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A stadium in LA confirms it uses facial recognition technology at pop concerts. Source:: BBC News – Technology

Photos of up to 6.8 million Facebook users, including ones they never posted, could be found. Source:: BBC News – Technology

The UK Government’s Better Broadband Subsidy Scheme, which offers grants worth up to £350 for rural homes and businesses that are unable to get at least a 2Mbps download speed (i.e. helps them to get a faster ISP connection installed), appears to have been extended again until the end of 2019. The scheme was first …

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If you’ve been looking to upgrade your gaming rig without breaking the bank, today’s your day. Both B&H Photo Video and Newegg have some great deals on AMD and Nvidia graphics cards. First up is the Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 2070 AMP for $500 at B&H PhotoRemove non-product link after you clip the coupon on …

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Android malware steals PayPal cash Malware continues to grow smarter and more sinister, as evidenced by the newest Android scam, which researchers discovered yesterday. At the heart of the scam is a fake app called Optimization Battery. Users can only find Optimization Battery in third-party app stores, but not in Google Play. Source:: Avast

DNS records are hard. Many people, even the technically competent, don’t bother to learn more than the basics. You could be one of them — someone who learns just enough about DNS to get it working, then immediately forgetting everything until the next time it breaks — and the vicious cycle continues. The definition of …

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Co-founder of Google Brain and former Chief Scientist at Baidu, Andrew Ng, has unveiled an AI Transformation Playbook. The guide to successfully adopting AI in enterprise draws on insights gained from leading AI teams at Google and Baidu. Andrew Ng claims that, “it is possible for any enterprise to follow this Playbook and become a …

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Twitter must reveal the identity behind two parody accounts, the high court rules. Source:: BBC News – Technology

Ofcom has granted a small but controversial change to the part of the 3.6GHz band owned by mobile operator Three UK (H3G, UK Broadband Ltd.), which will give them access to a 100MHz block of contiguous spectrum that may result in faster 5G based mobile and fixed wireless networks. But BT, O2 and Vodafone aren’t …

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The social network has returned to Apple’s app store after revealing plans to ban adult content. Source:: BBC News – Technology

If you were kicking the tires on Kubernetes and other cloud/container services you found may have found nirvana at this week’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2018 where all manner of new operational software and support from VMware, Arista and others were on display. To access the growing popularity of cloud, Kubernetes and containers, the Cloud Foundry …

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HyperX wants you to wear its Cloud Mix headset (MSRP $200) all the time—not just for gaming. At your desk? Sure. But also on the train, walking to the grocery store, maybe even while snowboarding. Wherever life takes you, thanks to the Cloud Mix’s built-in Bluetooth capabilities. The Cloud Mix is HyperX’s attempt to move …

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The UK telecoms regulator has today launched a new review of broadband pricing to examine whether loyal (existing) and vulnerable ISP customers are being ripped-off. On top of that they’ve also set out their final proposals for end-of-contract notification letters, which will soon also tell you about the best deals. Today’s announcement is designed to …

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New research suggests that people have not taken up faster services, even though they are available. Source:: BBC News – Technology

A vulnerability in the nsc_rle_decode() function of FreeRDP could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a targeted system. The vulnerability is due to an out-of-bounds write condition that exists in the nsc_rle_decode() function, as defined in the nsc.c source code file of the …

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A vulnerability in the zgfx_decompress() function of FreeRDP could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a targeted system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of certain stream encodings by the zgfx_decompress() function of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability …

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A vulnerability in the zgfx_decompress_segment() function of FreeRDP could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a targeted system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of certain stream encodings by the zgfx_decompress_segment() function, as defined in the zgfx.c source code file of the …

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A vulnerability in the update_read_bitmap_update() function of FreeRDP could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a targeted system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of bitmaps by the update_read_bitmap_update() function, as defined in the update.c source code file of the affected software. …

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A vulnerability in the gdi_Bitmap_Decompress() function of FreeRDP could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a targeted system. The vulnerability is due to an integer overflow condition that exists in the gdi_Bitmap_Decompress() function, as defined in the graphics.c source code file of the …

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The biggest obstacle to delivery drones isn’t technology, it’s regulation and public acceptance. Source:: BBC News – Technology