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Top Stories @PCWorld Feb 18, 2016 Bing picks Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant to win Oscars Microsoft's Bing weighs in on the Academy Awards, predicting that Oscar voters will hand Leonardo DiCaprio his first Oscar for best actor in a landslide. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • AirDroid patches a contact card vulnerability that could let attackers steal your phone's data • FCC vote could end the set-top box monopoly • Linux distros aren't updating WebKit, making web browsers and email clients vulnerable • Google releases smart image analysis tools to let robots recognize images, text • IBM gets 215 million patient profiles in $2.6 billion analytics firm buy • ESPN is scheming more streaming services with Dish and others • Google preps Pixel C update with fixes for touchscreen response woes • Google lends Apple support over FBI encryption demands • Popular home security system SimpliSafe can be easily disabled by burglars • Twitter gets graphic with videos in direct messages and a GIF library for all • Skype introduces free group video calling across iOS and Android AirDroid patches a contact card vulnerability that could let attackers steal your phone's data The malware sneaks in malicious code when contact information is sent through SMS, instant messages, or email. Read More ▶ FCC vote could end the set-top box monopoly The FCC wants to open up pay TV programming to any media streamer. Read More ▶ Linux distros aren't updating WebKit, making web browsers and email clients vulnerable Mozilla and Google do security updates properly; with WebKit, necessary patches are falling though the cracks. Read More ▶ Google releases smart image analysis tools to let robots recognize images, text Google launched the open beta for its Cloud Vision service on Thursday, giving developers a new way to make intelligent apps that handle a variety of images. Read More ▶ IBM gets 215 million patient profiles in $2.6 billion analytics firm buy IBM's Watson Health plans to buy Truven Health Analytics fits strategy of improving healthcare quality while controlling costs Read More ▶ ESPN is scheming more streaming services with Dish and others Sling TV might not be the only streaming service with ESPN, as the sports giant hints at new video packages to come. Read More ▶ Google preps Pixel C update with fixes for touchscreen response woes Touchscreen improvements could resolve the frustrating experience had by some Pixel owners. Read More ▶ Google lends Apple support over FBI encryption demands Google CEO Sundar Pichai pipes up in Apple's favor, and says making tech companies to hack customers' devices "could be a troubling precedent," Read More ▶ Popular home security system SimpliSafe can be easily disabled by burglars Attackers can easily disable SimpliSafe home security systems from up to 30 meters away by using a device that costs around $250 to create, researchers from security firm IOActive found. Read More ▶ Twitter gets graphic with videos in direct messages and a GIF library for all Twitter is getting serious about turning the direct messages feature into its own chat platform. Plus now it's easier to send animated GIFs! Read More ▶ Skype introduces free group video calling across iOS and Android Skype announced Thursday that iOS and Android users in the U.S. and Western Europe can expect to start making group video calls from their smartphones and tablets in the coming week.  Read More ▶

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