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Researchers warn about critical flaws in PGP and S/MIME that can reveal the plaintext of encrypted emails, recommend uninstalling those tools from email clients — The flaws, can expose e-mails sent in the past and “pose an immediate threat.” — The Internet's two most widely used methods …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Facebook suspends ~200 suspicious apps as part of investigation and audit of apps, out of “thousands” reviewed so far — Did you just notice a Facebook app has gone AWOL? After reviewing “thousands” of apps on its platform following a major data misuse scandal that blew up in March …
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Trump tweets that Commerce Department has been instructed to help China's ZTE, which had to stop operations after US companies were banned from selling to it — In a tweet, Trump urges the Commerce Department to give ZTE “a way to get back into business, fast.”
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| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
HP unveils Envy all-in-one PCs with built-in Alexa support, updates Envy and Elite device lineup with new designs, faster processors, and better displays — Better graphics, 700-nit brightness screens, and more define HP's newest PCs. — HP announced a slew of updates to its premium lines …
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There has been a bubble in adtech, a bloated industry that undermines brands' value and remains at odds with consumer privacy and security, and GDPR will pop it — In The Big Short, investor Michael Burry says “One hallmark of mania is the rapid rise in the incidence and complexity of fraud.”| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Favstar to shutdown on June 19 with creator Tim Haines blaming upcoming Twitter API changes that will discontinue user streams — As Twitter develops an ever-closer hold on how it manages services around its real-time news and social networking service, a pioneer in Twitter analytics is calling it quits.| Hugh Langley / Wareable: |
Qualcomm exec says the company is building a chipset “designed from the ground up for a no-compromises smartwatch experience” to be announced this fall — A much-needed shot in the wrist — Wear OS is in an awkward spot. Having recently rebranded the smartwatch OS formerly known …
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| David Vorick / Sia Blog: |
Cofounder of ASIC-maker Obelisk on the state of PoW mining: challenges of ASIC-resistant hard forks, many new coins are optimized for secret ASIC designs, more — For those new to the blog, I am the lead developer of Sia, a blockchain based cloud storage platform.| Sumeet Chatterjee / Reuters: |
HSBC claims it has completed the world's first trade-finance interbank transaction using blockchain technology with Dutch bank ING — HONG KONG (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) said on Monday it had performed the world's first trade finance transaction using blockchain technology …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Southeast Asia-based Craigslist-like mobile listings startup Carousell raises $85M Series C co-led by Rakuten Ventures and Singapore's EDBI — Carousell, the Singapore-based mobile listing service that operates across Southeast Asia, has pulled in an $85 million Series C fund as it seeks … | Michael Brown / PCWorld: |
Wi-Fi Alliance introduces Wi-Fi EasyMesh certification that aims to ensure interoperability between wireless mesh routers from different manufacturers — The Wi-Fi Certified EasyMesh program that the Wi-Fi Alliance announced today promises to do for mesh networks what the Alliance has long done …
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Didi Chuxing receives permit to test self-driving cars in California, becoming the 53rd company to receive such a permit from the state's DMV — Chinese ride-hailing group Didi Chuxing has been given the go-ahead to start testing self-driving cars in California, as it looks to catch … Sponsor Posts
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