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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.
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| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Avalanche, a 7-year-old botnet used for malware and phishing attacks, dismantled in global cyber operation; officials sinkhole 800K domains, seize 50 servers — At one point, Avalanche network was responsible for two-thirds of all phishing attacks. — [Update, 3:00 PM EDT …
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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 … | 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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| 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 … | 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."| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Twitter acquires Yes Inc., hires ex-Google product director and Yes CEO Keith Coleman as VP of product; Yes apps to be shut down over next few weeks — Twitter has acquired the app maker Yes in a move designed to encourage its users to get better acquainted with each other around events.
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Survey of 700+ startup founders: 31% don't intend to IPO, 67% now say VCs have more negotiating power — First Round Capital just published its second-ever State of Startups report, and it's chock full of interesting sentiments from a survey of more than 700 founders …
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Plex adds support for Google Drive, OneDrive, and DropBox to its paid Plex Cloud service while acknowledging problems with Amazon Cloud Drive integration — Plex has added support for Google Drive, OneDrive and DropBox to its Plex Cloud service. The original idea with the service …
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| 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 … | Kristina Cooke / Reuters: |
Facebook developing AI to flag nudity, violence, and other content violating its policies in Facebook Live streams — Facebook Inc (FB.O) is working on automatically flagging offensive material in live video streams, building on a growing effort to use artificial intelligence to monitor content …
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Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, TechSpot, The Tech Portal, Tech Times, Ubergizmo, Engadget, and Consumerist
Tweets: @dseetharaman and @mhbergen
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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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