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We have a lot of security-related news this week. Make sure you have your system locked down and safe. Are you safe on Facebook? Instagram adds a new way to fight bullies. The 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 is just days away and that means a lot of moon stories. Did you know I was at the launch of Apollo 11? Unfortunately I was young enough that I don’t have a clear memory of it. Check out all the headlines below and click to read the full stories.
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Privacy and Security
- Instead of being tracked, get paid to see online ads
- The Biggest Cybersecurity Crises of 2019 So Far
- Marriott to face $123 million fine by UK authorities over data breach
- Microsoft warns about Astaroth malware campaign
- Astaroth-Dropper Trojan Hides in Plain Sight
- More than 1,000 Android apps harvest data even after you deny permissions
- Trick those #!@% spam calls with a fake phone number
- Zoom will patch videoconferencing app in security about-face
- This new ransomware is targeting network attached storage devices
- Eavesdropping flaw prompts Apple to suspend Walkie-Talkie app
Electronics
- Tiny robot leaps around carrying its own battery, electronics
- This AirPods alternative is half the price and pretty damn good
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- Nintendo Switch Lite vs. Apple iPod Touch: Which is the best $200 gaming handheld for kids?
- Fixing the past: The art of collecting pinball machines
- Hands-on with the new Apple MacBook Air and MacBook Pro
Software
- Android Q(&A): Android Engineers take us on a deep dive of Android Q
- Android Q’s gesture navigation won’t support custom home apps at launch
WordPress
Design
Technology
- Volkswagen will share electric car platform with Ford, says Reuters
- 5G doesn’t just need to be fast — it needs to be free
- Toyota testing improved solar roof for electric cars that can charge while driving
- 50 years after Apollo 11, NASA’s rocket launches are as exciting as ever
- Courts grapple with Amazon’s responsibility for dangerous products
- Elon Musk puts kibosh on hopes of refreshed Models S and X vehicles
- How much more can Amazon grow? Here’s where it will be in 5 years
- Here’s What People Thought of Amazon When It First Launched in the Mid-1990s
- Amazon, Microsoft wage war over $10 billion opportunity with the Pentagon
- WarnerMedia’s HBO Max Launches in 2020, and It’s Bringing ‘Friends’
- The Internet Is Drowning
- “This is crazy”: FCC kills part of San Francisco’s broadband-competition law
- Moon landing 50th anniversary: How Apollo 11 fired up the space race
- This Neat Design Could Make a Plane’s Middle Seats Tolerable
Phones
- The Galaxy Note 10 launches August 7
- Galaxy S10 5G speed test: Verizon and Sprint duke it out head-to-head
Fun Stories
- Who Came Up with Eggs Benedict? 8 Dishes and Cocktails Born in Hotels
- Grannies in running shoes are delivering ramen for Uber in Japan
- The Island That Keeps Eating Itself
- From witchcraft to cheese theft: archive sheds light on 200 years of crime
- German Researchers Are Investigating the Science Behind Soft-Pretzel Scent
- The bitter truth behind Madagascar’s roaring vanilla trade
- Are pistachios the nut of the future?
- The story of the Moon across a century of cinema
- An exotic-looking orange bird turned out to be a seagull covered in curry
- Gates Says Steve Jobs Cast ‘Spells’ to Keep Apple From Dying
- Welcome to the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, the Seaweed Superhighway
- For Sale: 40 Years of Vinyl Singles That Topped the British Charts
- Top 10 Most Valuable Movie Cars
- Should You Wear White or Black on Hot Days? Here’s the Data
- What Will You Miss About Your Favorite Mall?
- Faroe Islands One-Lane Tunnels
- These Made-to-Order Cakes Look Like Beautiful Nightmares
Social Media
- Delete Facebook, but save your data with a phone or computer
- Facebook: Libra cryptocurrency project isn’t only about the social network
- Facebook will start taking a cut of fan subscriptions in 2020
- Instagram’s New Anti-Bullying Tools Let You Shadow Ban Rude Followers
- Facebook is trying to woo YouTube stars with new ways to make money
- Woz wants you to get off Facebook right now
- Facebook gets experimental with new apps to reel you in
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