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Hackers infiltrated Tesla Kubernetes consoles that were not password protected, took AWS credentials, began crypto-mining; issue now fixed — The Cryptojacking Epidemic — A few months ago, the RedLock Cloud Security Intelligence (CSI) team found hundreds of Kubernetes administration consoles accessible …
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Google Pay begins its global rollout, replacing Android Pay, with the home screen showing a personalized list of relevant stores accepting Google Pay — As we reported last month, Google is uniting all of its different payment tools under the Google Pay brand.| New York Times: |
One hour after news broke about the Florida school shooting, hundreds of suspected Russian-linked Twitter bots released divisive posts on the gun control debate — SAN FRANCISCO — One hour after news broke about the school shooting in Florida last week, Twitter accounts suspected of having links …
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| Nicholas Thompson / Wired: |
Sources: Facebook VP of ads Rob Goldman apologized internally for his tweetstorm about Russian interference, saying “I conveyed my view poorly” — ON FRIDAY MORNING, just before 10am on the West Coast, the office of special counsel Robert Mueller published his indictment …
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| Daniel Palmer / CoinDesk: |
Report: Venezuela debuts its Petro crypto token in pre-sale, with 82.4M available initially, amid fiat currency's hyperinflation woes and US lawmaker concerns — The Venezuelan government has officially launched the pre-sale of its controversial “petro” token, according to a report.
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| Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com: |
Microsoft outlines limitations of Windows 10 on ARM compared to on x86: no initial support for 64-bit apps, Hyper-V, or certain app classes, and no x86 drivers — For over a year we've been treated to the fantasy that Windows 10 on ARM was the same as Windows 10 on x86. But it's a bit more nuanced than that.| Leigh Cuen / International Business Times: |
Coinbase says it will roll out support for a Bitcoin network update called SegWit to all customers by next week; Bitfinex announced support for SegWit today — Coinbase, one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchange platforms, just announced it is rolling out a bitcoin network update called SegWit.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft adds game sales for over 5,000 titles to Mixer, its Twitch competitor, and will pay streamers 5% for every purchase from their channel — Twitch has long since allowed its streamers to generate revenue from their channels through things like subscriptions, virtual tipping and game sales.
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| Kyle Wiggers / xda-developers: |
Android P will prevent idle background apps from accessing the camera, according to code changes in the Android Open Source Project — Android P, the next major version of Android, could be weeks away from an official unveiling, and although its core user-facing features are still unknown to us …
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Android Police, Engadget, Android Authority, Softpedia News, 9to5Google, SlashGear, and Android Central
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat now lets users add GIF stickers to their posts via Giphy and rolls out tabs on Friends and Discover sections to help organize and follow Stories — Snapchat is bringing one of the best recent features of Instagram Stories to its own app, with the ability to add GIF stickers from Giphy to your posts.
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| The Information: |
Sources: Amazon tried to buy smart lock maker August Home for $100M, who later sold to Assa Abloy for $150M; Amazon focused on Amazon Key after being rebuffed — In mid-2016, Amazon.com made a $100 million offer to buy August Home, which makes locks that can be opened with an app … | Sarah Nassauer / Wall Street Journal: |
Walmart reports sharp slowdown in e-commerce sales in the holiday season, following three quarters of booming growth; stock closes down 10%+ — Holidays sales are strong, but growth shrinks online as stocking snags hit website — Walmart Inc. WMT -10.18% reported profit-margin pressure …
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