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New research details iOS and Android issues that may allow third parties and law enforcement to access user data and suggests mitigation techniques (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

Lily Hay Newman / Wired: New research details iOS and Android issues that may allow third parties and law enforcement to access user data and suggests mitigation techniques  —  New research has dug into the openings that iOS and Android security provide for anyone with the right tools. New research details iOS and Android issues

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Is Your Echo Flex Listening?

We are always surprised that Amazon or Google doesn’t employ Kelsey Grammer — TV’s Frasier — as a spokesman for their smart home devices. After all, his catchphrase was, “I’m listening…” Maybe they don’t want to remind you that the device could, theoretically, be sending everything you say to them or a nefarious hacker or

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Experts say widespread adoption of RISC-V, which was partly developed with DARPA's backing, could help China reduce its dependence on Western chip technology (Asa Fitch/Wall Street Journal)

Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal: Experts say widespread adoption of RISC-V, which was partly developed with DARPA’s backing, could help China reduce its dependence on Western chip technology  —  New approach to semiconductors, developed partly with the Pentagon’s backing, could threaten Intel and Arm’s dominance Experts say widespread adoption of RISC-V, which was partly

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Samsung Display promises thinner laptop bezels with unproven under-screen webcams

The technology makes for smaller bezels, without having to relocate the laptop’s webcam. | Image: Samsung Display Samsung Display has released a teaser for its under-screen camera technology meant for laptops, dubbed “Samsung Blade Bezel,” on its Weibo page. It promises that its “UPC” (Under Panel Camera) tech can make a laptop’s bezels smaller without

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Internal docs: in hours ahead of Capitol riot, user reports of violent content on Facebook jumped 10x, and false news surged to ~40K reports/hour, 4x daily peak (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Internal docs: in hours ahead of Capitol riot, user reports of violent content on Facebook jumped 10x, and false news surged to ~40K reports/hour, 4x daily peak  —  Following surge in reports of violent content ahead of Capitol attack, executives took their most aggressive steps yet to rein in the president and

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Microsoft Cloud for Retail opens for preview, combining services and features from Microsoft Advertising, Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet)

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: Microsoft Cloud for Retail opens for preview, combining services and features from Microsoft Advertising, Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform  —  Microsoft’s new retail cloud bundle is its second vertical cloud offering, following on the heels of the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. Microsoft Cloud for Retail opens for

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