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Thursday 31 December 2015

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Tech News Flash: Thursday -- December 31, 2015

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Headline Scan
Security Execs Sweat Insider Threats
China's Internet Tightrope Walk
Zuckerberg Defends Downsized Internet for Developing World
Gadgets: Streaming Socks, a High-Powered Hoverboard, and a Vigilant Vacuum

Today's Story Highlights

Security Execs Sweat Insider Threats
Insider threats are becoming increasingly worrisome to corporate
security executives. That is one of the findings in a survey of C-level
businesspeople Nuix released last week. "The insider threat seems to be
a bigger concern this year than it was in previous years," said Nuix's
Keith Lowry. "People are recognizing that it is a significant weakness
that has yet to be fully addressed."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82924.html

China's Internet Tightrope Walk
Chinese President Xi Jinping recently told an international delegation
of cybersecurity and technology experts that governments must be allowed
to exercise sovereign rights and decision making over Internet use
within their own countries. Speaking at the second annual World Internet
Conference in Wuzhen, China, the president effectively called for a
revised order in Internet governance.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82923.html

Zuckerberg Defends Downsized Internet for Developing World
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday defended his company's downsized
version of the Internet, called "Free Basics," which is offered in
developing nations around the world. "In every society, there are
certain basic services that are so important for people's wellbeing that
we expect everyone to be able to access them freely," he said, citing
public libraries, hospitals and schools as examples.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82921.html

Gadgets: Streaming Socks, a High-Powered Hoverboard, and a Vigilant Vacuum
Finally, a pair of socks I would not be ever-so-slightly disappointed to
find among my gifts on Christmas morning. Netflix has released some
designs for socks that can stop streaming the show or movie you're
streaming if you should nod off. The socks detect when you've stopped
moving for a long period and hit the pause button. If you're still
awake, you can wiggle your big toe to halt the action.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82917.html

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Monday 28 December 2015

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Tech News Flash: Monday -- December 28, 2015

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Headline Scan
Looking Ahead to 2016
Backspace Flaw Enables Linux Zero-Day Attack
All Security Pros Want for Christmas: Smarter Users, Decoy Networks

Today's Story Highlights

Looking Ahead to 2016
Next week is CES, and I am so looking forward to coming home from that
show. It used to be a lot of fun, but it covers such a massive amount of
space that just getting around takes up much of the time. Given that
most folks do prebriefings if they are smart, and that most of the
really cool stuff is behind closed doors and not on the show floor,
every year I question the intelligence of going.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82899.html

Backspace Flaw Enables Linux Zero-Day Attack
Researchers last week revealed a zero-day flaw that lets attackers take
over a Linux system by pressing the backspace key repeatedly. Pressing
backspace 17 to 20 times will overwrite the highest byte of the return
address of the grub_memset() function, ultimately causing a reboot by
redirecting control flow to the 0x00eb53e8 address, according to the
Cybersecurity Group at the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82915.html

All Security Pros Want for Christmas: Smarter Users, Decoy Networks
People like to see gifts from their wish lists under the Christmas tree,
and security pros are no exception. Here are things some cyberwarriors
would like old St. Nick to deliver to them. "It's probably never going
to happen, but it would be fantastic to get smarter users who are less
susceptible to social engineering," said Proofpoint's Ryan Kalember.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82912.html

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Tuesday 22 December 2015

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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- December 22, 2015

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Headline Scan
10 Things on an Apple Fan's 2016 Wish List
Apple's Cook Goes to the Barricades on Encryption
Juniper Networks Shortens ScreenOS Threat List

Today's Story Highlights

10 Things on an Apple Fan's 2016 Wish List
When your favorite consumer tech company is also the best consumer tech
company in the world, and said tech company is generally a magnet for
hyperbole and blind customer loyalty -- while also producing more
products at higher levels of quality than ever before -- what's left to
really wish for? Plenty, it turns out. I'm not talking about a new Apple
car or even any special new product category.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82907.html

Apple's Cook Goes to the Barricades on Encryption
Apple CEO Tim Cook brought the encryption battle between the high-tech
industry and the nation's law enforcement authorities to prime time TV
Sunday in an interview on the CBS news program 60 Minutes . During the
interview, Charlie Rose asked Cook about the need for law enforcement
agencies to access data that has been encrypted on Apple phones. There's
all kinds of sensitive information on smartphones today, Cook noted.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82906.html

Juniper Networks Shortens ScreenOS Threat List
Juniper Networks on Sunday informed customers that recent security
threats to its ScreenOS were not as widespread as initially believed.
The company last week issued an alert following its discovery in
ScreenOS of unauthorized code that could allow an attacker to gain
administrative control of devices using Netscreen or to decrypt a VPN.
The two issues are unrelated to each other.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82902.html

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Monday 21 December 2015

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Tech News Flash: Monday -- December 21, 2015

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Headline Scan
2015: Looking Back at an Amazing Year
Slack Energizes App Development With $80M Fund
Long-Lasting Smartphones, Burglar-Busting Drones, and Ski-Obsessed Sensors
California's Proposed Rules Could Stop Google Car in Its Tracks

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Today's Story Highlights

2015: Looking Back at an Amazing Year
I'm kind of surprised it took us so long to figure out that an iPod-like
product with a Siri-like voice interface would be a massive hit in the
home. As I write this, the numbers suggest the breakout product this
holiday is the Amazon Echo. It once again showcases that if you create
something that is plug-and-play easy and does at least one thing folks
want to do well, it will be a hit.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82898.html

Slack Energizes App Development With $80M Fund
Slack this week announced its participation in an $80 million investment
campaign to fund startups that build software that integrates with its
own apps. The company also announced the availability of an app
directory and a new development framework. The goal is to position Slack
as a hub for connecting users to other cloud business software. Slack is
partnership with six other investors.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82897.html

Long-Lasting Smartphones, Burglar-Busting Drones, and Ski-Obsessed Sensors
If the dream for many in the modern world is to have a smartphone that
never needs a charge, Oukitel's K10000 is a pretty good runner-up. The
smartphone is named for its 10,000mAh battery. When subjected to
"normal" use, it's good for 10 to 15 days between charges. Given that
many smartphones will need some extra juice after around 10 hours of
typical use, that seems a tall order.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82900.html

California's Proposed Rules Could Stop Google Car in Its Tracks
The California Department of Motor Vehicles on Thursday proposed rules
for autonomous vehicles, and Google isn't happy about one of the
provisions. The new rules for autonomous autos were presented for public
commentary. The DMV has invited the public to weigh in on the proposal
in two workshops, one in Sacramento and the other in Los Angeles, early
next year.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82896.html

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Friday 18 December 2015

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Tech News Flash: Friday -- December 18, 2015

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Headline Scan
Google, Facebook and Twitter Agree to Pull Hate Speech in Germany
MacKeeper Loses Control of User Data
Linux Mint Upgrade Sparkles
Creating Rules of War for Cyberspace
Star Citizen's Second Alpha Hurtles Past $100M Landmark
Musk and Friends Launch OpenAI
Samsung's S7 May Fall Just Shy of Innovation

Today's Story Highlights

Google, Facebook and Twitter Agree to Pull Hate Speech in Germany
Germany on Tuesday announced that Google's YouTube, Facebook and Twitter
have agreed to its demands to remove hate speech appearing on their
networks within 24 hours after a removal request has been made. The
measures include best practice mechanisms that FSM, a nonprofit
association dedicated to the protection of minors, and its members,
including Google, have developed.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82892.html

MacKeeper Loses Control of User Data
Kromtech this week revealed a vulnerability in the data storage system
of its MacKeeper software. Security researcher Chris Vickery, who
alerted the company to the problem with its server, pegged the number of
MacKeeper users affected at about 13 million. Kromtech posted a security
alert about the breach on MacKeeper's website. The company fixed the
error within hours of its discovery, it said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82888.html

Linux Mint Upgrade Sparkles
Linux Mint upgrade to version 17.3 Rosa is one upgrade regular users do
not want to skip. This latest release in downloadable ISO format,
available in the MATE and Cinnamon desktop editions, hit servers earlier
this month. Several days later, the upgrade was available from within
the package management repository for existing Linux Mint users. That
eliminates the need for a clean installation.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82889.html

Creating Rules of War for Cyberspace
The idea of a "Cyber Geneva Convention" has gained steam in the last
five years. Based on the original Geneva Convention, it would ensure
that certain types of attacks and specific targets would remain off-
limits in a cyberwar. The concept of rules dictating what shouldn't be
allowed in war came about after Henry Dunant visited wounded soldiers
during the Second Italian War of Unification.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82886.html

Star Citizen's Second Alpha Hurtles Past $100M Landmark
Racking in more than 200 times its original asking price, the
crowdfunded space simulator Star Citizen recently reached a landmark 100
million in backer dollars. At the same time, developer Cloud Imperium
released version 2.0 of the game's Alpha build. It's billed as the
biggest Star Citizen update yet. The update puts to use the Star Citizen
's multi-crew component.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82881.html

Musk and Friends Launch OpenAI
The aim of OpenAI is to use artificial intelligence to benefit society.
The fledgling project has drawn $1 billion in funding from some of high
tech's most recognizable names to help it achieve that goal. Investors
include SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman, PayPal
cofounder Peter Thiel, Y Combinator founding partner Jessica Livingston
and President Sam Altman and AWS.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82884.html

Samsung's S7 May Fall Just Shy of Innovation
Samsung's forthcoming Galaxy S7 smartphone will have several new
features, including a pressure-sensitive display like the one available
on the iPhone 6s, according to a report published Monday. The S7 also
will have a USB Type-C port, which will make for faster charging; a
camera optimized for low-light photography; and possibly a retina
scanner and an external memory card slot in some versions.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/82877.html

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