Mon. 05/11 – Why Call it “Thunderspy” and not “Thunderstruck” or “Thunderstorm?”

A flaw in Thunderbolt basically means no computers are secure. Qualcomm’s new flagship chip. Eric Schmidt has finally left the Googleplex. Detecting malware via grayscale images. Apple is reopening stores, and we might have a new tech IPO as soon as next month.

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Links:

• Thunderbolt Flaws Expose Millions of PCs to Hands-On Hacking (Wired)
• Qualcomm's latest mobile gaming chip packs faster graphics and global 5G (Engadget)
• Eric Schmidt, who led Google's transformation into a tech giant, has left the company (CNET)
• Microsoft and Intel project converts malware into images before analyzing it (ZDNET)
• Microsoft adds protection against Reply-All email storms in Office 365 (ZDNET)
• Apple plans gradual reopening of US retail stores beginning next week (9to5Mac)
• Apple to reopen stores in US starting next week (CNBC)
• Online Car Seller Vroom Files Confidentially for IPO (WSJ)

Book mentioned: Atrocities by Matthew White

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