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Security researchers find that DSLR cameras are vulnerable to ransomware attack

Image: Check Point Software Technologies Ransomware has become a major threat to computer systems in recent years, as high-profile attacks have locked users out of personal computers, hospitals, city governments, and even The Weather Channel. Now, security researchers have discovered that another device that might be at risk: a DSLR camera. Check Point Software Technologies

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Inside Netflix's government lobbying efforts, which have shifted in recent months to align more with Hollywood studios and less with Silicon Valley (Rebecca Keegan/Hollywood Reporter)

Rebecca Keegan / Hollywood Reporter: Inside Netflix’s government lobbying efforts, which have shifted in recent months to align more with Hollywood studios and less with Silicon Valley  —  Rather than align itself with the tech giants under increasing Washington pressure, the streamer has joined forces with the studios … Inside Netflix's government lobbying efforts, which

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US Navy to replace touchscreen throttle and helm controls on destroyers with mechanical ones, after finding that touchscreens contributed to a deadly collision (Megan Eckstein/USNI News)

Megan Eckstein / USNI News: US Navy to replace touchscreen throttle and helm controls on destroyers with mechanical ones, after finding that touchscreens contributed to a deadly collision  —  SAN DIEGO – The Navy will begin reverting destroyers back to a physical throttle and traditional helm control system in the next 18 to 24 months

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The US Navy will replace the touchscreen controls with mechanical ones on its destroyers

Gas Turbine System Technician (Electrical) Fireman Matt R. Richardson, left, receives training at the helm aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103). | Image: U.S. Navy The US Navy will replace the touchscreen throttle and helm controls currently installed in its destroyers with mechanical ones starting in 2020, says USNI News. The move comes

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In the face of the US ban, Huawei's smartphone sales are surging in China, boosted by rising grassroots patriotism and heavy promotions by the company (Reuters)

Reuters: In the face of the US ban, Huawei’s smartphone sales are surging in China, boosted by rising grassroots patriotism and heavy promotions by the company  —  SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – When 23-year-old Chinese student Aaron Huang started his hunt for an Android replacement for his Apple … In the face of the US ban,

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Teen hacker Bill Demirkapi on finding bugs, that exposed 5M student records across 5,000 schools, in educational software from providers Blackboard and Follett (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Teen hacker Bill Demirkapi on finding bugs, that exposed 5M student records across 5,000 schools, in educational software from providers Blackboard and Follett  —  A FEW SHORT decades ago, the archetypal hacker was a bored teenager breaking into his school’s network to change grades, à la Ferris Bueller. Teen hacker Bill

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