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The Missiles are Coming! - Weekly News Roundup
This is the shortened edit to our Weekly News Roundup for 1-19-18. We talk about the Hawaii Missile messages, several Chrome and Android security issues, and a few updates to Apple batteries.
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https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/18/16906658/apple-samsung-investigation-italian-antitrust-planned-obsolescence-software-slowdown
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/apple-will-give-users-the-option-to-control-their-own-batterys-destiny/
http://beta.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-kansas-swatting-20180112-story.html
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/17/tim-cook-bonus-email-to-employees/
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https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/16/16896368/hawaii-false-missile-alert-system-confusing-interface-poor-design
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/after-false-hawaii-missile-notice-fcc-launches-investigation/
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https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/malicious-chrome-extension-is-next-to-impossible-to-manually-remove/
https://www.icebrg.io/blog/malicious-chrome-extensions-enable-criminals-to-impact-over-half-a-million-users-and-global-businesses
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/in-the-wild-malware-preys-on-computers-dedicated-to-mining-cryptocurrency/
https://securelist.com/skygofree-following-in-the-footsteps-of-hackingteam/83603/
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/jan-19-update-an-update-on-credit-card-security.752415/
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/18/16904774/ios-iphone-bug-crash-chaios-link
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/apple-plans-to-pay-38-billion-in-us-taxes-to-bring-overseas-cash-home/
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/19/16898730/calm-harm-tumblr-app-self-harm
Why?
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Updates
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/18/16906658/apple-samsung-investigation-italian-antitrust-planned-obsolescence-software-slowdown
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/apple-will-give-users-the-option-to-control-their-own-batterys-destiny/
http://beta.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-kansas-swatting-20180112-story.html
https://9to5mac.com/2018/01/17/tim-cook-bonus-email-to-employees/
Whoops!!
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/16/16896368/hawaii-false-missile-alert-system-confusing-interface-poor-design
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/after-false-hawaii-missile-notice-fcc-launches-investigation/
Security
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/malicious-chrome-extension-is-next-to-impossible-to-manually-remove/
https://www.icebrg.io/blog/malicious-chrome-extensions-enable-criminals-to-impact-over-half-a-million-users-and-global-businesses
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/in-the-wild-malware-preys-on-computers-dedicated-to-mining-cryptocurrency/
https://securelist.com/skygofree-following-in-the-footsteps-of-hackingteam/83603/
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/jan-19-update-an-update-on-credit-card-security.752415/
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/18/16904774/ios-iphone-bug-crash-chaios-link
Business
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202213110
https://www.amazon.com/b?node=17044620011&tag=arstech20-20
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/apple-plans-to-pay-38-billion-in-us-taxes-to-bring-overseas-cash-home/
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/19/16898730/calm-harm-tumblr-app-self-harm
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https://www.colgate.com/en-us/connect/e1
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