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May 14, 2018, 12:20 PM
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Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Researchers warn about critical flaws in PGP and S/MIME that can reveal the plaintext of encrypted emails, recommend uninstalling those tools from email clients  —  The flaws, can expose e-mails sent in the past and “pose an immediate threat.”  —  The Internet's two most widely used methods …
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Facebook suspends ~200 suspicious apps as part of investigation and audit of apps, out of “thousands” reviewed so far  —  Did you just notice a Facebook app has gone AWOL?  After reviewing “thousands” of apps on its platform following a major data misuse scandal that blew up in March …
Kate Conger / Gizmodo:
Sources: about a dozen Google employees resign in protest over the firm's continued involvement in providing image classification AI to Pentagon's Project Maven  —  It's been nearly three months since many Google employees—and the public—learned about the company's decision …
Hugh Langley / Wareable:
Qualcomm exec says the company is building a chipset “designed from the ground up for a no-compromises smartwatch experience” to be announced this fall  —  A much-needed shot in the wrist  —  Wear OS is in an awkward spot.  Having recently rebranded the smartwatch OS formerly known …
David Vorick / Sia Blog:
Cofounder of ASIC-maker Obelisk on the state of PoW mining: challenges of ASIC-resistant hard forks, many new coins are optimized for secret ASIC designs, more  —  For those new to the blog, I am the lead developer of Sia, a blockchain based cloud storage platform.
Sumeet Chatterjee / Reuters:
HSBC claims it has completed the world's first trade-finance interbank transaction using blockchain technology with Dutch bank ING  —  HONG KONG (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) said on Monday it had performed the world's first trade finance transaction using blockchain technology …
Michael del Castillo / Forbes:
Winklevoss' Gemini exchange to add support for Zcash on May 19, along with Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash at a later date, after receiving approval from NY regulator  —  Forbes Staff I cover enterprise adoption of blockchain and cryptocurrency. … The Gemini bitcoin exchange founded by Tyler …

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From Mediagazer

CNN:
A federal judge briefly extends access for CNN, MS Now, and Politico to the White House while he considers a longer-term ruling on President Trump's press ban

Eric Fisher / Front Office Sports:
In the last six months, London-based DAZN, backed primarily by Len Blavatnik, has acquired local streaming rights to 19 teams across MLB, the NBA, NHL, and WNBA

Bloomberg:
Filings: David Ellison and his family invested about $17B in the WBD acquisition, on top of the $8B they invested alongside RedBird to buy Paramount

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Roger Cheng / CNET:
Trump tweets that Commerce Department has been instructed to help China's ZTE, which had to stop operations after US companies were banned from selling to it
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