Tue. 09/06 – When “They” Turn Off Your Devices For You

Pretty high priority zero-day to tell you about. Is Binance about to upend the stablecoin market with its muscle? When your electrical utility takes over your smart thermostat. And how that rumored always on iPhone display might work in practice.

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• Google Chrome emergency update fixes new zero-day used in attacks (BleepingComputer)
• Binance, Issuer of Third-Biggest Stablecoin, to Stop Supporting Larger Rival USDC (CoinDesk)
• CVS Makes $8 Billion Bet on the Return of the House Call (NYTimes)
• Thousands of Xcel customers locked out of thermostats during 'energy emergency' (Denver7)
• Ahead of iPhone 14 event, Brazil suspends iPhone sales without power brick and fines Apple (9to5Mac)
• iPhone 14 Pro's Always-On Display Behavior in iOS 16 Allegedly Revealed Days Ahead of Unveiling (MacRumors)

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