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"Microsoft may be getting ready to enforce a new support policy for Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 that was announced last year, a recently-revised support document signaled," Computerworld reports. In a newly discovered support document, Microsoft explains away a new error message by saying that new processors are only supported by Windows 10. The error message tells users that their "PC uses a processor that isn’t supported on this version of Windows." It appears when a user attempt to download Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 performance and security updates. Affected processors include: Intel seventh (7th)-generation "Intel Core" processor or a later generation; AMD seventh (7th)-generation (“Bristol Ridge") processor or a later generation; and Qualcomm “8996" processor or a later generation. "Microsoft announced the new-silicon support limitation in January 2016, when it said making Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 run on the latest processors was challenging,'" Computerworld says. "The company then decreed that Windows 10 would be the only supported edition on seventh-generation and later CPUs and simultaneously dictated a substantial shortening of Windows 7 support."

According to MagPi, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has officially sold more than 12.5 million of its mini computers since the release of the first Raspberry Pi in 2012. This effectively puts the Raspberry Pi past the Commodore 64 in terms of the number of units sold. It also makes the Raspberry Pi the "third best-selling 'general purpose computer' ever, behind Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows PCs." The Verge reports, "Despite the vast number of competitors to the Pi that have sprung up in recent years to fill various niches, the latest full-sized Pi model, the Pi 3B, is the biggest seller yet, which implies this hobbyist computer hasn't run out of momentum." The success of the Raspberry Pi is especially striking considering its manufacturers originally planned to make between 10,000 and 20,000 boards. In public comments, Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton said they had sold 100,000 new Raspberry Pi Zero Ws in the first four days of releasing it. In February 2015, Upton reported the company had sold five million Raspberry Pi computers. That number jumped to 10 million Raspberry Pis by the following years. The most recent report solidifies the Raspberry Pi's standing as a competitive computer in the tech hobbyist and tinkerer communities.

Researchers at the security firm SEC Consult have discovered a security vulnerability in select networking products from Ubiquiti Networks that can be used to gain full control of the device. Authenticated users can exploit the vulnerability to "inject arbitrary commands into the web-based administration interface of affected devices," Computerworld says. "These commands would be executed on the underlying operating system as root, the highest privileged account. Because it requires authentication, the vulnerability's impact is somewhat reduced, but it can still be exploited remotely through cross-site request forgery (CSRF)." In an advisory, SEC Consult researchers warned the vulnerability "can be exploited by luring an attacked user to click on a crafted link or just surf on a malicious website." They continued: "The whole attack can be performed via a single GET-request and is very simple since there is no CSRF protection." Once the vulnerability has been exploited, attackers are able to "open a so-called reverse shell on the affected devices, which would allow them to execute further commands and install malware or launch attacks against computers or servers on the internal network." The researchers did not release a proof-of-concept exploit, saying they would only do so when the flaw has been patched. They did, however, point out the vulnerable firmware component thereby leaving the doors open to intrepid hackers.

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Ars Technica reports, "ISPs that want the federal government to eliminate broadband privacy rules say that your Web browsing and app usage data should not be classified as 'sensitive' information." In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the main lobbying group for US internet service providers (ISP) said, "Web browsing and app usage history are not 'sensitive information." The declaration is a direct strike against the FCC rules passed under the Obama administration, which required "ISPs to get opt-in consent from consumers before sharing sensitive customer information with advertisers and other third parties." Part of the rules including the agency redefining Web browsing and app usage data as "sensitive data, along with other categories such as geo-location data, financial and health information, and the content of communications." ISPs have fought against these rules calling them onerous and unfair and saying they penalize service providers for collecting information other internet services are able to cull and sell. "The opt-in rules are scheduled to take effect on or after December 4, 2017, but ISPs have petitioned the FCC to eliminate the rules before that happens," Ars Technica says. "The latest CTIA filing was a reply to groups that opposed the petition to overturn the rules."

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If SpaceX has its way, astronauts will soon be able to watch Netflix in space. That's the edict, at least, from The Verge which has discovered disclosures that detail meetings between the company and the FCC over regulatory issues that have slowed commercial space launches and a permit that would enable the space company to deploy a global satellite network. In addition to bringing the internet to every corner of the globe, this network would also be able to pipe the internet into space at near-Earth speeds. SpaceX founder Elon Musk has "been batting around the idea of a 'space internet' for years, initially proposing it as a way to connect SpaceX’s Martian colonists." According to The Verge, "A proposal filed in November shows how the system would actually work: 4,425 satellites in non-geostationary orbit traveling in a tightly choreographed ballet 700 miles above the surface of the Earth, keeping at least one satellite 40 degrees above the horizon at nearly every spot on Earth." SpaceX wouldn't be the first company to attempt such a feat either. "In the ‘90s, Motorola backed a similar project called Iridium," The Verge says. "But, torn between spiraling investment costs and waning consumer interest, the project went bankrupt just nine months after launch. After an estimated $6 billion in development costs, the firm was bought by investors for $35 million in 2000. Iridium’s main competitor, the Qualcomm-backed Globalstar, met a similar fate."

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