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This robot interviewed lawmakers at a parliamentary session – CNET

Journalists watch out — the robot reporters are coming.
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'Kong: Skull Island' or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Kong (review) – CNET

Hulking monsters, heartily silly action and plenty of ‘Nam flashbacks — “Kong: Skull Island” is the creature feature for big-budget B-Movie fans.
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The more you're on Facebook, the more isolated you feel – CNET

Commentary: A new study says that spending more than two hours a day on social media is tied to perceived loneliness.
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Violence on Facebook Live presents censorship dilemma – CNET

The live-streaming feature has been used to broadcast live at least 50 acts of violence, including murder, beatings and suicides, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Hugh Jackman has a video message for Wolverine fans – CNET

As “Logan” easily tops the weekend box office, the actor shows his gratitude in a sweet way.
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Space is spectacular in a new deep field – CNET

A new deep field survey of the sky has released its first images and data, and is poised to unlock an “unprecedented” view into space.
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Ridley Scott says he could make six more 'Alien' films – CNET

In space, no one can hear you scream. Even if you keep screaming, over and over again.
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Twitter hands brief time-out to former KKK leader David Duke – CNET

Former imperial wizard in the white supremacist group returns to the social network after an hours-long suspension.
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Consumer Reports to factor cybersecurity into reviews – CNET

The influential nonprofit says it will begin including evaluations of a product’s online security and privacy features in its reviews.
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MLB adds wrist trackers to its starting lineup – CNET

Players will have the option to wear Whoop biometric monitors to track their heart rate while playing.
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Omar's comin': Michael Kenneth Williams joins Han Solo film – CNET

His role has yet to be revealed, but if there’s one thing “Wire” fans know: You come at the king, even in space, you best not miss.
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Alleged Samsung Galaxy S8 leak shows off the virtual home button – CNET

Although we’ll have to wait until March 29 for an official reveal, a so-called leak of the Galaxy S8 give a detailed view of what the phone may look like.
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Save $175 on an entry-level Apple MacBook Pro at Best Buy – CNET

Today only: The base model of the new 13-inch MacBook Pro can be had for $1,325.
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Volkswagen Sedric forecasts future cars as self-driving lounges – Roadshow

At the Geneva auto show, Volkswagen unveiled a new concept car that you won’t buy, but you will use, summoning a Sedric with the touch of a button.
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This MIT robot reads your mind to know when it screws up – CNET

Baxter can read your mind to learn if it’s getting a simple task right or wrong, possibly setting up a foundation for thought-controlled machines.
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At 5, Google Play calls out Adele, Candy Crush as most popular – CNET

The search giant’s online store turns five. Among its most popular content: lots of Facebook apps and a movie that caused an international incident.
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Oops! Google accidentally spreads fake news and conspiracies – CNET

Is Obama planning a coup? The answer, according to Google this weekend, could have been yes.
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Police confiscate vintage gun, internet travels back in time – CNET

The Baltimore police revels in an amusing internet caper involving a strange old pistol, a repeat offender and whole lot of Abraham Lincoln references.
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MWC 2017: Our final thoughts (The 3:59, Ep. 189) – CNET

Plus, the marvels of quantum computing.
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Avengers invade 'Guardians of the Galaxy' animated series – CNET

Marvel’s mightiest superheroes collide in the second season of “Guardians of the Galaxy” animated series on Disney XD, starting March 11.
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​Fitbit is adding deeper sleep tracking and guidance to its trackers – CNET

Sleep Stages and Sleep Insights, designed to help you catch better zzz’s, will begin rolling out in the coming weeks.
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Windows devs: If you want to sell software, use screenshots from this decade

Many Windows developers are sending the wrong message to their customers. Their products may not be obsolete, but they sure look like they are. Tl;dr: It’s an easy fix.
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HackerOne opens up bug bounties to open source

HackerOne is bringing bug hunting and software testing to open source developers to help make open source software more secure and safer to use.

A lot of modern tools and technologies depend on open source software, so a security flaw can wind up having a widespread impact — the Heartbleed flaw in OpenSSL, for example. Many open source projects still rely on the “thousand eyes” concept when it comes to software security — that anyone being able to see the source code means defects are found and fixed faster. While it’s true to some extent, it doesn’t apply if no one is actually looking at the code, as we’ve learned repeatedly over the past few years.

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Bitbucket tightens security on private code

Atlassian recently added IP whitelisting and two-step verification to Bitbucket, its cloud-based version control system, to give administrators stronger controls on who can view, push, or clone a private code repository.

The first step in information security is to identify the crown jewels — the information that, if stolen, will be critically damaging to the organization — then make sure they are protected. For many, that means restricting who has access to the code repository containing the application source code.

Atlassian actually added two-step verification as an optional feature to Bitbucket back in 2015. The current change gives administrators the ability to require developers to use two-step verification in order to access restricted repositories. This way, the administrators can enforce the level of security required instead of leaving it up to individual developers.

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The world's biggest phone show is heading to India – CNET

Mobile World Congress is the world’s biggest phone show — and now India is getting one of its own.
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