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Lizard Squad returns, claims attack on Xbox Live and Daybreak Games
Hacking group Lizard Squad has returned, apparently disrupting Microsoft’s Xbox Live service and Daybreak Games with DDoS attacks.
WhatsApp spy tool lets anyone track when you’re online
WhatsSpy Public illustrates that fiddling with your privacy settings doesn’t stop people from tracking your status and any changes you’ve made to profile photos, status messages and settings.
Artificial Intelligence could make us extinct, warn Oxford University researchers
Researchers from Oxford University have joined the growing chorus of sober, intelligent, technology literate people warning about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence by listing it as one of twelve risks that pose a threat to human civilisation or even all human life.
New rules on drones and aerial surveillance issued by FAA, White House
Proposed FAA rules would prohibit flying drones out of eyesight, at night, or over people, while the president has ordered federal agencies to be transparent about data collection and to respect privacy. 
Firefox to get a “walled garden” for browser extensions, Mozilla to be sole arbiter
Mozilla has announced that its Firefox browser is heading towards signed browser extensions only. Even if you publish your extensions “off market,” you’ll have to get Mozilla to sign them first.
Google’s Project Zero backs off a bit – will now give up to 14 days’ grace
Google’s controversial “zero-day dropping machine,” Project Zero, which automatically outs your bugs after 90 days, will now give up to 14 day’s leeway.
Microsoft pulls PowerPoint-killing patch KB2920732
The latest in a series of Microsoft patch failures rendered PowerPoint inoperable on devices running Windows RT.
News flash: hacker turns Apple’s Lightning connector into a jailbreak conductor
A French hacker says he’ll soon be making modified Lightning connector cables that will give Apple iOS jailbreakers a better view inside their iDevices.
US wireless carriers now legally have to unlock our phones
US mobile phone owners have regained their freedom: we can now legally unlock our phones and take them to another network carrier. 