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Michael Smyers, 1983-2023: Gifted engineer and startup founder sparked Coinme and Zipwhip

GeekWire

The core operating system that he began developing for Zipwhip in 2008 was still in use when Twilio acquired the landline texting company for $850 million in 2021. Smyers also applied that larger philosophy to his role as a father after the birth of their son, Niko, in 2020. He was 39 years old.

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Nokia’s name gets slapped on 4K Android TV box with sleek results

The Verge

The Streaming Box 8000 is the work of Streamview , and its website notes it has licensed the Nokia brand to sell Smart TVs, set-top boxes, and DAB+ radios across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. OEM is @SEIRobotics [link] pic.twitter.com/V4v15GBSTy — Android TV Guide (@androidtv_rumor) November 4, 2020. Image: Streamview.

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BlackBerry will die on January 4th — for real this time

The Verge

or earlier, BlackBerry 10, or its tablet operating system BlackBerry PlayBook — will “no longer reliably function,” says the company. Then, in 2016, it started licensing its brand to third-party manufacturers like TCL. As of January 4th, any phones or tablets running BlackBerry’s own software — that’s BlackBerry 7.1

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8 enterprise web application development trends to watch in 2020

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

While this certainly isn’t an exhaustive list, here are some of the most important trends to watch in 2020: 1. In 2020, we’ll see more use of tactics designed to improve speed. photo credit: bamenny via pixabay cc Industry analysts predict that we’ll see an uptick in both automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in 2020.

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Switch hacker Gary W. Bowser given 40-month sentence, owes Nintendo $14.5M

GeekWire

“GaryOPA” Bowser was initially indicted in Seattle in August 2020 alongside Max “MAXiMiLiEN” Louarn and Yuanning Chen. Nintendo had previously sued several storefronts that offered Team Xecuter’s products in June 2020. 2020 and extradited to stand trial in New Jersey.

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iDOS 2 emulator gets App Store takedown notice

The Verge

Executing code can introduce or changes features or functionality of the app and allows for downloading of content without licensing. For whatever reason, though, Apple appears to have changed its mind on enforcing this section of its App Store rules. on an iPad) may have caused Apple’s change of heart.

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UNCOVERING OPENWRT REMOTE CODE EXECUTION (CVE-2020-7982)

ForAllSecure

OpenWRT is a free, Linux-based operating system geared towards use in embedded devices in general and network routers in particular. 2 Depends: libc, libattr License: GPL-2.0-or-later both released on February 1st 2020. In the following sections, I’ll dive deeper into how I identified the vulnerability. or 19.07.1.

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