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Ultraleap’s mid-air haptics tempts Tencent to join its $82M Series D fundraising

TechCrunch

It was way back in 2017 that the company that became Ultraleap (Ultrahaptics, as was) demonstrated at TechCrunch Disrupt a technology that pioneered ultrasound to replicate the sense of touch. Like the internet, it is a reality we will interact with, in all parts of life: at home, in the office, in cars, or out in public.

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Make a resolution to clean up your digital act? Here’s how

The Parallax

Did you get hacked in 2017? In a time when metadata is used by governments to kill their adversaries , and Internet service providers are allowed to sell their customers’ Internet usage to the highest bidder, a good virtual private network goes a long way towards hiding your traffic from surveillance of all kinds.

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Stuck with Windows 7? Here’s a security game plan

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Last week, Microsoft’s Windows 7, once the go-to operating system of nearly 60 percent of all computers , reached the company’s designated end of the road for security patches. Microsoft said in a statement that after supporting the operating system for 10 years, the company is moving on. .

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Mighty Networks raises $50M to build a creator economy for the masses

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The investment brings Palo Alto-based Mighty Networks’ total raised since its 2017 inception to $67 million. . Creators need to own their own community on the internet, where members meet each other and get results and transformation.” . million in new funding.

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Fragmentation likely to hinder Android P’s security chops

The Parallax

But even locking down a long-criticized Android privacy flaw won’t help the operating system beat its biggest security flaw: its own success. Android has long since owned the crown as the world’s most popular mobile operating system, having commanded at least 36 percent market share since 2011. And Android 5.1

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How Wi-Fi router security has deteriorated since 2003

The Parallax

FBI’s router reboot call reminds us why to check for updates Your old router could be a hacking group’s APT pawn Why hackers love your Wi-Fi (and how to protect it) How to secure your home Wi-Fi Time for a Department of the Internet of Things? The long reach of Mirai, the Internet of Things botnet. This is effectively an iceberg.”.

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Cent, the platform that Jack Dorsey used to sell his first tweet as an NFT, raises $3M

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Cent was founded in 2017 as an ad-free creator network that allows users to offer each other crypto rewards for good posts and comments — it’s like gifting awards on Reddit, but with Ethereum. In addition to independent distribution lists, Hejazi wants to move away from the ad-supported internet.