Hacking Humanity

Thuy Ong / The Verge: Samsung’s Bixby launches in more than 200 countries including the UK, Canada, Australia, and South Africa, is currently available in

Ernesto / TorrentFreak: The Windows Store has dozens of pirate streaming apps, some of which have pre-roll ads using Microsoft’s Ad Monetization platform  —  In

TechCrunch: Y Combinator Summer 2017 Demo Day 1: 50 startups, with AI emerging as a top startup trend  —  Biotech and artificial intelligence have emerged

Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: Hackers hijack cell phone numbers to drain cryptocurrency wallets, pointing to security weaknesses at both carriers and wallet services 

Lindsey O’Donnell / CRN: IoT security firm ZingBox raises $22M Series B led by Dell Technologies Capital and Tri Ventures  —  Pages  —  ZingBox, which

Ashley Cowburn / The Independent: UK’s Crown Prosecution Service says it will pursue online hate crime as diligently as offline offenses, expects rise in prosecutions

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Facebook launches a dedicated tab for Safety Check, where it lists crises from around world, rolling out over the coming

Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: WhatsApp adds colorful text status updates, just like Facebook  —  WhatsApp today began to roll out Status updates you can make

David Ruddock / Android Police: Source: Google plans to launch a new Pixel-branded Chromebook and a mini version of the Google Home alongside new phones

Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: Database provider Redis Labs raises $44M Series D led by new investor Goldman Sachs to challenge Oracle, has raised