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More than 500,000 people watched Shroud return to Twitch

Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek, one of the most popular live streamers in the world, returned to Twitch on Wednesday after Microsoft’s decision to shut down the competing Mixer platform, drawing nearly 500,000 active viewers into its comeback stream before it even officially started. Many of those viewers appeared only to find …

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ReVoLTE attack can decrypt 4G (LTE) calls for on-call calls

Image: Rupprecht et al. A team of academics this week detailed a vulnerability in the Voice over LTE (VoLTE) protocol that could be used to break the encryption on 4G voice calls. Named ReVoLTE, researchers say this attack is possible because mobile operators often use the same encryption numbers to …

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Makers say Netflix soured Airbender’s live-action remake

In a rare public fallout for Netflix, the makers of the highly anticipated, live-action adaptation of the platform’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, the award-winning Nickelodeon comic, have left the project. Avatar: The Last AirbenderThe full run was available this past June on Netflix, attracting an enormous audience and governing the …

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