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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000
In 2016, the iPhone encryption debate ended in a draw. Don’t count on 2020’s scuffle over the Pensacola shooter’s devices to play out the same way.
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Credit to Author: Cecilia D’Anastasio| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 20:07:18 +0000
As the platform gains more mainstream popularity, illicit livestreams of soccer, boxing, and MMA matches have become trivial to find.
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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 13:20:00 -0800
No, Windows 7 isn’t dead.
No, you don’t need to buy a Win10 computer.
No, you don’t need to upgrade.
No, you don’t need to install the latest Win7 patches right away.
No, Microsoft isn’t withdrawing its unofficial nod-and-a-wink free upgrade from Win7 to Win10. At least, not right away.
No, the old Win7 patches aren’t disappearing.
No, your Internet Service Provider won’t kick you off your network for using Win7.
Credit to Author: Tom Simonite| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000
California’s new privacy law has spurred a torrent of online notices. But the law is also forcing changes offline, in traditional stores.
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Credit to Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 22:45:55 +0000
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 22:30:55 +0000
In a shift toward transparency, the National Security Agency announced a bug that could have left over 900 million PCs vulnerable to attack.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 20:38:27 +0000
The Kremlin likely hacked the oil giant. Its next play: selectively release—and even forge—documents. Did the US learn enough from 2016 to ignore them?
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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 07:26:00 -0800
Get ready for your local news station’s weather reporter to start lecturing on the importance of installing Windows patches.
Yesterday we were treated to a remarkable Patch Tuesday. “Remarkable” specifically in the sense that the U.S. National Security Agency was moved to put out a press release (PDF):
NSA recommends installing all January 2020 Patch Tuesday patches as soon as possible to effectively mitigate the vulnerability on all Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016/2019 systems.