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Tech News Flash: Thursday -- March 2, 2017

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Headline Scan
Twitter Adds Heft to Anti-Harassment Toolbox
USB-C Port, Curved Display Top Latest iPhone Rumor List
Zorin Desktop Is a Crowd Pleaser
Cloudflare Nips Cloudbleed Bug in the Bud
Nokia 3310 Pushes Nostalgia Buttons
Zero W Joins Raspberry Pi Family on 5th Birthday
Google's Jigsaw Launches Troll-Thwarting API
Mobile World Congress: Gigabit Wireless and the Anti-iPhone Set
Steamed Over Steam
DebianDog Is a Useful Pocket Pup

Today's Story Highlights

Twitter Adds Heft to Anti-Harassment Toolbox
Twitter on Wednesday announced that over the next few months it will
roll out changes designed to increase the safety of users, including the
following: Its algorithms will help identify accounts as they engage in
abusive behavior, so the burden no longer will be on victims to report
it; and users will be able to restrict their tweets to followers for a
set amount of time.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84345.html

USB-C Port, Curved Display Top Latest iPhone Rumor List
Apple poked a hornet's nest when it removed the standard headphone jack
from the iPhone 7. It may do it again by replacing the Lightning port
with USB-C in the next iPhone. The Lightning port, introduced in 2012,
is used to charge and connect accessories to the iPhone, but Apple
reportedly plans to swap it for USB-C, which the company has been
introducing into its computer lines.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84340.html

Zorin Desktop Is a Crowd Pleaser
Zorin OS developers on Tuesday released Version 12.1, offering Linux
users a patchwork of software and hardware updates with some performance
enhancements and bug fixes. Zorin 12.1 follows the introduction three
months ago of the project's 12 series. It is a minor update, but the
amount of tweaking applied makes it worth upgrading to the .1 release.
For instance, it has an updated hardware stack.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84341.html

Cloudflare Nips Cloudbleed Bug in the Bud
Cloudflare has fixed the Cloudbleed software bug responsible for a
buffer overrun problem that caused its edge servers to return private
information in response to some HTTP requests. That private information
included HTTP cookies, authentication tokens and HTTP POST bodies.
However, SSL private keys weren't leaked, said Cloudflare CTO John
Graham-Cumming in an online post.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84337.html

Nokia 3310 Pushes Nostalgia Buttons
HMD Global, owner of the Nokia phone brand, on Sunday reintroduced the
classic 3310 feature phone at the MWC, along with a line of brand new
Nokia smartphones that run on the Android platform. The relaunch of the
3310 is the reimagination of one of the world's best-selling feature
phones as a sleek, lightweight device that features 22 hours of talk
time and an entire month of standby time.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84336.html

Zero W Joins Raspberry Pi Family on 5th Birthday
Raspberry Pi turned 5 years old on Tuesday, and to mark the occasion,
the foundation announced a new member of the family, the Raspberry Pi
Zero W, and a case to go with it. Raspberry Pi Zero W adds wireless LAN
and Bluetooth capabilities to tiny computer's growing list of
capabilities. Priced at just $10, the device is affordable for anyone
who wants to take the Pi for a test drive.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84339.html

Google's Jigsaw Launches Troll-Thwarting API
A new tool is available to check the persistent harassment of online
trolls. Google's Jigsaw think tank last week launched Perspective, an
early stage technology that uses machine learning to help neutralize
trolls. Perspective reviews comments and scores them based on their
similarity to comments people have labeled as toxic, or that are likely
to result in someone leaving a conversation.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84335.html

Mobile World Congress: Gigabit Wireless and the Anti-iPhone Set
One of the biggest disappointments at this year's Mobile World Congress
is that the Samsung Galaxy 8 phone won't make it. The Galaxy line has
been the ultimate iPhone fighter. Rumors around the anniversary edition
of the iPhone suggest that it will do amazing, magical things, like 3D
selfies. OK, I'm really missing Steve Jobs at the moment -- who the hell
wants 3D selfies?!?
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84331.html

Steamed Over Steam
Where would the PC gaming market be without Steam, the digital
distribution platform that was developed by Valve Corporation more than
a decade ago? It likely would be in worse shape than it is now, but
that's not to say it would be bad. First, despite the repeated cries
that "PC gaming is dead," the state of PC gaming is actually pretty good
and PC gaming is very much alive because of Steam.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84330.html

DebianDog Is a Useful Pocket Pup
DebianDog offers a lot of functionality and customization that frees
users from many of the restrictions of a Linux community tied up in
developmental red tape. DebianDog is fast and focused on getting work
done without a lot of distractions. However, it also is a disorganized
desktop environment that can leave new users floundering. Its look and
feel is eclectic, and documentation is sparse.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84328.html

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