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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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