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The Personal Data of 267 Million Facebook Users Leaks Online

The Personal Data of 267 Million Facebook Users Leaks Online
If you’re a Facebook user wondering if your personal information has been leaked, the answer by this point is almost certainly “yes.” The latest privacy snafu in a long series of them involves about 267 million users. Comparitech and security researcher Bob Diachenko spotted a repository of Facebook . It has since vanished but not before links to the data appeared on hacker forums. Yes, this is the company that wants to so it can stop using the open source Android OS. The data was available in Elasticsearch, a distributed full-text search engine. The researchers report that the database first appeared in Elasticsearch on or around December 4th.

Hollywood Just Patched an In-Theater Movie, Cats, for the First Time in History

Hollywood Just Patched an In-Theater Movie, Cats, for the First Time in History
The Hollywood adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats opened in theaters last week to a bewildered cacophony of yowls and hisses from critics, some of whom objected to a two-hour unexpected staging of The Unbearable Horniness of Feline Being. No, I haven’t seen the movie, but a lot — a lot — of people have been remarking on this particular aspect of the film. Now, in a completely unprecedented move (but after an abysmal opening weekend), Cats is receiving an update… while still in theaters. The staging and effects of Cats was apparently rough — there’s been a lot of reviewers commenting on the oddness of, well, everything.

Twitter Warns of Account Hijacking Flaw in Android App, Urges Immediate Updates

Twitter Warns of Account Hijacking Flaw in Android App, Urges Immediate Updates
Anyone running an older version of the Twitter app on Android might want to reconsider their update phobia. could have allowed an attacker to access accounts to see protected data and even post content as if they were the victim. The vulnerability is patched in the latest versions, but that won’t matter if you’ve got automatic updates turned off. Twitter released scant details of the hack in its recent Privacy Center blog post. It only said that the process to break into an account via the Android app was “complicated” and involved injecting malicious code into restricted storage areas of the app.

ET Last Minute Before Christmas Deals: 15 Percent off $50 Apple Gift Card

ET Last Minute Before Christmas Deals: 15 Percent off $50 Apple Gift Card
With Christmas eve tomorrow, you are all but out of time to shop for your friends and family. If you still need a gift, it’s not too late to get some items from 1-day shipping before Christmas. Amazon also has $50 Apple gift cards on sale, which are also excellent last minute gift items as they don’t need to ship. If you are still unsure what to get for someone in your family for Christmas, consider getting them an Apple gift card. This $50 gift card can be used towards any purchases on Apple’s App Store and on iTunes.

Facebook Might Create Custom Operating System to Replace Android

Facebook Might Create Custom Operating System to Replace Android
For years, Facebook’s only product was a website, but it has since expanded into hardware with Portal and Oculus. Facebook uses heavily modified versions of Android on both devices, and that makes it dependent on Google and the Android Open Source Project. The company is now reportedly looking to bring its software in-house with a custom operating system. It has apparently even hired one of the original architects of Windows NT to head the project. The original report comes from The Information, which doesn’t have many beyond the existence of the project. Facebook hired Mark Lucovsky, a veteran of Microsoft where he co-authored the Windows NT operating system.

The Rise of Skywalker Is Being Used to Push Malware Downloads, Surprising No One

The Rise of Skywalker Is Being Used to Push Malware Downloads, Surprising No One
Disney’s Star Wars sequel trilogy is wrapping up with the new film release, but trying to snag an early copy online might be even more risky than usual. Kaspersky Lab reports that The Rise of Skywalker has become the hottest new way to . That download that looks too good to be true probably is. The Rise of Skywalker is the culmination of Disney’s revamping of the Star Wars franchise. The first two films in the trilogy have been smash hits at the box office, despite many fans feeling disappointed with Disney’s approach to the universe. Still, Star Wars is a cultural phenomenon, and people want to experience it.

At a Glance: Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Review

At a Glance: Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Review
With its new , Samsung is aiming to compete with both Apple’s iPads and Microsoft’s Surface computers. Built like a high-end smartphone, this tablet is certainly versatile, but does it have what it takes to beat out these big competitors? Design and Specs The Galaxy Tab S6 comes equipped with a 10.5-inch super AMOLED display with a resolution of 2,560×1,660. This gives it a total of 287 PPI, which puts it roughly on par with Microsoft’s Surface Pro 6 and the latest Apple iPad Pro.

ET Weekend Before Christmas Deals: 15 Percent off $50 Apple Gift Card, $250 off Microsoft Surface Pro 6, iRobot Roomba 675 for $200

ET Weekend Before Christmas Deals: 15 Percent off $50 Apple Gift Card, $250 off Microsoft Surface Pro 6, iRobot Roomba 675 for $200
With the last weekend before Christmas about to start, it’s almost too late to buy anything for Christmas online. There are still some great deals out there though, and if you order before Monday, you still have a slim chance of getting your order before the big day arrives. If you are still unsure what to get for someone in your family for Christmas, consider getting them an Apple gift card. This $50 gift card can be used towards any purchases on Apple’s App Store and on iTunes. It’s also on sale right now with a 15 percent discount that makes the $50 card just $42.50.

This Is My iPhone SE

This Is My iPhone SE
That’s my iPhone SE, pictured above. It’s mostly looked like that — with one recent minor change — for the past 12 months. A little over a year ago, I attended . On the last evening of the event, I dropped my phone in the lobby while saying goodbye to a few friends. The phone fell straight down onto bare tile, aerodynamic as a brick. There was a sickening crunch. When I lifted the phone, it looked almost as bad as it does in the above. There was still some shattered glass clinging to the lower-right-hand corner and the Home button was still attached, but the screen had assumed its, erm, aliased appearance.
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