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Half an operating system: The triumph and tragedy of OS/2

Hacker’s paradise: Louisiana’s ransomware disaster far from over

Police can’t force child-porn suspect to reveal password, court rules

A notorious Iranian hacking crew is targeting industrial control systems

FCC bans Huawei and ZTE gear in US-funded broadband projects

At launch, AT&T’s real 5G will only be as fast as its fake 5G

DOD joins fight against 5G spectrum proposal, citing risks to GPS

Scammers try a new way to steal online shoppers’ payment-card data

Louisiana was hit by Ryuk, triggering another cyber-emergency

Verizon’s new 5G coverage maps show just how sparse the network is

Google will pay $1.5 million for the most severe Android exploits

Nikki Haley lost her password, so she sent sensitive info over unclassified system

Researchers see spike in “out of season” IRS-impersonating phishing attacks

Official Monero website is hacked to deliver currency-stealing malware

As DirecTV tanks, AT&T says it will “re-bundle” TV with HBO Max

Password data for ~2.2 million users of currency and gaming sites dumped online

Microsoft says yes to future encrypted DNS requests in Windows

Google & Samsung fix Android spying flaw. Other makers may still be vulnerable

Think of the children: FBI sought Interpol statement against end-to-end crypto

John Legere, T-Mobile’s brash “Un-carrier” chief, will leave in May 2020

“Absolutely relentless” “ad blocker” plasters users with—you guessed it—ads

Microsoft sends a new kind of AI processor into the cloud

Roger Stone convicted of lying to Congress about WikiLeaks contacts, witness tampering

What the newly released Checkra1n jailbreak means for iDevice security

Impeachment hearing reveals major White House phone security fail

Breach affecting 1 million was caught only after hacker maxed out target’s storage