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For some reason Apple allows “subscription scam” apps on the App Store. These are apps that are free to download and then ask you to subscribe right on launch. It’s called the freemium business model [https://developer.apple.com/app-store/freemium-business-model/], except these apps ask you to subscribe for “X” feature(s) immediately when you launch them, and keep doing so, annoyingly, over and over until you finally subscribe. By subscribing you get a number of “free days” (trial) and then

Six out of the 10 fastest ISPs are either community-run or public/private partnerships. Source: Locally Run ISPs Offer the Fastest Broadband in America

The airline is contesting the penalty imposed by the watchdog after hackers breached its IT systems. Source: British Airways faces record £183m fine for data breach

Half of the database, to be exact, the half the hacker released to local reporters over the last weekend. Source: Bulgaria’s hacked database is now available on hacking forums | ZDNet

Funded by the US Defense Department, Morpheus repeatedly randomizes key parts of its software so attackers face a moving target Source: To foil hackers, this chip can change its code in the blink of an eye