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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researcher details SigSpoof, a recently patched critical flaw in PGP that allowed hackers to spoof digital email signatures, says the bug dates back to 1998 — SigSpoof flaw fixed inGnuPG, Enigmail, GPGTools, and python-gnupg. — For their entire existence, some of the world's …
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Tweets: @hakin9, @brideoflinux, and @bugcrowd
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon ends its Mayday video calling service for customer support for Fire tablets, nearly five years after its high-profile launch — Amazon is pulling the plug on its Mayday video calling feature for on-screen customer support on its Fire tablets, ending a service that was personally unveiled … | Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
Some mass email marketing firms complain they cannot get most of the people in mailing lists to check their emails and may lose ~80% of them due to EU's GDPR — - The GDPR requires companies to send emails to people on their mailing list who have never bought anything, asking permission to keep emailing them.| Katherine Maher / WIRED UK: |
As Facebook and Google start using Wikipedia to combat fake news and conspiracy theories, Wikimedia Foundation says companies should do more to support the site — If big tech companies are going to use Wikipedia as a resource, they should better support its important work, says the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation
Tweets: @brianmcc
| Muyao Shen / CoinDesk: |
Block.one finally launches EOS blockchain but many in the crypto community remain skeptical about project's centralization and its prospects — After a messy weeks-long process, CoinDesk broke the news yesterday that the EOS blockchain is officially live. — To some, it's already an event for the cryptocurrency history books.
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Tweets: @eosnewyork, @ummjackson, @excellion, @brandonlovejoy, @matt_odell, and @lopp
| Andrew Galbraith / Reuters: |
Foxconn says it is establishing its North American headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after announcing plans to build a $10B LCD plant in the state last year — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn said it would establish its North American corporate headquarters in Milwaukee …
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The Verge, Associated Press, UWM REPORT, BizTimes Media Milwaukee, SlashGear, Engadget, Gizmodo, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Patently Apple, Reason, and Journal Times. Tweets: @govwalker
| Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer.com: |
Docker pulls 17 malicious images, which installed reverse shells and Monero miners on servers this past year, from Docker Hub; some systems may still be at risk — The Docker team has pulled 17 Docker container images that have been backdoored and used to install reverse shells …
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Tweets: @oliverrochford, @darkarnium, @arstechnica, @rozzie, and @kingladar
| Zoë Bernard / Business Insider: |
In the past few months CryptoKitties saw sharp drop in daily active users, number of transactions, and average price of kitties according to analytics sites — - In March, investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures gave a total of $12 million to CryptoKitties, a blockchain game for digital collectibles.
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| Mark Harris / Wired: |
Seattle's dockless bike trial shows 74% of city is in favor of bikeshare even as some complain about clogged streets and working conditions at bike providers — SEAN HEALY WAS driving for Uber in Seattle when a passenger offered him an intriguing job. It wasn't the first time a rider …
Tweets: @sandraupson
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Interview with Sonos CEO Patrick Spence: Google Assistant is coming, Dolby Atmos in current speakers is doubtful, “Works with Sonos” program to expand, more — Sonos CEO Patrick Spence sat down with The Verge's editor-in-chief Nilay Patel for an hour-long interview on this week's Vergecast.| Dylan Byers / CNNMoney: |
Oprah Winfrey signs multiyear non-exclusive deal for new original programs with Apple; Winfrey is expected to have an on-screen role as host and interviewer — Oprah shares her secrets to success with graduates — Apple has signed Oprah Winfrey to a multiyear deal for new original programs.
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Tweets: @pkafka, @mgsiegler, @recode, @thr, @thr, @lucas_shaw, @caro_milanesi, and @tim
| Steve LeVine / Axios: |
JD.com's new Shanghai fulfillment center ships 200,000 orders per day and employs four people to service the robots — JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce gargantuan, has built a big new Shanghai fulfillment center that can organize, pack and ship 200,000 orders a day. It employs four people — all of whom service the robots.
Tweets: @khanoisseur
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