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Hackers stole $49 million worth of cryptocurrency from Upbit exchange
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit has reported that hackers have stolen 342,000 Ethereum coins worth $48.7 million. The attack was confirmed in a statement posted to the cryptocurrency exchange’s website by Upbit’s CEO Lee Seok-woo.
You can read more here.
Adobe confirmed a security breach that impacts Magento Marketplace users
In an email sent to customers, the company said the a vulnerability in the Magento Marketplace website allowed “an unauthorized third-party” to access account information for registered users. These include both regular users who registered on the site to buy themes and plugins for Magento-based online stores, but also plugin and theme developers who were using the portal to sell their code.
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New products
Oppo Reno 3
Oppo Reno 3 will have a 6.5-inch FHD+ AMOLED screen, Snapdragon 735 processor and 8GB RAM. It will come with a 4,500 mAh battery.
More info here.
vivo iQOO Neo
The phone will have Snapdragon 855+ processor and 8GB of RAM. It will come with up to 256GB storage option.
More info here.
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Apple is criticized for labeling Crimea as part of Russia in Maps
Apple’s Maps and Weather apps now display Crimea as a Russian territory when viewed from within the country. The company was pressured by the State Duma to do so, and had originally suggested displaying Crimea as an “undefined territory”.
You can read more here.
A former world champion of the game Go says he’s retiring because AI ‘cannot be defeated’
In 2016, Lee Se-dol, who was considered the best Go player in the world, lost a set of matches 4-1 against AlphaGo, an AI system developed by the Google-owned company DeepMind. The company has further improved its program since AlphaGo’s match against Lee. The latest iteration, AlphaGo Zero, was able to beat the original AlphaGo in 100 matches in a row.
More info can be found here.
