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Is Apple’s $52,599 Mac Pro overpriced?
Google begins rolling out Chrome 79 with new password protections, including notifications for data breaches, and improved phishing prevention tools
The Archive Team, which wants to save Yahoo Groups content by uploading it to Internet Archive, says Verizon has blocked the email addresses of its volunteers
Intel unveils the "Horse Ridge" cryogenic control chip that it says can control multiple quantum bits and make quantum computing more commercially viable
2020 is when cybersecurity gets even weirder, so get ready | ZDNet
20 VPS providers to shut down on Monday, giving customers two days to save their data
The PC was supposed to die a decade ago. Instead, this happened
FBI recommends that you keep your IoT devices on a separate network
Reddit says a leak of official US-UK trade documents on its platform was part of a Russian political influence campaign, bans 61 accounts and one subreddit
China resurrects Great Cannon for DDoS attacks on Hong Kong forum
Two malicious Python libraries caught stealing SSH and GPG keys
FBI warns about snoopy smart TVs spying on you | ZDNet
Mozilla removes four Firefox extensions made by Avast and AVG after reports that they were harvesting user data and browsing histories
Salesforce reports Q3 revenue of $4.5B, up 33% YoY and a net loss of $109M, beating analyst estimates, but issues disappointing Q4 guidance
AWS updates its Arm-powered processor line with Graviton2, which it claims offers 40% better performance over comparable x86-based cloud instances for 20% less
A look at the most notable cybersecurity events including data breaches, cyber attacks, and malware strains, of the past ten years
Microsoft is creating a new Rust-based programming language for secure coding
iOS apps could really benefit from the newly proposed Security.plist standard
5G radiation no worse than microwaves or baby monitors: Australian telcos
Android, Linux smartphone-computer: Dual-screen Cosmo Communicator is out | ZDNet
Samsung develops method for self-emissive QLED – Samsung says its new method for making self-emissive quantum dot diodes extended their lifetime to a million hours, opening the way for commercialisation.
Cheap kids smartwatch exposes the location of 5,000+ children | ZDNet
Microsoft details sophisticated Dexphot crypto mining malware that has infected 80,000+ computers using advanced techniques since October 2018
Palo Alto Networks to acquire Aporeto, which provides identity-based access control to secure workloads across all infrastructures, for $150M in cash
HPE reports Q4 revenue of $7.22B, down 9% YoY, vs $7.4B est., says hybrid IT group's revenue dropped 11% YoY to $5.7B, intelligent edge revenue dropped to $723M
Edge vs. Chrome: Microsoft's Tracking Prevention Hits Google the Hardest
Anonymous hacker gets a whopping six years in prison for some lame DDoS attacks | ZDNet
Twitter says users can now enroll in 2FA without a phone number and disable SMS-based 2FA as default, allows other methods such as mobile authenticator apps
WhatsApp says it has banned more than 400,000 accounts between August 15 and October 28, 2018, during Brazil's general election
Antivirus vendors and non-profits including Avira, the EFF, and Kaspersky form the Coalition Against Stalkerware to fight secretly installed snooping apps
WhatsApp says a recently-patched flaw in the way the messaging app handled video files could have let attackers remotely execute code on users' devices
The world’s fastest supercomputers hit higher speeds than ever with Linux
Salesforce launches redesigned Salesforce Mobile App alongside Trailhead GO, a mobile version of its learning platform, and a new version of its mobile SDK
Google Chrome experiment crashes browser tabs, impacts companies worldwide | ZDNet
Chrome, Edge, Safari hacked at elite Chinese hacking contest.
Thousands of hacked Disney+ accounts are already for sale on hacking forums.
Facebook's AI team details XLM-R, a natural language model which translates between 100 languages, but struggles with the limits of existing computing power
Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival social network
Windows & Linux get options to disable Intel TSX to prevent Zombieload v2 attacks
Siren, which helps build knowledge graphs from enterprise data, raises $10M Series A led by Atlantic Bridge
Microsoft says Executive VP Harry Shum, who oversaw AI and Research, is leaving in February 2020, with CTO Kevin Scott taking over his responsibilities
Intel’s Cascade Lake CPUs impacted by new Zombieload v2 attack. Zombieload v2 impacts Intel CPUs released since 2013, if they support the Intel TSX instruction set.
SmarterASP.NET, a web host with over 440,000 customers, says it was hit by ransomware over the weekend; many customers remain locked out of their data
Alipay and WeChat Pay now allow foreign visitors to link international credit cards to make mobile payments in mainland China
Apple Mail on macOS leaves parts of encrypted emails in plaintext
Fitbit is doomed: Here’s why everything Google buys turns to garbage
Bill Gates: You’d all be on Windows Mobile today, not Android, but I screwed up
Pwn2Own Tokyo 2019 hacking contest: Amazon Echo speakers, Samsung and Sony smart TVs, Xiaomi Mi9, others hacked; Facebook Portal and Google Nest not attempted
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