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Tech News Flash: Wednesday -- July 10, 2019

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Zoom Flaw Turns Mac Cam into Spy Cam
The Router's Obstacle-Strewn Route to Home IoT Security
FBI, ICE Turn Drivers' Licenses Into Facial Recognition Gold
Anticipating the Merger of Apple and Oracle
Mageia 7 Pushes Linux Desktop Boundaries

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Today's Story Highlights

Zoom Flaw Turns Mac Cam into Spy Cam
A security researcher has found a flaw in the popular video conferencing
app Zoom that could be used to turn on the camera on a Macintosh
computer without a user's permission. The vulnerability allows any
website to forcibly join a user to a Zoom call, with their video camera
activated, without a user's permission, explained Jonathan Leitschuh, a
senior software engineer at Gradle.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86116.html

The Router's Obstacle-Strewn Route to Home IoT Security
It is newly minted conventional wisdom that not a single information
security conference goes by without a presentation about the abysmal
state of IoT security. While this is a boon for researchers looking to
make a name for themselves, this sorry state of affairs is definitely
not beneficial for anyone who owns a connected device. IoT device owners
aren't the only ones fed up, though.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86115.html

FBI, ICE Turn Drivers' Licenses Into Facial Recognition Gold
State motor vehicle departments have become a rich source of facial
recognition data for and FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement
agents. Researchers at Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy & Technology
reportedly used public records requests to gather a cache of documents
that show the agencies have turned state DMV databases into the
foundation of a vast surveillance infrastructure.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86113.html

Anticipating the Merger of Apple and Oracle
After reading about the departure of Jony Ive, I'm trying to wrap my
head around Apple without a design focus. Now this isn't as hard as you
might think, given the last truly successful Apple product came out
around a decade ago and was called the "iPad." It is also somewhat
ironic that Apple just effectively relaunched the iPod, the product that
Steve Jobs rode to Apple's massive success.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86110.html

Mageia 7 Pushes Linux Desktop Boundaries
Mageia 7 redefines the concept of traditional Linux. It is a solid
operating system well suited to both newcomers and seasoned Linux users
alike. The Mageia distro is a powerhouse Linux OS filled with features
and options unmatched in other Linux versions. Mageia Linux is a fork of
the now-defunct Mandriva Linux. The first Mageia version was released in
September 2010.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86111.html

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Editor's Pick: The Router's Obstacle-Strewn Route to Home IoT Security

The Router's Obstacle-Strewn Route to Home IoT Security

Jonathan Terrasi Jul 10, 2019 5:00 AM PT
	It is newly minted conventional wisdom that not a single information security conference goes by without a presentation about the abysmal state of IoT security. While this is a boon for researchers looking to make a name for themselves, this sorry state of affairs is definitely not beneficial for anyone who owns a connected device. IoT device owners aren't the only ones fed up, though. [More...]

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FBI, ICE Turn Drivers' Licenses Into Facial Recognition Gold State motor vehicle departments have become a rich source of facial recognition data for and FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Researchers at Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy & Technology reportedly used public records requests to gather a cache of documents that show the agencies have turned state DMV databases into the foundation of a vast surveillance infrastructure. [More...]

Workers' Prime Day Strike Could Pose a Problem for Amazon Amazon workers at a Minnesota, fulfillment center plan to strike for six hours on July 15, the first day of Amazon's Prime Day sales event. The strike threat reportedly is linked to unsafe working conditions at Amazon's warehouses, caused by low wages and pressure to meet shipping demands. Union officials also want a larger portion of temporary warehouse workers converted to full-time employees. [More...]

Anticipating the Merger of Apple and Oracle After reading about the departure of Jony Ive, I'm trying to wrap my head around Apple without a design focus. Now this isn't as hard as you might think, given the last truly successful Apple product came out around a decade ago and was called the "iPad." It is also somewhat ironic that Apple just effectively relaunched the iPod, the product that Steve Jobs rode to Apple's massive success. [More...]

How to Run a Profitable Business on Amazon Selling on Amazon can be an extremely profitable business all on its own. Third-party sellers like small business owners and authors on Amazon's marketplace account for 58 percent of gross merchandise volume. This provides a huge opportunity for entrepreneurs to make a massive profit. However, most entrepreneurs stop the process at taking a sale rather than scaling it into something great. [More...]

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Tesla is not working on a Model S or Model X refresh

It's Wednesday, July 10, 2019. Hey, good morning!  Welcome to your Wednesday. Don’t expect a Tesla Model S or Model X refresh, but do say farewell to a few MacBook options. Welcome the new home for streaming Friends -- HBO Max. And, if you’re feeling decadent this July, why not upgrade your Uber? It’s like Economy Comfort Class, but with traffic. The Instant Vortex Plus can bake, broil and roast. Alongside all the frying. Instant Pot joins the air-fryer craze with the Vortex Plus   Now Instant Pot made pressure cooking cool again, the company behind it is turning to another kitchen trend: air fryers. The Instant Vortex Plus is a seven-in-one air fryer that promises the company's usual versatility for more cooking modes. On top of its marquee feature, it can also bake, broil, dehydrate, reheat, roast and rotate an included rotisserie spit. Will it make mediocre fries like other air fryers? Probably. But if you want to make chicken and french fries, you might not need any other equipment.    Part one.   Apple kills the non-Touch Bar MacBook Pro, discounts the Air   The MacBook Air now starts at an easier-to-swallow $1,099 (conveniently $999 for students) and introduces a True Tone display to the lineup. The 13-inch base MacBook Pro, meanwhile, finally has a quad-core, 8th-generation Intel chip, but there’s no version to buy without a Touch Bar or TouchID scanner. It starts at $1,299 with 8GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD.   Part two.   Apple killed the 12-inch MacBook   The laptop appeared in 2015 and ushered in a new era of MacBook design for Apple -- it was the first to use USB-C, the first with the controversial and problematic butterfly keyboard and the first Mac laptop in years without a glowing Apple logo. After upgrades came to other Apple laptops, however, it felt underpowered, and now it’s gone.   Sponsored Content by Stack Commerce A lifetime of Microsoft Excel training is only $34 right now The fight starts in 2020.   HBO Max will be the exclusive streaming home of 'Friends’   AT&T's WarnerMedia finally has a name for its streaming service -- and some unfortunate news for people hoping it would share some classic shows. The new platform will be named HBO Max and will unsurprisingly use HBO's material as its base on top of originals and shows from other Warner networks. The service will debut later than originally expected, in spring 2020, but should have "10,000 hours" of material, including already announced projects like Denis Villeneuve's Dune: The Sisterhood, the Anna Kendrick-led comedy series Love Life and an animated prequel series for Gremlins. Most notably, it promises exclusive rights "at launch" to every episode of Friends, The Fresh Prince and Pretty Little Liars.  Limited range is one of the few things holding back this $21,000 bike.   Zero’s SR/F electric motorcycle is a great commuter bike   Instead of blending into the sea of motorcycles, the SR/F sticks out in a way Zero’s other electric models never did. The updated Z-Force motor is smack dab in the center of the bike, and the battery pack has orange accents. Plus, its app, a new full-color LCD and the bike's 3G connection make it smarter than most anything else out there on two wheels.   But wait, there's more... 1. Nintendo Switch Online adds a 'rewind' button combination to NES games next week 2. Google and Amazon finally bring the YouTube app back to Fire TV 3. Marvel is auctioning props from its Netflix shows 4. Amazon Prime Video finally works with Chromecast and Android TV

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E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Tuesday -- July 9, 2019

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Headline Scan
Workers' Prime Day Strike Could Pose a Problem for Amazon
How to Run a Profitable Business on Amazon
The Threat of a Deepfake Fiasco
5 Effective Ways to Reduce E-Commerce Churn
The Growing Menace of Weaponized Deepfakes

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Today's Story Highlights

Workers' Prime Day Strike Could Pose a Problem for Amazon
Amazon workers at a Minnesota, fulfillment center plan to strike for six
hours on July 15, the first day of Amazon's Prime Day sales event. The
strike threat reportedly is linked to unsafe working conditions at
Amazon's warehouses, caused by low wages and pressure to meet shipping
demands. Union officials also want a larger portion of temporary
warehouse workers converted to full-time employees.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86114.html

How to Run a Profitable Business on Amazon
Selling on Amazon can be an extremely profitable business all on its
own. Third-party sellers like small business owners and authors on
Amazon's marketplace account for 58 percent of gross merchandise volume.
This provides a huge opportunity for entrepreneurs to make a massive
profit. However, most entrepreneurs stop the process at taking a sale
rather than scaling it into something great.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86112.html

The Threat of a Deepfake Fiasco
An AI technology called "deepfake" may be the next big threat we face as
a society. Consider a recent video clip of Facebook CEO Marc Zuckerberg
saying some outlandish things. You might think it is real -- but it's a
deepfake. It's his image, and it sure sounds like him, but he never
actually made that speech. "Can't be," you might think. "That has to be
Zuckerberg talking." Wrong.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86109.html

5 Effective Ways to Reduce E-Commerce Churn
The subscription model forms the backbone of the revenue streams of many
SaaS companies. In fact, more than 90 percent of software providers
expected to migrate to a subscription-based business model by 2022,
according a Gartner report. Despite the higher rates of adoption,
companies often struggle with keeping subscription customers, leading to
high churn rates and lost revenue.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86107.html

The Growing Menace of Weaponized Deepfakes
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee recently heard expert testimony on
the growing threat posed by "deepfakes" -- altered videos and other AI-
generated false information -- and what it could mean for the 2020
general elections, as well as the country's national security overall.
The technologies collectively known as "deepfakes" can be used to
manipulate and falsify images and videos.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/86103.html

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