June 23, 2016

Weekly Computing Newsletter

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Your face might be part of the FBI’s enormous face recognition network

Questions about accuracy and transparency plague the bureau’s five-year-old face matching system.

 
 

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Apple says it intentionally opened up some crucial iPhone code

The iPhone maker says it stopped obscuring crucial operating system code to boost performance—a change that could also improve device security.

 
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Apple opened up some of the iPhone’s most crucial code. Royal screwup or savvy new strategy?

A preview of Apple’s next mobile operating system upgrade revealed some of the system’s inner workings for the first time and suggests that the company wants help finding security flaws.

 
 

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As cars become more computerized and connected, some may soon feature security software

New software protects autos against hackers by figuring out what normal Internet traffic should look like.

 
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The world’s fastest supercomputer signals new dominance for Chinese hardware

China now has more supercomputers among the world’s top 500 fastest machines than any other nation.

 
 

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The Best of the Physics arXiv (week ending June 18, 2016)

This week’s most interesting and thought-provoking papers from the Physics arXiv.

 
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A hacker lifted $80 million in digital currency from the DAO, showing the dangers of programmable money

A huge digital heist is a reminder that when your code has direct control of millions of dollars of assets, it had better be free of errors.

 
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If buffering is still a problem on your home Wi-Fi, this new router might be the answer

Startup Plume is betting that consumers are ready to pay more for a powerful wireless network with a brain in the cloud.

 
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