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Microsoft patches Word zero-day booby-trap exploit
All versions of Office on all versions of Windows are vulnerable to this zero-day that…

Google boosts verification after wave of Maps fake listings fraud
Just as platforms are turning to humans to verify news stories, verification procedures for business…

Google Ruins the Assistant's Shopping List, Turns It Into a Big Google Express Ad
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Google Assistant, Google’s voice assistant…

Canada Hid the Konami Code In Its Commemorative $10 Bill Launch
The Bank of Canada has hid a “Konami Code” Easter egg on its website celebrating…

Twitter Allegedly Deleting Negative Tweets About United Airlines' Passenger Abuse
New submitter dooode writes: As you would have read, United just had another Nazi moment…

Chrome Now Uses Scroll Anchoring To Prevent Those Annoying Page Jumps
Google has updated its Chrome browser to fix the annoying page jumps that occur when…

Alphabet Wants Its Lawsuit Against Uber To Play Out Publicly
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Recode: The company filed an opposition request late…

Breaking Signal: A Six-Month Journey
Researchers spent six months poking holes in Signal and urge a bigger spotlight on security…

Tools Used by Lamberts APT Found in Vault 7 Dumps
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab today disclosed the activities of the Lamberts APT, a group using…