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US CERT advisory: severe flaw in popular WiFi security protocol WPA2 leaves WiFi traffic open to eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and malicious injection — An air of unease set into the security circles on Sunday as they prepared for the disclosure of high-severe vulnerabilities …
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| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
IBM rolls out blockchain network for cross-border payments, currently supporting 12 “currency corridors” including Australia, New Zealand, UK, Pacific islands — The promise of digital currency is finally coming to maturity, IBM says, with its unique international payments network.| New York Times: |
How North Korea's cyber warfare unit grew from a joke in 2009 into a major and active threat today, backed by 6,000+ hackers — When North Korean hackers tried to steal $1 billion from the New York Federal Reserve last year, only a spelling error stopped them.
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How Google's meandering, secretive, non-committal robotics efforts since 2013 slowed progress in the field — Its scattered, ambiguous, frequently abandoned objectives for its string of big acquisitions have hurt the whole field. — In 1982, Blade Runner introduced the world to replicants … | Matt Rosoff / CNBC: |
Despite the backlash from politicians and the press, most Americans view big tech favorably — - Despite a growing chorus of anti-tech sentiment from the press and Washington, people still view tech companies favorably. — That's because most people are choosing to use these products because they make their lives better.| Rani Molla / Recode: |
Survey of 6,100 US teens: 47% say Snapchat is their preferred social network, up from 39% this spring, 24% say Instagram, 9% Facebook, 7% Twitter — Snaps > tweets. — Snapchat is more popular among U.S. teens than ever, according to new research from investment firm Piper Jaffray.| Regina R. Clewlow / Planetizen: |
Survey: ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft have most likely reduced mass transit use and added to traffic in major US cities — Useable data of the effects of ride-hailing service on travel behavior is sorely lacking, but a new study sheds light on critical questions about what companies …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
The difficulty of the three steps required to hack power grids explains why actual disruptions are so rare — IN 2017, IT can sometimes seem like power grids are practically crawling with digital intruders. Over just the last four months, news has emerged that Russian hackers penetrated …
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Surreptitious cryptocurrency miners hide on PolitiFact and hundreds of other sites — Politifact is the latest and perhaps most high-profile website to have hosted code that secretly hijacks visitors' CPUs to mine cryptocurrency. Driven by a boom in cryptocoin value and a lack of protections …
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| Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch: |
Coinbase has launched instant cryptocurrency purchases of up to $25K from US bank accounts, dropping the typical wait period of 3-5 days — Coinbase just announced that users can instantly purchase cryptocurrency and have it be funded from a U.S. bank account.| Ewen MacAskill / The Guardian: |
Sources: British intelligence has concluded that Iran was likely responsible for June attack on parliament e-mail systems — Evidence points to Iran, says unpublished report, after initial suspicion of Russia and North Korea dismissed — Iran is being blamed for a cyber-attack in June … | Boyd Chan / Neowin: |
After outcry over excessive data collection, OnePlus says it will add an opt-out of usage analytics to the OxygenOS setup process — OnePlus once again found itself in hot water earlier this week after an eagle-eyed developer, Chris Moore, discovered that his OnePlus smartphone was uploading a raft of information back to the company.
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| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
The dream of USB-C being one port and cable to replace all others is mired in confusion because of Alternate Modes and inconsistent backwards compatibility — I love the idea of USB-C: one port and one cable that can replace all other ports and cables. It sounds so simple, straightforward, and unified.
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