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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- August 16, 2016

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Levitating Smart Things, Making WiFi-Perfect Wine, and Staying Safe While Solo
Microsoft to Add Beam's Live-Streaming Skills to Xbox
The Big Tech Election Stories No One Else Is Covering
Google May Paint IoT Fuchsia
Hackability of Volkswagen's Keyless Entry System Exposed
Russia Plays the Cybervictim Card
TCP Flaw Opens Linux Systems to Hijackers

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Levitating Smart Things, Making WiFi-Perfect Wine, and Staying Safe While Solo
Lift is an antigravity charger for Apple Watch and Pebble. The charger
is wireless, so there's almost no clutter involved -- except, I suppose,
when you have to charge the charger. The watch wraps around a portable
battery pack, which the base keeps elevated using magnets. There's a Pro
version of the base, which you can use as an iPhone or iPad stand and
charger.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83808.html

Microsoft to Add Beam's Live-Streaming Skills to Xbox
Microsoft last week announced a deal to acquire live-streaming startup
Beam. It plans to use Beam's interactive technology to enhance the Xbox
Live experience. Beam, which was the winner of Techcrunch Disrupt
earlier this year, has attracted a number of top investors, including
Techstars, Courtside Ventures and Ore Ventures. The deal is designed to
help make Xbox Live more social and fun.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83807.html

The Big Tech Election Stories No One Else Is Covering
Most analysts earn their daily bread by focusing on a particular subject
area and following that direction. However, I rebelled against that
established pattern. I tend to look between the lines more than many of
my peers do. That means when major news media outlets focus on a story,
I'm more likely to see what they missed. What interests me isn't what's
been covered but what hasn't been covered.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83799.html

Google May Paint IoT Fuchsia
A team at Google is working on a new operating system called "Fuchsia,"
but details are sparse. Fuchsia "is a new open source project that is
not at all related to Android or Chrome OS," said Google spokesperson
Joshua Cruz. He declined to provide further details about Fuchsia,
saying only that "we have many revolving open source projects at
Google."
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83805.html

Hackability of Volkswagen's Keyless Entry System Exposed
Hackers using cheap wireless devices pose a threat to millions of cars
equipped with Volkswagen's keyless entry system, according to a study
from the University of Birmingham. Scheduled for presentation Friday at
the USENIX security conference in Austin, Texas, the study shows that
thieves can use a simple wireless device to unlock the doors of millions
of cars remotely.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83800.html

Russia Plays the Cybervictim Card
Russia's FSB recently reported that it found a cyberspying virus in the
computer networks of more than 20 state authorities and defense
contractors. The claim that malware has infected various government and
defense companies came in the midst of a flurry of accusations that
Russia has engaged in cyberattacks against U.S. targets in an effort to
impact the presidential election.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83797.html

TCP Flaw Opens Linux Systems to Hijackers
A flaw in the RFC 5961 specification the Internet Engineering Task Force
developed to protect TCP against blind in-window attacks could threaten
Android smartphones, as well as every Linux computer on the planet. The
flaw is described in a paper a team of researchers presented at the 25th
Usenix Security Symposium, ongoing in Austin, Texas, through Friday.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83798.html

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