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    • Amid Epic Games' Houseparty smear campaign bounty controversy, a researcher claims Houseparty's domain infrastructure was hijacked by a credit card skimming org (Zach Edwards)

    Zach Edwards: Amid Epic Games’ Houseparty smear campaign bounty controversy, a researcher claims Houseparty’s domain infrastructure was hijacked by a credit card skimming org  —  A global hacking group took over Epic Games subdomains, then the problem was swept under the rug by Epic Games. Amid Epic Games' Houseparty smear campaign bounty controversy, a researcher

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    • Craig Barratt, ex-CEO of Barefoot Networks, leaves Intel, one year after Intel acquired his startup; Barratt was serving as head of Intel's connectivity group (Dylan Martin/CRN)

    Dylan Martin / CRN: Craig Barratt, ex-CEO of Barefoot Networks, leaves Intel, one year after Intel acquired his startup; Barratt was serving as head of Intel’s connectivity group  —  Intel confirms to CRN that Craig Barratt, who was the head of the company’s Connectivity Group, recently departed the chipmaker … Craig Barratt, ex-CEO of Barefoot

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    • San Francisco-based Xwing, which is developing software for enabling pilotless flight of small passenger aircraft, raises $10M Series A (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

    Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: San Francisco-based Xwing, which is developing software for enabling pilotless flight of small passenger aircraft, raises $10M Series A  —  Autonomous aviation startup Xwing locked in a $10 million funding round before COVID-19 hit.  Now the San Francisco-based startup is using the capital … San Francisco-based Xwing, which is developing software

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    • Despite qualms from some experts, Google and Apple's exposure notification API enables the most privacy-respecting approach to contact tracing in history (Techdirt)

    Techdirt: Despite qualms from some experts, Google and Apple’s exposure notification API enables the most privacy-respecting approach to contact tracing in history  —  Apple and Google have now released their update to their mobile operating systems to include a new capability for COVID-19 exposure notification. Despite qualms from some experts, Google and Apple's exposure notification

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    • A hacker is selling the details of 40M registered users of the polling app Wishbone, including email addresses and some passwords in a weak hashing format MD5 (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)

    Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: A hacker is selling the details of 40M registered users of the polling app Wishbone, including email addresses and some passwords in a weak hashing format MD5  —  Seller claims the data was obtained following a hack that took place earlier this year.  —  A hacker has put up for sale

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    • Robotic toy maker Sphero names Paul Copioli as new CEO, and announces a spin-off company called Company Six, that will make robotic systems for first responders (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

    Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Robotic toy maker Sphero names Paul Copioli as new CEO, and announces a spin-off company called Company Six, that will make robotic systems for first responders  —  Sphero just announced that it has spun off another company.  Once again, the new startup has a decidedly different focus … Robotic toy maker

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    • Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition dresses up its flagship for the army

    Samsung has announced yet another version of the Galaxy S20: the Galaxy S20 Tactical Edition, which promises a “mission-ready military smartphone.” It’s designed for a slightly different customer-base than the already-released S20, S20 Plus, S20 Ultra, or even the Verizon-only mmWave S20. Despite the grand military branding and aspirations, the S20 Tactical Edition is effectively

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    • How to Successfully Fly Standby

    Think back to the last time you were in an airport, waiting for your plane to board. (Remember airports? Remember flying?) You may have noticed a TV screen above the gate counter filled with a list of passenger names and heard a flight attendant calling those same names over the intercom. Those were the names

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