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Reuters Withdraws Xi, Putin Longevity Video After China State TV Pulls Legal Permission To Use It

4 days ago
An anonymous reader writes: Reuters News on Friday withdrew a four-minute video containing an exchange between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussing the possibility that humans can live to 150 years old, after China state TV demanded its removal and withdrew the legal permission to use it. The footage, which included the open mic exchange from the military parade in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, was licensed by the China state television network, China Central Television (CCTV). The clips were edited by Reuters into a four-minute video and distributed to more than 1,000 global media clients including major international news broadcasters and TV stations around the world. Other news agency licensees of CCTV also distributed edits of the footage. Reuters removed the video from its website and issued a "kill" order to its clients on Friday after receiving a written request from CCTV's lawyer. The letter said the news agency exceeded usage terms of its agreement. The letter further criticized Reuters "editorial treatment applied to this material," but did not specify details.

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Defense Dept didn't protect social media accounts, left stream keys out in public

4 days ago
'The practice… has since been fixed,' Pentagon official tells The Reg

The US Department of Defense, up until this week, routinely left its social media accounts wide open to hijackers via stream keys - unique, confidential identifiers generated by streaming platforms for broadcasting content. If exposed, these keys can allow attackers to output anything they want from someone else's channel.…

Jessica Lyons

US Army straps on another mixed-reality gamble with Anduril, Rivet

4 days ago
Microsoft invitation lost in mail after HoloLens made soldiers sick

The US Army's troubled attempt at outfitting soldiers with mixed-reality headsets is getting a $354 million boost and a new pair of lead contractors as part of a second attempt to make the kit stick without making troops sick.…

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No gains, just pains as 1.6M fitness phone call recordings exposed online

4 days ago
HelloGym's data security clearly skipped leg day

Exclusive  Sensitive info from hundreds of thousands of gym customers and staff – including names, financial details, and potentially biometric data in the form of audio recordings – was left sitting in an unencrypted, non-password protected database, according to a security researcher who shut it down.…

Jessica Lyons

Microsoft Forces Workers Back To the Office

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BrianFagioli writes: Microsoft has decided it is time to rein in remote work. The company will soon require employees to spend at least three days per week in the office, starting with those in the Puget Sound region by February 2026. From there, the policy will spread across the United States and eventually overseas.

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