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Flaw in Intel chipsets' remote management allows hijacking using any authentication string; HP, Lenovo, others issue advisories; Intel expects patches next week — Patch for severe authentication bypass bug won't be available until next week. — A remote hijacking flaw that lurked …
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Server for HandBrake, a popular Mac video transcoder, hacked; users who downloaded app between May 2-6 have 50% chance of infection with a remote access trojan — The developers of open source video transcoder app Handbrake have issued a security warning to Mac users after a mirror download server hosting the software was hacked.| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Singapore-based e-commerce and online games startup, Garena, raises $550M, rebrands as Sea — Hillhouse, Cathay Financial, Farallon joined latest round — Startup adopts new name Sea Ltd. to signal regional ambitions — Garena has rebranded as Sea Ltd. after Southeast Asia's …
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| John Voorhees / MacStories: |
Apple now says that its drop in affiliate commissions from 7% to 2.5% applies only to iOS in-app purchases, not paid iOS apps or other content types — On April 24th, Apple sent an email to participants in the iTunes Affiliate Program that said: … The drastic cut in the rate on apps …
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Ahead of June 8 UK general election, Facebook publishes ads in UK papers, including The Times, The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, to raise awareness about fake news — Facebook has broadened its campaign to raise awareness about fake news, by publishing adverts in the UK press.| Matthew Prince / Cloudflare Blog: |
Following ProPublica report, Cloudflare will update its abuse reporting system by end of week to allow individuals to report threats and child abuse anonymously — Last Thursday, ProPublica published an article critiquing our handling of some abuse reports that we receive.
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| Lucian Constantin / PCWorld: |
Report: cyberspies stitch together free tools to build a malware framework, dubbed Netrepser, infecting 500+ computers at government agencies worldwide — The Netrepser cyberespionage group managed to infect hundreds of computers belonging to government agencies and organizations| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Ohioan recounts dinner with Zuckerberg, the presence of eight former secret service agents, and how Zuck said he has spoken to Trump multiple times on the phone — About two weeks ago, Daniel Moore received a cryptic phone call. — The 57-year-old resident of Newton Falls …
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| Jane Croft / Financial Times: |
How technology from startups like Ravn, Luminance, and Lex Machina are automating the tasks currently done by junior lawyers and paralegals — ‘Lawtech’ sifts and summarises data with speed and precision to replace routine tasks — Read next … After more than five years at a leading City law firm …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Strategy Analytics: Apple shipped 3.5M Watches In Q1'17, capturing 15.9% market share in wearables, and Xiaomi shipped 3.4M wearables; Fitbit says it shipped 3M — Apple became the world's largest wearables vendor in the first quarter of 2017 with an estimated 3.5 million Apple Watch shipments … | Avi Asher-Schapiro / The Intercept: |
As Uber investigates harassment claims by its employees, some female drivers say that Uber's processes dealing with sexual harassment by riders are inadequate — In 2012, shortly after Uber started operating in Los Angeles, Rachel Galindo bought a new car and signed up as a driver.
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