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Heres why Steve Jobs never let his kids use an iPad

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http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-why-steve-jobs-never-let-his-kids-use-ipad-apple-social-media-2017-3

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How the Internet Is Saving Culture, Not Killing It

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The internet taught a whole generation that content was not something you really had to pay for.

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But now something surprising has happened.

In the last few years, and with greater intensity in the last 12 months,�people started paying for online content. They are doing so at an�accelerating pace, and on a dependable, recurring schedule, often through�subscriptions. And they�re paying for everything.

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It�s difficult to overstate how big a deal this is. More than 20 years after it first caught mainstream attention and began to destroy everything about how we finance culture, the digital�economy is finally beginning to coalesce around a sustainable way of supporting content. If subscriptions keep taking off, it won�t just mean that some of your favorite creators will�survive the internet. It could also make for a profound shift in the way we find and support new cultural talent. It could lead to a wider variety of artists and art, and forge closer�connections between the people who make art and those who enjoy it.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/technology/how-the-internet-is-saving-culture-not-killing-it.html?em_pos=large&emc=edit_ct_20170316&nl=technology&nlid=11893479&ref=headline&te=1&_r=0

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Gamers death pushes risks of live streaming into view

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Vigneaults friends wonder if the lengthy live streaming on Twitch, a website owned by Amazon that lets people broadcast themselves playing games, may not have helped. At the time of his death,�Vigneault, 35, had streamed for 22 hours straight to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Two of his friends said that he often broadcast his game playing for long periods.

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Vigneaults death followed reports of other players dying during or after lengthy gaming sessions in Taiwan and South Korea, intensifying a discussion about the health risks of a streaming culture�that rewards people for staying online for long periods.

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http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/gamers-death-pushes-risks-of-live-streaming-into-view-20170315-guz3yy.html

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Researchers show sound waves can be used to hack everything from phones to fitness trackers

University of Michigan researchers reveals that millions of gadgets that use accelerometers are at risk.

Researchers found the tiny sensors can be tricked, registering fake movement and giving hackers a backdoors into devices.

The team used a $5 speaker and precisely tuned acoustic tones to deceive 15 different models of accelerometers into registering movement that never occurred.��
The approach served as a backdoor into the devices - enabling the researchers to control other aspects of the system.

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The key to the process is hitting the right note.

The researchers recommend ways to adjust hardware design to eliminate the problems.�

They also developed two low-cost software defenses that could minimize the vulnerabilities, and theyve alerted manufacturers to these issues.
The university is pursuing patent protection for the intellectual property and is seeking commercialization partners to help bring the technology to market.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4314112/Sound-waves-hack-phones-cars.html

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Sex Toy Maker Pays $3.75 Million to Settle �Smart� Vibrator Lawsuit

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Think twice about connecting those sex toys to the Internet: A vibrator company has agreed to pay up to $10,000 to U.S. customers who used a smartphone app that relayed their data�to the firms server.

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Security researchers�discovered�the company was also using the smart�phone app to harvest data about how customers used the vibrators. The apps�collected information such as what temperature and intensity settings the�owners used, as well as how often they used the toys.

While We-Vibe stressed that no customer data was hacked by outside parties,�the data collection nonetheless led two customers to file a class action lawsuit�against the company.

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http://fortune.com/2017/03/10/sex-toy-maker-settlement-smart-vibrator-lawsuit/

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A hacker reveals the most secure thing you can do to your passwords

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Don�t choose your own passwords.

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Have computer software (such as LastPass and 1Password) create and manage your passwords for you.

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Then trust the software to remember your passwords for you so you don�t have to remember them yourself.

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You will need a �Master Password� to access the many passwords that will be created for you.

That Master Password should be a phrase, sentence or lyric that you can remember easily.

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The greatest security is using a password manager app and two factor authentication together.

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http://www.businessinsider.com/hacker-explains-importance-password-managers-online-security-privacy-2017-3

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A hacker explains the best way to browse the internet anonymously

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If you want to protect the anonymity of your internet address, a web browser called TOR is best.

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TOR uses a network that is designed to hide the people who use it.

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This is NOT the same as encryption.

To use encryption, a URL should begin with https, NOT http. �The extra �s� stands for secure.

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There is a �plug-in� called �https everywhere� which makes a web browser use encryption with every web site that it can.

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http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-browse-internet-anonymously-kevin-mitnick-2017-3

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This is how Russian hackers broke into millions of Yahoo accounts without�passwords, according to the FBI

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Essentially, the hackers managed to get hold of a secret directory that contained Yahoo usernames, encrypted passwords, and other information. They then used�that data to trick Yahoo into thinking their web browsers were already logged into Yahoos online service � a clever technique that meant they never needed to�actually decrypt any passwords.

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http://www.businessinsider.com/how-russian-hackers-got-into-yahoo-accounts-2017-3

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Venezuela is cracking down on bitcoin fever�

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"Bitcoin is a way of rebelling against the system," Caracas-based software developer John Villar�told Reuters.

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Now the Venezuelan government, long�caught up in battles�with the political opposition and in�bloody struggles with rampant crime, has turned its attention to�bitcoin users and producers.

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http://www.businessinsider.com/venezuela-bitcoin-use-popularity-restrictions-and-crackdown-2017-3