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Researchers bypass Apple's Activation Lock on iPhone and iPad running the latest version of iOS — Researchers have found a bug that can be used to bypass Apple's Activation Lock feature and gain access to the homescreen of locked iPhones and iPads running the latest version of iOS.| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Sources: Facebook is working on Collections, a feature to showcase lists of curated content from publishers directly in the News Feed — Facebook is working on a new feature that will showcase lists of curated content from publishers directly in the News Feed, according to two people familiar …
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Sources: key executive for Apple health initiatives, Yoky Matsuoka, has left the company after joining in May — Yoky Matsuoka joined Apple in May to help lead health projects — Previously co-founded Google X, ran technology at Nest Labs — Yoky Matsuoka, who joined Apple Inc …
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GeekWire, AppleInsider, Silicon Valley Business …, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Patently Apple
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
AirDroid, a remote management app with 10M+ Play Store downloads, uses a static and easily detectable encryption key leaving users vulnerable to MITM attacks — For six months, the remote management app has opened users to code-execution attacks. — For at least the past six months …
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AirDroid Blog, Zimperium Mobile Security Blog, InfoWorld, The Tech Portal, SecurityWeek, CIO.com, Tom's Guide, Tom's Hardware, Softpedia News, Droid Life, Lifehacker, Android Beat, Digital Trends, Android Central, Liliputing, Android Police, and Android Authority
Tweets: @sergeybratus and @carlosacastillo
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
FCC reaches preliminary conclusion that AT&T is violating net neutrality with DirecTV data cap exemption — Verizon also in trouble with FCC over charging competitors for zero-rating. — The Federal Communications Commission has reached a preliminary conclusion that AT&T …
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| Geoffrey Smith / Fortune: |
Airbnb will limit entire home rentals to 60 days a year in Amsterdam and 90 days in London, unless hosts have a license to rent for longer — Home-sharing firm Airbnb said it will for the first time impose fixed limits on the number of nights a year that hosts can rent out their homes through its site in Amsterdam and London.
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Tweets: @nealkwatra and @kfrenken
| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Steve Kondik leaves Cyanogen Inc., blames co-founder and CEO Kirt McMaster for company's troubles, ponders what's next for CyanogenMod — Steve Kondik has left a statement about the rather troubling news coming out of Cyanogen Inc. this week on the [private] official CyanogenMod developer Google+ community …
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cyngn.com, AndroidGuys, PhoneArena, Android Beat, Gear, Inquirer, and Droid Life. Tweets: @cyanogen
| Kim Zetter / The Intercept: |
Internet Archive and EFF fend off FBI national security letter that demanded records of an Internet Archive user and came with an everlasting gag order — A decade ago, the FBI sent Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, a now-infamous type of subpoena known as a National Security Letter …
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| Hamza Shaban / BuzzFeed: |
Secure messaging app Signal's downloads increase 400% after Trump's win, amid anxiety over the future of US surveillance — “I think there's a lot of fear, given Trump's alarming statements about surveillance and his penchant for revenge, that he will attempt to use surveillance to crush dissent."| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft developing Home Hub software feature for Windows 10 to compete with Google Home and Amazon Echo — Microsoft's connected home ambitions with Home Hub lay far beyond just competing with Amazon and Google. — Rumors regarding a new Windows 10 feature called “Home Hub” …
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ZDNet, PCWorld, Liliputing, MSPoweruser, Neowin, and On MSFT
| Diane Bartz / Reuters: |
Obama prohibits German semiconductor equipment maker Aixtron to sell its US based business to a Chinese investment fund, citing national security risks — President Barack Obama issued an executive order which prohibits China's Fujian Grand Chip Investment Fund from acquiring the U.S. business …
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Seattle Times, and Wall Street Journal
| Amie Tsang / New York Times: |
Chinese selfie app-maker Meitu plans to raise up to $710M at up to $5.2B valuation via an IPO in Hong Kong — HONG KONG — For users of Meitu's signature app, a beautiful touch-up at the press of a button is free. — But Meitu is hoping that investors in the company, which wants to …
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