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Jeremy Kirk / PC World:

Researcher says PayPal's two-factor authentication is easily beaten — A security feature offered by PayPal to help prevent accounts from being taken over by hackers can be easily circumvented, an Australian security researcher has found. — PayPal users can elect to receive …

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Doug Cameron / Wall Street Journal:

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Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

Apple changing Gatekeeper app signing rules in OS X 10.9.5 & Yosemite, could break some apps — An upcoming change introduced in the latest Mavericks and Yosemite developers previews will require some developers to re-sign their applications and submit updates to the Mac App Store in order to get around Gatekeeper's watchful eye.

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Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

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Larry Hardesty / MIT News Office:

MIT researchers develop algorithm that extracts audio from silent video footage — Extracting audio from visual information — Algorithm recovers speech from the vibrations of a potato-chip bag filmed through soundproof glass. — Press Inquiries — Researchers at MIT, Microsoft …

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Nick Summers / The Next Web:

Google quietly introduces a 64-bit version of its Chrome Canary browser for Mac OS X — After releasing a beta version of its 64-bit Chrome browser for Windows 7 and Windows 8, Google is turning its attention to Mac OS X. As iClarified reports, the company has quietly switched …

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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Gmail Now Works With Addresses With Non-Latin Characters — Google has taken a step towards globalizing its Gmail service today, with new support for non-Latin characters and accented characters. Google is adopting an email standard introduced by the Internet Engineering Task Force in 2012 …

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Rich Trenholm / CNET:

LG G3 Stylus leaks in official video, takes on Galaxy Note with big screen and pen — An official video reveals the as-yet-unannounced phablet-sized spin-off from LG's flagship smartphone. — The LG G3 Stylus, on the right, alongside its stablemates the G3 and G3 Beat.

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Andy Greenberg / Wired:

Researcher develops proof-of-concept attack that spoofs wireless key fobs to unlock car doors — Watch This Wireless Hack Pop a Car's Locks in Minutes — Shims and coat hangers are the clumsy tools of last century's car burglars. Modern-day thieves, if they're as clever as Silvio Cesare …

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Chris Welch / The Verge:

Verizon response to FCC's throttling concerns: everyone's doing it — Verizon Wireless has officially responded to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and his data throttling concerns. The Verge has obtained a copy of the carrier's response, which was written by Kathleen Grillo, the company's SVP of Federal Regulatory Affairs.

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