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Inside the RNC’s secret cybersecurity battle

Despite years of batting away cyberattacks, Max Everett is still on high alert. The Republican National Committee’s chief information officer has been working 20-hour days, and they seem to be getting longer as the convention‘s main event — Donald Trump’s acceptance of the party’s nomination on Thursday night — approaches. Hacktivist groups, like Anonymous, have already targeted Trump’s campaign. It …

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Petition asks Apple not to implement video

Here’s a new feature Apple fans don’t want. A group of people is asking Apple not to include features in its iPhones that could allow police and governments to remotely disable their cameras. The technology, which was described in a patent awarded to the company last month, could allow a phone’s camera to be remotely disabled through infrared signals. “The …

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Galaxy Note 7 allegedly revealed in image

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note 7 has been the subject of countless rumors, and a new image allegedly reveals what it will look like. The image — a drawing, not a photo — was tweeted by known leaker @evleaks, aka Evan Blass, and first published at blog site VentureBeat. The device features a dual curved display, which backs up previous reports …

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Amazon’s $150 Moto G4 is an even better deal than the original (hands

Now playing: Watch this: Here’s how the Moto G4 looks with Amazon ads 1:21 Amazon has done something audacious. It’s offered to shave $50 off the already well-priced (and well-liked) $200 Motorola Moto G4 for members of its Amazon Prime service. The catch? You’ll see constant ads on the phone’s lock screen. (If you’re looking for options, Amazon also sells …

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How to use emojis on your Windows PC

Who doesn’t love emojis? These tiny, colorful Unicode pictographs are perfect for conveying everything from laughing so hard you’re crying (face it, LOL is meaningless nowadays) to…um…poop. Yeah. But while emojis are all over mobile devices, they’re a bit trickier to utilize if you’re using a PC. Luckily — thanks to Microsoft’s quest to create the most universal of universal …

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Turkey blocks WikiLeaks after it publishes 300,000 government emails

WikiLeaks was blocked in Turkey on Wednesday, the site said, after it published thousands of emails from the country’s ruling party following a failed military coup last weekend. The move comes hours after WikiLeaks, known for publishing classified government and military info, made public nearly 300,000 emails and 500,000 documents from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party …

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