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Tech News Flash: Monday -- January 16, 2017

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Headline Scan
Did BuzzFeed Just Commit Suicide?
Nintendo Banks on Switch Hit
New Facebook Project Aims to Strengthen Journalism
Gadget Ogling: The CES Spectacular Edition
St. Jude Medical Patches Cardiac Machine's Cybersecurity Flaw
Pentagon Battle-Tests Micro Drone Swarm

Today's Story Highlights

Did BuzzFeed Just Commit Suicide?
Remember the oldie, "You Don't Mess Around With Jim"? The chorus goes
like this: "You don't tug on superman's cape, You don't spit into the
wind, You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger, And you don't
mess around with Jim." One of the lessons we learned last year is that
what goes for "Jim" likely also goes for Peter Thiel, who is one of
President-elect Donald Trump's leading supporters.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84227.html

Nintendo Banks on Switch Hit
Nintendo on Thursday announced the Nintendo Switch handheld gaming
console, its long-awaited successor to the poorly received Wii 2. The
$300 Switch will hit the streets March 3. Purchasers will get the
console, two Joy-Con controllers, a Joy-Con Grip, a set of Joy-Con wrist
straps, a Nintendo Switch dock, an HDMI cable and an AC adapter. The
Switch can be used as an independent handheld player.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84228.html

New Facebook Project Aims to Strengthen Journalism
Facebook on Tuesday unveiled the Journalism Project, which is designed
to establish stronger ties with the journalism industry. Through the
project, Facebook aims to bolster the quality of journalism on the
network. Among other things, the project aims to tackle the fake news
issue that flared during the U.S. presidential election and its
aftermath. The project will foster collaboration with news
organizations.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84225.html

Gadget Ogling: The CES Spectacular Edition
Trust Razer to come up with something completely ridiculous that I need
in my life immediately. Project Ariana is a projector that incorporates
Razer's full-spectrum lighting system, Chroma. It uses a wide-angle lens
to project images. Its 3D depth-sensing cameras detect objects in a room
and adjust for them accordingly so that it still projects a flat image.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84220.html

St. Jude Medical Patches Cardiac Machine's Cybersecurity Flaw
Medical device maker St. Jude Medical on Monday began deploying software
designed to protect its remote monitoring system for implantable
pacemaker and defibrillator devices. The move came on the heels of the
U.S. food and Drug Administration's warning that the company's
Merlin@home Transmitter contained vulnerabilities that could be
exploited by hackers.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84219.html

Pentagon Battle-Tests Micro Drone Swarm
The U.S. Department of Defense on Monday announced a successful
demonstration of one of the world's largest micro drone swarms at China
Lake in California. Three F/a-18 Super Hornet combat jets launched 103
Perdix drones in the exercise, which took place last fall. The micro
drones demonstrated advanced swarm behaviors such as collective decision
making, adaptive formation flying and self-healing.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/84217.html

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