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Security researcher, who's shared iOS flaws before, demos a macOS Keychain exploit but won't share details with Apple because of the lack of a macOS bug bounty (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Security researcher, who’s shared iOS flaws before, demos a macOS Keychain exploit but won’t share details with Apple because of the lack of a macOS bug bounty  —  Security researcher Linuz Henze has shared a video demonstration of what is claimed to be a macOS Mojave exploit to access passwords stored

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Inside Oracle's ad software arm Data Cloud, built with ~$3B of acquisitions since 2014, that has reported disappointing financials and seen layoffs (Nico Grant/Bloomberg)

Nico Grant / Bloomberg: Inside Oracle’s ad software arm Data Cloud, built with ~$3B of acquisitions since 2014, that has reported disappointing financials and seen layoffs  —  Oracle Corp. has spent five years and billions of dollars getting really good at following people around the internet. Inside Oracle's ad software arm Data Cloud, built with

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Survey of 110 hospitals and five agencies from 47 US cities: 1,500+ e-scooter-related injuries since late 2017; quick spread of e-scooters surprised some cities (Ryan Felton/Consumer Reports)

{$inline_image} Ryan Felton / Consumer Reports: Survey of 110 hospitals and five agencies from 47 US cities: 1,500+ e-scooter-related injuries since late 2017; quick spread of e-scooters surprised some cities  —  A Consumer Reports investigation finds 1,500 e-scooter injuries across the country, and many hospitals still don’t track them Survey of 110 hospitals and five

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This startup is putting degrees on the blockchain to beat fake diplomas

Fake diplomas and embellished work experience are a bigger problem than you might realize. There are a growing number of websites offering counterfeit degree certificates, from made-up universities. BBC research found one website had made over 200,000 fake certificates in 2015, making over £37 million in the process. What’s more, the e-learning market is booming. It’s

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Make Your Own Phosphorescent Material

Phosphors are key to a whole swathe of display and lighting technologies. Cathode ray tubes, vacuum fluorsecent displays, and even some white LEDs all use phosphors to produce light. [Hydrogen Time] decided to make a green phosphorescent material, and has shared the process on Youtube, embedded below. The aim is to produce zinc sulfide crystals

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Researchers discover e-ticketing flaw at 8+ airlines, including Southwest, that would let hackers access sensitive info by intercepting emails to travellers (Jeff Stone/CyberScoop)

Jeff Stone / CyberScoop: Researchers discover e-ticketing flaw at 8+ airlines, including Southwest, that would let hackers access sensitive info by intercepting emails to travellers  —  At least eight airlines, including Southwest, use e-ticketing systems that could allow hackers to access sensitive information … Researchers discover e-ticketing flaw at 8+ airlines, including Southwest, that would

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SoftBank's Vision Fund says that it sold its entire stake in Nvidia, which was worth $3.63B on December 31, in January (Elizabeth Schulze/CNBC)

Elizabeth Schulze / CNBC: SoftBank’s Vision Fund says that it sold its entire stake in Nvidia, which was worth $3.63B on December 31, in January  —  Chipmaker Nvidia suffered another setback Wednesday after SoftBank’s Vision Fund disclosed it had sold its entire stake, worth more than $3 billion, in the company in January. SoftBank's Vision

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Chinese e-commerce company Pinduoduo is selling 37M shares, which will raise $1B-$1.25B, in a secondary offering, after going public last year (Jon Russell/TechCrunch)

Jon Russell / TechCrunch: Chinese e-commerce company Pinduoduo is selling 37M shares, which will raise $1B-$1.25B, in a secondary offering, after going public last year  —  The price of competing with e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com is immense.  That’s evidenced by challenger Pinduoduo, commonly known as PDD … Chinese e-commerce company Pinduoduo is selling 37M

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