Ring is sunsetting a tool that lets police request footage from users via its Neighbors app, forcing law enforcement to obtain warrants or evidence of emergency
mostly The Sun : Amazon announces major change to Ring doorbell over controversial police footage requests Matthew Guariglia / Electronic Frontier Foundation : Victory! Ring Announces It Will No Longe...
Apple plans to sell the Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 without the blood oxygen feature online starting at 6am PT on January 18 and in Apple Stores on the same day
and save $70 Jay Peters / The Verge : Apple Watches without banned blood oxygen features will go on sale Thursday morning TechRadar : Apple is now selling versions of the Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 wi...
Citizen Lab report details how emails phished from journalist critical of Russia were falsified, then leaked for disinformation campaign; 200+ others targeted
Phishing to Propaganda Gabriela Vatu / Softpedia News : Fancy Bear Hackers Tainted Dumped Emails with False Data Andy Greenberg / Wired : Security News This Week: Bug Bounties Pay But Piracy Doesn't T...
John Oliver urges internet users to defend net neutrality again
again Mike Snider / USA Today : FCC says its web site got attacked Sunday preventing net neutrality comments Anne Dujmovic / CNET : FCC blames DDoS attacks for site troubles, not John Oliver Bryan Cha...
WhatsApp service restored after two-hour outage
WhatsApp Messenger is a cross platform mobile … Vincent Lanaria / Tech Times : Whenever WhatsApp Goes Down, The Internet Goes Crazy: Here Are The Reactions This Time Around Josh Levenson / TechnoBuffa...
Redesigned Google Earth brings interactive guided tours and 3D maps view to Chrome browsers and Android devices, coming to iOS and other browsers later
here's what's new Gabriela Vatu / Softpedia News : Google Earth Rolls Out Huge Update, Gets Voyages, Works on Chrome Kukil Bora / International Business Times : Google Earth's new 3D imagery feature i...
At FBI's request, Spain arrests a visiting Russian, Peter Levashov, who infosec experts say is an e-mail spam kingpin known as Peter Severa
And His Massive Botnet Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security : Alleged Spam King Pyotr Levashov Arrested CNN : DOJ plans to disrupt global spam network after Russian hacker's arrest Sheera Frenkel / BuzzFee...
McAfee Report: Mac malware instances grew 744% in 2016 to 450K+, mostly from adware bundling, and IoT devices were used for the first time with Dyn
here's what to watch out for Juli Clover / MacRumors : Malware Attacks on Macs Up 744% in 2016, Mostly Due to Adware Christopher Baugh / iPhone in Canada Blog : Mac Malware Attacks Explode 744% in 201...
YouTube's $35/mo. TV streaming service debuts in Los Angeles, NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco Bay Area, with 4 major networks, 40+ cable channels
but is it something people want? Eric Johnson / Recode : YouTube wants to be TV, but it's not the same Priya Singh / International Business Times : How To Use YouTube TV: 5 Things To Know About YouTub...
Apple releases iOS 10.3 with Apple File System, Find My AirPods, CarPlay updates, ability for devs to reply to app reviews, iCloud Analytics opt-in option, more
here's what's new Lookout Blog : Mobile Safari scareware campaign thwarted Zach Epstein / BGR : Hidden changes in iOS 10.3 will give your iPhone a speed boost Neil Hughes / AppleInsider : Apple's CarP...