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http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/02/24/third-party-iphone-screen-repairs-no-longer-void-warranty-apple-says

� a 100,000-square-foot fitness center

� secure research-and-development facilities

� 2 miles of walking and running tracks

� and an orchard, a meadow, and a pond.

We now live in a digital age where sophisticated smartphones from all manufacturers all look remarkably similar and are only separated by gimmicks. However, as users, we dont necessarily�want waterproof phones, with curved screens or the ability to take live photos. The average user simply desires reliability, resilience and a half decent battery.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-people-excited-return-reliable-nokia-3310-neil-hughes

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DARPA: We�re on cusp of merging human and machine

We are at the point where computers and machines are no longer going to be simply tools. Computers are becoming, literally, part of us.

For several years now scientists have been working to combine machines with living, organic material, creating a hybrid system.

It might not be a sci-fi vision of cyborgs, but a near future where soldiers might have implanted chips that help them communicate in the battlefield or receive information from GPS systems or�drones.

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3168840/artificial-intelligence/darpa-we-re-on-cusp-of-merging-human-and-machine.html



True privacy online is not viable
You can hide from casual observers, but a motivated person will see through your attempts at anonymization

vacy-concerned consumers desperately want a magic bullet, some simple thing they can use that will protect their identities and their web activity. And although there are a plethora of offerings�today that make such a claim � VPNs, privacy-focused browsers such as Tor, privacy search engines such as DuckDuckGo, quite a few services that claim to anonymize anyone�s activity � the�practical realities of human behavior make such privacy claims bogus.

Let me stress that almost all of these services do indeed help a person remain anonymous from the casual, untrained observer (the typical roommate, spouse, co-worker, boss, etc.). But any�consumer who thinks that these tools will thwart a law enforcement agent, motivated cyberthief or identity thief, or anyone who is willing to spend the time to track you down is in for�unhappiness.

Bottom line: you can hide from advertisers and others well enough with privacy devices, but if someone really wants to track you, well, you can click, but you can�t hide.

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3171669/data-privacy/true-privacy-online-is-not-viable.html

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American NASA scientist says his work phone was seized at airport

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/13/us/citizen-nasa-engineer-detained-at-border-trnd/index.html

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A major software bug means that passwords from the worlds biggest sites, including Fitbit, OKCupid, and Uber have been leaking for months.

Cloudflare said on Friday there was no sign yet the leak had been exploited by hackers � but security experts have said there is no way the company could know this.

http://www.businessinsider.com/r-bug-causes-personal-data-leak-but-no-sign-of-hackers-exploiting-cloudflare-2017-2



Elon Musk�s former tech guru says what hackers are doing now is �freaking me out�

�The new thing that worries me in the activity you see hackers doing is ransomware,� he told Business Insider.

�I�ve seen examples where they didn�t only just go after their data, but in the case of Sony Pictures, where they even tried to erase all the backups, and all the backups of the backups, and really�tried to screw them over.

http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musks-former-tech-guru-what-hackers-are-doing-now-is-freaking-me-out-2017-2