Europol: Ransomware now top cybercrime threat and other top stories.

• Europol: Ransomware now top cybercrime threat

  Danny Pyka, an Austinite who worked for Mercedes-Benz for about 10 years, had been suffering from depression for so long and so severely that he was certain his suicidal thoughts would eventually lead to the end of his life. "It was just miserable," said Pyka, who found work as a handyman, but found it difficult to have a normal life or relationships with his wife and 18-year-old daughter not affected by his condition. "I was secluding myself... I'd close the house off and just sleep pretty muc..

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• Analysts laud and lance new Microsoft browser armor

  

  Analysts today gave mixed reviews to Microsoft's new security model for its Edge browser, labeling it as both a landmark move and an attempt to mask the underlying problems of Windows that the company has refused to address."This is one of those ideas where you say, 'Why didn't someone do this before?'" said Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst of Moor Insights & Strategy.Moorhead was talking about Windows Defender Application Guard, a new security feature that will roll out to some enterpri..

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• Xiaomi Mi 5s debuts with metal rear and ultrasonic fingerprint sensor

  

  The new Mi 5s drops the glass rear for brushed metal. Xiaomi It's been less than a year since the Xiaomi Mi 5 was announced at MWC, but Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is already updating its flagship. The Mi 5s drops the glass rear for a brushed metal back and switches the capacitive button fingerprint sensor to an ultrasonic one.The change means Xiaomi can cut costs since it won't have to cut a hole in the scre..

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• Moscow to Microsoft: We're ditching Outlook, Exchange on 600000 machines

  

  It seems the sun may be setting on Microsoft's relationship with the authorities in Moscow, with Exchange Server, Outlook, Windows and Office all facing the exit. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Moscow is ditching Microsoft's email platforms for a homegrown alternative, in line with Russian president Vladimir Putin's call for local authorities to stop buying foreign tech. The Russian capital is set to replace ..

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• BlackBerry bails on building its own phones

  

  The BlackBerry DTEK 50, which was built by Alcatel, was the most recent phone released by BlackBerry. BlackBerry It's the nail in the coffin for phones from BlackBerry. The Canadian company said Wednesday it will shut down its phone business after the failure of its latest bid to use Google's Android software to stimulate interest. Instead, the company will rely on others to design, build and sell the devices to..

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• Health Insurance Company Aetna Subsidizes Apple Watch To Boost Health And Wellness Of Employees

  

  Health insurer Aetna wants to promote health by subsidizing the cost of an Apple Watch for customers who agree to enter wellness plans. For Apple, this is a major win considering that it just got an important health care backer on its side. With its fitness-oriented Apple Watch, Apple can promote a healthier lifestyle — and Aetna wants to help. Aetna says it plans to subsidize Apple Watch so that its customers can use the smartwatch with new apps to manage care and medication use, as well as pr..

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• Self-driving cars will have to pry the steering wheel from our cold, dead hands, poll says

  

  Americans like the idea of self-driving cars, but are less willing to cede control of the steering wheel to a computer program, according to a new poll released today. An overwhelming majority, 80 percent, said humans should always have the option to drive themselves, while 64 percent expressed a need to be in control of their own vehicle. Moreover, people are essentially torn between the promise of safety and the need for control: 49 percent said they prefer a safer roadway even if it means th..

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• Google Play Music is now available in India

  

  Google has finally launched its Play Music store in India. The company announced a slew of new products related to India yesterday, but the local launch of its music service was not among them. Nevertheless, a number of eagle-eyed Google fans in India noticed that the service came online for them today — Google later confirmed the launch in a statement. While the Play Music store has launched, there are some caveats. It doesn’t include the Spotify-like ‘All Access’ streaming service and there’..

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• Is SpaceX About to Open the Entire Solar System to Human Exploration?

  

  The spaceship that SpaceX is building to colonize Mars could also take people out to Jupiter's ocean-harboring moon Europa and beyond, company founder and CEO Elon Musk said. On Tuesday (Sept. 27), Musk unveiled SpaceX's planned Interplanetary Transport System (ITS), a rocket-spaceship combo that the billionaire entrepreneur hopes will allow humanity to establish a permanent, self-sustaining, million-person settlement on the Red Planet. Mars is the first planned stop for ITS, but it ..

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