IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 23/10/2015

DHS now needs warrant for stingray use, but not when protecting president
New DHS rules have no bearing on how stingrays are used at state, local level.

FCC hopes to shut down robocallers by publishing numbers weekly
Commission stresses that consumer complaints are critical to building the blacklist.

Appeals court reverses itself, gives Amazon a trademark win over watchmaker
Decision diverts an impending trial over Amazon's search function.

New attacks on Network Time Protocol can defeat HTTPS and create chaos
Exploits can be used to snoop on encrypted traffic and cause debilitating outages.

WikiLeaks publishes e-mail from CIA director’s hacked AOL account
Published info includes contact info for John Brennan's family, close friends.

Mythbusters creators say 14th season will be last, announce farewell tour
Entertainment Weekly interviews Hyneman, Savage about final season's "iconic" tests.

US: Drones will soon need distinctive markings, just like aircraft tail numbers
FAA currently has a hard time identifying, prosecuting unsafe drone pilots.

Proposed German law: telecoms must store customer data on airgapped servers
Law must pass upper house, president and Europe at large; it'd also require encryption.

Some Tesla owners are too trusting of autopilot
Near misses in self-driving mode are starting to appear on YouTube.

“YouTube Red” offers premium YouTube for $9.99 a month, $12.99 for iOS users
YouTube is also launching a Music vertical, YouTube Music.

23andMe reboots genetic health testing, now with FDA approval
New DNA-based data shifts focus to heredity, away from disease risks.

Apple releases watchOS 2.0.1 update to fix battery bugs and more
Issues surrounding battery life, Live Photos, and emojis are addressed.

Today’s OS X El Capitan update should fix Microsoft Office crashes
Apple's Mac update also patches security holes and offers new emojis.

Arrested 9-year-old boy’s mugshot lands online, privacy debate ensues
Family members feared for their lives "when the boy was pointing the knife at them."

Stanford teaches a self-driving DeLorean to drift
Autonomous cars are getting fast and furious

iOS 9.1 release lays groundwork for upcoming Apple TV and iPad Pro
Oh, and there are new emoji, which is awesome.

Couple sues Pandora and SiriusXM over copyright in pre-1972 songs
The Sheridans owned a record label with pre-1972 jazz, doo wop, and R&B.

More Antarctic ice shelf collapses are in store
New modeling data explores the influence of emissions on ice shelf health.

Payday 2 rolls back microtransactions after fan outrage
Players can now unlock new weapon mods without opening their wallets.

Glueballs are the missing frontier of the Standard Model
There should be particles made entirely of gluons, but we don't know how to find them.

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Thursday, October 22, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 23/10/2015

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