards, and much more.
Connect Zoho Projects with more than 500 apps using Zapier — Business information today is buried within multiple applications like sales, finance, and marketing. But good business decisions demand unified views of this data.
Dissect payment habits by country — This HTML5 interactive gives you the ultimate profile of digital consumers around the globe.
Accept Android Pay in-app and in-store — Adyen enables easy and flexible integrations for Android Pay, a payment method with a massive customer base.| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
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