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Report: Security Researchers Can Expose A Grindr User's Exact Location

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Security researchers reported over the weekend that they are able to triangulate the exact location of users on Grindr , as well as three other mobile dating apps, all by just knowing a username.

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SoCalGas Gets $7.1M for Zero and Near-Zero Emissions Vehicle Technology Research

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the primary supplier of natural gas to customers in Southern California, reports that it has received over $7M in funding from the U.S. SoCalGas said it will supply an additional $730,000 in funding via its Research, Development, & Demonstration department for those efforts. Southern California Gas Co. , The company said $7.1M

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New COVID-19 Special Reports Explore Clinical Research During the Pandemic

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Two new special reports on Xconomy Insight provide an expert view on how companies can sustain clinical trials during the COVID-19 crisis.

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Acacia Research Shuffles CEO

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Newport Beach-based patent licensing firm Acacia Research Corporation reported late Friday that it has shuffled its CEO. In a statement, Acacia Research said that Ryan recently turned 68, and has been at Acacia Research for the last thirteen years. executive property intellectual licensing patent research acacia'

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Google Researcher Uncovers Major Vulnerahility In Blizzard's Games, Now Fixed

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A Google security researcher, Tavis Ormandy, revealed a major vulnerability in the gaming software from Blizzard--now fixed--which would had enabled hackers to install any software they wanted. The report did not detail any actual use of the security issue in the wild, and says Blizzard had addressed the issue with a patch to its software.

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Researchers Find Security Hole In Western Digital My Cloud Drives

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According to security researchers, a "provilege escalation bug" allows attackers to bypass the admin password on those drives, giving them complete conrol over the data stored on those devices--which are often placed on the internet.

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Report: Ring Working On Facial Recognition, Despite Denials

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A new report says that Los Angeles-based Ring The report , from Buzzfeed, claims that Ring has a group of researchers in the Ukraine, including a "head of face recognition research", despite its long public stance that it does not use facial recognition technology.

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