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Cisco releases patches for two zero-day flaws that hackers exploited on 50K+ IOS XE devices; researchers note hacked hosts recently dropped from 60K to ~300 (Ionut Ilascu/BleepingComputer)

Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: Cisco releases patches for two zero-day flaws that hackers exploited on 50K+ IOS XE devices; researchers note hacked hosts recently dropped from 60K to ~300 — Cisco has addressed the two vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-20198 and CVE-2023-20273) that hackers exploited to compromise tens of thousands of IOS XE devices over the past week.

Amazon enables passwordless passkeys on iOS and the web

Amazon.com on iPhone supports passkeys so people can log in with Face ID. | Image: Amazon Amazon’s rolling out passkey support for its online site and mobile shopping apps. Customers can log in to Amazon using just their devices’ biometrics and start shopping without the need to enter a password or follow through with two-factor

SpaceX and the European Space Agency sign an agreement for two launches in 2024, each carrying two Galileo satellites, to help power the bloc’s satnav system (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: SpaceX and the European Space Agency sign an agreement for two launches in 2024, each carrying two Galileo satellites, to help power the bloc’s satnav system — The Elon Musk-led company is set to blast as many as four of Europe’s flagship Galileo satellites into orbit next year amid delays for rival

Blockaid, which offers Web3 security tools for fraud, phishing, and hacks and claims to have prevented 1.3M+ attacks, raised a $6M seed and $27M Series A (Yogita Khatri/The Block)

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Blockaid, which offers Web3 security tools for fraud, phishing, and hacks and claims to have prevented 1.3M+ attacks, raised a $6M seed and $27M Series A — – Blockaid has come out of stealth with $33 million in seed and Series A funding from Ribbit, Sequoia and others.

Sony Xperia 5 V Review: Small and Mighty but Too Pricey

Sony’s more affordable smartphone is five-by-five, with punchy performance and a quality camera, but it’s still too expensive.

The Surprising Way Clean Energy Will Help Save the Snowpack

As if we needed another reason to quickly ditch fossil fuels: Cleaner snow melts much more slowly.

The British Museum plans to digitize its entire collection to boost security and public access over the next five years, after 2,000 items were recently stolen (Karen K. Ho/ARTnews)

Karen K. Ho / ARTnews: The British Museum plans to digitize its entire collection to boost security and public access over the next five years, after 2,000 items were recently stolen — British Museum has announced plans to digitize its entire collection in order to increase security and public access …

Microsoft updates Excel to fix automatic conversions, after scientists reworked the alphanumeric symbols to represent genes in 2020 to avoid Excel issues (Wes Davis/The Verge)

Wes Davis / The Verge: Microsoft updates Excel to fix automatic conversions, after scientists reworked the alphanumeric symbols to represent genes in 2020 to avoid Excel issues — In 2020, scientists decided just to rework the alphanumeric symbols they used to represent genes rather than try to deal with an Excel feature …

Members of Gen Z say they use family location sharing apps to bolster a sense of security, such as during dates or at concerts; Life360 now has 33M+ US MAUs (Julie Jargon/Wall Street Journal)

Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: Members of Gen Z say they use family location sharing apps to bolster a sense of security, such as during dates or at concerts; Life360 now has 33M+ US MAUs — An upbringing filled with anxiety has Gen Z sharing their location via apps — Teenagers have long balked

Dutch media reports that a former ASML employee accused of stealing data went to work for Huawei in China in 2022; it’s unclear if they still work for Huawei (Cagan Koc/Bloomberg)

Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: Dutch media reports that a former ASML employee accused of stealing data went to work for Huawei in China in 2022; it’s unclear if they still work for Huawei — – ASML accused the former employee of stealing technical data — US seeks to prevent China from accessing some chip tech

No Reception Club Getaway Bag Review (2023): Perfect Bag for Family Day Trips

You’d never guess this rugged, organized backpack was made for parents, but it’s got everything you need.

China’s crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia, often run by powerful Chinese crime syndicates, netted thousands of people but have left the networks intact (Huizhong Wu/Associated Press)

Huizhong Wu / Associated Press: China’s crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia, often run by powerful Chinese crime syndicates, netted thousands of people but have left the networks intact — Zhang Hongliang, a former restaurant manager in central China, took various gigs in and outside China to support his family …

Matter hits version 1.2, adding support for robot vacuums, refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers, smoke and CO alarms, air quality sensors, and more (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Matter hits version 1.2, adding support for robot vacuums, refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers, smoke and CO alarms, air quality sensors, and more — One year in, and Matter is adding support for fridges, robot vacuums, smoke alarms, and more. It’s a major step toward a complete smart home …

Matter 1.2 is a big move for the smart home standard

New device types, including robot vacuums, smoke alarms, washing machines and refrigerators are coming to Matter. | Photo Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge One year in, and Matter is adding support for fridges, robot vacuums, smoke alarms, and more. It’s a major step toward a complete smart home, but success hinges on platform

Microsoft and Sony both advertise on the The Sphere in Las Vegas, for Xbox and Spider-Man 2, respectively; a leak showed Sphere ad slots may cost up to $450K (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft and Sony both advertise on the The Sphere in Las Vegas, for Xbox and Spider-Man 2, respectively; a leak showed Sphere ad slots may cost up to $450K — Microsoft and Sony have both spent thousands of dollars this week in marketing campaigns at The Sphere in Las Vegas.

Weibo CEO Wang Gaofei confirms China may start requiring online political and financial commentators with 1M+ followers to display real names on their accounts (Reuters)

Reuters: Weibo CEO Wang Gaofei confirms China may start requiring online political and financial commentators with 1M+ followers to display real names on their accounts — The chief executive of China’s Weibo on Friday confirmed that China may start denying anonymity to online commentators on politics …

Tinder now lets mom pick your next date

Now your mom and dad can help you find your next potential partner and stop dunking on your questionable dating choices. | Image: Tinder If you’re the kind of person who asks friends and family for help with your love life, Tinder is aiming to make things a little easier by letting them suggest potential

Uber plans to let users in Turkey’s touristic Cappadocia region buy a €150 air balloon ride; ~10% of Turkey’s 44.6M visitors in 2022 stayed in the region (Patrick Sykes/Bloomberg)

Patrick Sykes / Bloomberg: Uber plans to let users in Turkey’s touristic Cappadocia region buy a €150 air balloon ride; ~10% of Turkey’s 44.6M visitors in 2022 stayed in the region — – New service follows Tuk-Tuks in India and boats in Greece — Unesco-listed Cappadocia is one of Turkey’s top attractions

Tinder rolls out Tinder Matchmaker, which lets loved ones view and recommend potential matches, in the US, the UK, and 13 others ahead of a global launch soon (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Tinder rolls out Tinder Matchmaker, which lets loved ones view and recommend potential matches, in the US, the UK, and 13 others ahead of a global launch soon — If you’re the kind of person who asks friends and family for help with your love life, Tinder is aiming to

Dallas-based enterprise browser startup Island raised a $100M Series C led by Prysm at a $1.5B valuation, up from $1.3B in 2022, for $350M+ raised in total (Emma Sanchez/Bloomberg)

Emma Sanchez / Bloomberg: Dallas-based enterprise browser startup Island raised a $100M Series C led by Prysm at a $1.5B valuation, up from $1.3B in 2022, for $350M+ raised in total — – $100 million round led by Prysm Capital and joined by Canapi — Island competes with internet browsers from Microsoft, Google

Is That a Record Player in Your Pocket or…

If aliens visited the Earth, they might find our obsession with music hard to fathom. We have music in our homes, our cars, and our elevators. Musical performances draw huge crowds and create enormous fame for a select few musicians. These days, your music player of choice is probably the phone in your pocket. What

History Says the 1918 Flu Killed the Young and Healthy. These Bones Say Otherwise

A study of bones held in a Cleveland museum reveals a new side to the pandemic’s story—and a new way to think about pandemics to come.

3D Printing On A Spinning Rod

FDM 3D printing traditionally operates on a layer-by-layer basis, using a flat bed to construct parts. However, [Humphrey Wittingtonsworth IV] demonstrates in his video how this process can be significantly enhanced in terms of mechanical strength and print speed by experimenting with printing on a rotating rod instead of the standard flat bed. [Humphrey] modified

Japan’s FTC opens an investigation into Google over alleged antitrust violations; a report says the focus will be if Google asked OEMs to prioritize its search (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Japan’s FTC opens an investigation into Google over alleged antitrust violations; a report says the focus will be if Google asked OEMs to prioritize its search — – The FTC said it is looking into Google’s business practices — The US is mounting a broad investigation into the company

Britain’s Big AI Summit Is a Doom-Obsessed Mess

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak’s global summit on AI governance will focus on extreme scenarios of algorithms causing harm. Many British AI experts would rather he focus on near-term problems.

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