The Weekly Whatever: Ruble for your thoughts?
Softwar qualty
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Hackers discover that Amazon Echo devices will obey their own verbal commands.
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Internet-filtering man-in-the-middle boxes turn out to be a great way to carry out DDoS attacks.
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Automatic YouTube caption system mishears and inserts words like “porn”, “bitch” and “rape” into kids’ videos.
Crapto
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Founder of BitConnect cryptocurrency charged with running it as a $2.4 billion Ponzi scheme.
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Bitcoin is dirtier than ever.
Just making sure
Homeland security
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Trump’s border wall has been sawn through more than 3,000 times.
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Knock knock. Who’s there? Aurora Borealis.
Politics
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South Dakota Democrat abandons electoral campaign after people uncover his old Twitter posts fantasizing about making a cartoon video of his opponent’s family being killed.
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Texas Republican abandons his re-election campaign after people discover he had an affair with a former ISIS jihadist.
Personal finance tips
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Ukrainian authorities announce that captured Russian tanks are tax free.
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Amazon Prime doesn’t just get you to shop more at Amazon, it also raises prices.