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Tech News Flash: Saturday -- March 25, 2017

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Group Demands Apple Pay Ransom for iCloud Credentials
WikiLeaks Exposes CIA's Device Surveillance Tricks
OpenSuse Leap Reinforces Linux Faith
Apple Unveils Budget-Friendly iPad, Dresses iPhone in Red
Google Gives Devs First Look at Android O

Today's Story Highlights

Group Demands Apple Pay Ransom for iCloud Credentials
Apple has received a ransom threat from a hacking group claiming to have
access to data for up to 800 million iCloud accounts. The hackers, said
to be a group called the "Turkish Crime Family," have threatened to
reset passwords and remotely wipe the iPhones of millions of iCloud
users if Apple fails to hand over a total of $700,000. They have given
the company an ultimatum to respond by April 7.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84406.html

WikiLeaks Exposes CIA's Device Surveillance Tricks
WikiLeaks has released more Vault 7 documentation online, including
details about several CIA projects to infect Apple's Mac computer
firmware and operating system. The site unloaded its first batch of
stolen Vault 7 data earlier this month. The CIA's Embedded Development
Branch developed malware that could persist even if the targeted
computer were reformatted and its OS were reinstalled.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84401.html

OpenSuse Leap Reinforces Linux Faith
OpenSuse Leap 42.2 goes a long way toward maintaining Suse's reputation
for reliability and stability. That said, new users might need a push to
take the leap from their familiar distros to this latest OpenSuse
release. Business users can remain confident that upgrading to the
latest edition, released last fall, won't put them too close to the
bleeding edge of innovation.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84399.html

Apple Unveils Budget-Friendly iPad, Dresses iPhone in Red
Apple has announced an iPad update, a red iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, and a new
video-editing app for iOS. The iPad upgrade has a 9.7-inch, 2048 x 1536-
pixel Retina display and Apple's A9 64-bit processor. The unit will come
in silver, gold and space gray with a starting price of $329 for 32
gigabytes of storage and WiFi-only support. It will cost $459 for a 32-
GB unit with WiFi and cellular support.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84395.html

Google Gives Devs First Look at Android O
Google on Tuesday unveiled a developer preview of the latest version of
its mobile operating system, code named "Android O." The new OS is
designed to improve on battery life and interactive performance of
devices, according to Dave Burke, vice president of engineering,
Android, at Google. The new release puts automatic limits on what
applications do in the background in three areas.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84396.html

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