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U.S. May Ban Laptops on All Flights Into and Out of the Country

(Reuters) — The United States might ban laptops from aircraft cabins on all flights into and out of the country as part of a ramped-up effort to protect against potential security threats, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said on Sunday.

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 27: A traveler walks past a newly-opened TSA Pre-check application

‘Far Cry 5’ Official Announce Trailer

Far Cry 5 brings Ubisoft’s open-world first-person shooter to the United States, pitting players against a religious doomsday cult that has taken over the remote fictional Hope County in Montana.

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Reuters: Facebook Signs BuzzFeed, Vox, Others for Original Video Shows

(Reuters) — Facebook Inc (FB.O) has signed deals with millennial-focused news and entertainment creators Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN, Group Nine Media and others to make shows for its upcoming video service, which will feature long and short-form content with ad breaks, according to several sources familiar with the situation.

Facebook says a new London headquarters will take its British workforce to 1,500 staff, ad

Black Harvard Students Holding a Graduation of Their Own

BOSTON (AP) — Black students at Harvard University are organizing a graduation ceremony of their own this year to recognize the achievements of black students and faculty members some say have been overlooked.

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Experts See Possible North Korea Links to Global Cyberattack

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Cybersecurity experts are pointing to circumstantial evidence that North Korea may be behind the global “ransomware” attack: the way the hackers took hostage computers and servers across the world was similar to previous cyberattacks attributed to North Korea.

AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

Turkey Blocks Access to Wikipedia over ‘Terror’ Claims

Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey on Saturday blocked all access inside the country to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia reportedly for articles claiming links between Ankara and terror groups, the latest restriction on a popular website to hit Turkish users.

The Associated Press

1st Twitter Revenue Drop Since IPO

NEW YORK (AP) — You’d think Twitter would be able to milk its status as President Donald Trump’s megaphone. But the company still faces stagnant user growth, has never made a profit and even reported a quarterly revenue decline Wednesday, a first since going public.

A trader works by the post where Twitter is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exch

EU Lawmakers Vote to Make YouTube Fight Online ‘Hate Speech’

(Reuters) — Video-sharing platforms such as Google’s YouTube and Vimeo will have to take measures to protect citizens from content containing hate speech and incitement to violence under measures voted by EU lawmakers on Tuesday.

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‘Steep’ – Winterfest DLC Trailer

The Winterfest DLC for Ubisoft’s open-world extreme sports game Steep adds a new sporting event, challenges, and customization options for players.

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Hacker Documents Show NSA Tools for Breaching Global Money Transfer System

(Reuters) — Documents and computer files released by hackers provide a blueprint for how the U.S. National Security Agency likely used weaknesses in commercially available software to gain access to the global system for transferring money between banks, a review of the data showed.

An illustration picture shows the logo of the U.S. National Security Agency on the display

Report: Uber Used Secret Program to Track Lyft Drivers

NEW YORK (AP) — A new report says Uber used a secret program dubbed “Hell’ to track Lyft drivers to see if they were driving for both ride-hailing services and otherwise stifle competition.

The Associated Press

Symantec Attributes 40 Cyber Attacks to CIA-Linked Hacking Tools

(Reuters) — Past cyber attacks on scores of organizations around the world were conducted with top-secret hacking tools that were exposed recently by the Web publisher Wikileaks, the security researcher Symantec Corp said on Monday.

REUTERS/Larry Downing

Twitter Drops Lawsuit Against U.S. Government

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government has dropped its request for Twitter to produce records that could identify users behind an account opposed to President Donald Trump, the company said Friday.

Twitter has 320 million monthly active users

Prostitute Who Gave Google Exec Fatal Drug Shot Is Deported

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal immigration officials said Friday they were deporting a California prostitute to Canada after she completed a jail sentence for involuntary manslaughter for giving a fatal heroin shot to a Google executive she had been entertaining aboard his yacht.

AP Photo/Santa Cruz Sentinel, Shmuel Thaler, Pool