Editor's Pick: Microsoft Hardens Latest Windows Version Against Hackers

Microsoft Hardens Latest Windows Version Against Hackers

John P. Mello Jr. Jan 17, 2017 9:37 AM PT

Microsoft has fortified the latest version of Windows to make it more secure than previous editions, but the strongest protections will be available only to those willing to pay a steep price for them. Windows 10 Anniversary Update has introduced many mitigation techniques in core Windows components and the Microsoft Edge browser, researchers Matt Oh and Elia Florio wrote in a blog post last week. [More...]

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The Morning After: The fake ads of Instagram and Twitter, the heart of the Nintendo Switch

It's Tuesday, January 17, 2017. Hey, good morning! Why are there so many sketchy ads for fake goods on Instagram? Why have e-waste levels jumped? And why is LG boasting that its next phone won’t burst into flames? That’s a lot of questions for a Tuesday morning.   Great deals on Armami and Doir.   Why do Instagram and Twitter want me to buy fake Yeezys?   Both Facebook and Twitter are part of the Ads Integrity Alliance and have policies in place to keep out sketchy advertisers, but that's clearly not keeping some from slipping through the cracks. Without much oversight from the social networks themselves, exercising common sense is key; if an ad sounds too good to be true, it probably is. If you’re seeing an ad for a pair of Yeezys that cost less than their retail value, there's no way those shoes are the real deal. For Facebook and Twitter, like harassment, this is yet another issue that needs to be taken more seriously.   Those controllers are far more important than the hardware they attach to.   The heart of Nintendo's new console isn't the Switch   The Switch is harder to describe than the latest Xbox or PlayStation. The console itself is the tablet: the part that does all the processing and acts as a screen when it's away from your housebound dock and TV. But if the tablet is the brains of Nintendo's strange new 2-in-1, the heart is split between the two Joy-Con controllers.   Gadget garbage levels have jumped almost two thirds in five years.   E-waste levels are surging in Asia   Throwaway gadget culture was already having a nasty effect on the environment, but now it's getting considerably worse. A United Nations University study has revealed that the volume of e-waste in East and Southeast Asia surged 63 percent between 2010 and 2015, reaching 12.3 million tonnes. Some Asian countries (such as China) have rapidly burgeoning middle classes. That's great for quality of life, but it also leads to more people buying gadgets that wind up in landfills   Sponsored Content by Steadicam Steadicam Volt Smartphone Stabilizer blows Kickstarter goal out of the water Some even want a 50-year ban   New York driver groups push for a ban on autonomous cars   Companies like Uber and Lyft dream of a day when they can depend solely on self-driving cars, and that's making driver organizations a little nervous. New York's Upstate Transportation Association and Independent Drivers Guild are both pressing for bans on autonomous vehicles in the state, out of concern that they'll ultimately cost thousands of transportation jobs. The IDG believes that it only needs to preserve existing laws to guarantee a ban, but the UTA is considerably more aggressive -- it wants a 50-year ban on self-driving cars.   That’s not a feature.   LG is already bragging that its next phone doesn't explode   LG is trying to capitalize on Samsung’s Note 7 woes as it gears up to revealing its next flagship phone. It’s unfortunately poorly thought out. The company says it’s rigorously testing the phone through extreme heat and harsh drop tests, as well as pointing out an embedded heat pipe to help disperse extra warmth. Well, all signs point to the battery being the cause of Samsung’s problems: a heat pipe wouldn’t have helped. (And the Galaxy S7 had one anyway…)   ZeniMax says Facebook knew that Oculus stole its core tech.   Mark Zuckerberg will testify in Oculus VR lawsuit this week    Mark Zuckerberg is heading to a Dallas court to testify in an ongoing lawsuit filed against Oculus, the VR company Facebook purchased for $2.3 billion. ZeniMax, the parent company of Doom developer id Software, claims that Oculus CTO John Carmack took its intellectual property when he left the company in 2013. Zuckerberg will testify in the suit tomorrow (January 17th), and Oculus co-founder (and noted recluse) Palmer Luckey is also set to testify later in the week.   But wait, there's more... 1. James Cameron producing history of sci-fi series for AMC 2. We've never seen global sea ice levels this low before 3. Nintendo's Switch doesn't come with a charging Joy-Con grip 4. Virginia bill would effectively ban city-run broadband The Morning After is a new daily newsletter from Engadget designed to help you fight off FOMO. Who knows what you'll miss if you don't subscribe. Craving even more? Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After? Send us a note. Copyright © 2016 Aol Inc. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: AOL 770 Broadway #4 New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you opted in at engadget.com. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe from this newsletter.

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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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