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WiFi firmware bug affects laptops, smartphones, routers, gaming devices

List of impacted devices includes PS4, Xbox One, Samsung Chromebooks, and Microsoft Surface devices.
Verizon to roll out free robocoll spam protection to all customers

Call Filter service to be made available to all wireless and wired customers with compatible phones in March 2019.
Canon Brazil appoints new leadership

Masaharu Choki takes the helm after 15 of unchanged leadership with "high expectations" from top management.

Safe to buy refurbished devices? Why this startup thinks it's better than buying new

Startup Back Market believes it's changing consumers' perceptions of refurbished products.
Reliance Jio's Q3 net profit climbs to $119m while ARPU declines

The Indian telco has posted net profit of $119 million, an increase of 65 percent year on year.
Twitter bug revealed private tweets for some Android users for almost five years

Some Twitter for Android users had their private tweets exposed to non-followers and search engines.

Facebook removes propaganda network linked to Russian media group Sputnik

Facebook says Sputnik employees ran hundreds of Facebook pages and accounts, some posing as politicians in other countries.
Microsoft promises $500m to fix Greater Seattle's housing affordability 'crisis'

The $500 million commitment will be used for loans and grants to accelerate the construction of more affordable housing across the region.
Star Trek: The technology won, but Roddenberry's visionary society lost

Star Trek: Discovery, which premieres in its second season this week, is a dark show for dark times, with flawed and imperfect characters. Just like Roddenberry himself. ...

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