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Apple accused of playing cheap with its bug bounty
SC Magazine … cynic as “A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing” – now some researchers are claiming Apple may fit that description as the company, by pricing its bug bounties low, appears to not know the true value of its own zero day … |
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The announcement at BlizzCon 2016 that met with the most muted response was arguably the most revolutionary.
While new content for the likes of Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, and Diablo III drew appreciative roars from the Blizzard faithful, the news that Google’s DeepMind branch—which is dedicated to developing sophisticated Intelligence—would be teaming up with the makers of Starcraft 2 to further its research on AI elicited more of a murmur.
Perhaps the lack of enthusiasm was down to taste. After all, why would the plans of AI scientists be of interest to Starcraft 2 players? As it turns out, if the collaboration between DeepMind and Blizzard is what its developers hope it could be, players will see very tangible benefits—and so will many others outside the video game space.
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On Monday, my brother who lives in San Diego sent me an email with the subject line: “Third time this week.” What had happened for the third time was that someone fell off the oceanside cliff near his home, something that happens there with frightening regularity.
I asked my brother why this keeps happening.
“Gravity,” was his reply.
Me: “Ha-ha. I mean are they just trying to get a better look? Or flying one of those stupid flying things? Or playing Pokemon Go? (Oh, sweet heaven, that would be such a *great* rumor to start today even if it’s not true.)”
Two days later it’s true, though not at the exact same cliff.
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Dempsey Describes Cyberwarfare as a Level Playing Field
ABC News The U.S. has linked North Korea to the hacking of Sony Pictures. Dempsey said the U.S. has peer competitors in cyberwarfare. He goes so far as to call it a level playing field, which makes him very uncomfortable. He did not go into greater detail about … |