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What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. Incoming call glitch latest to hit iPhone X Apple is investigating reports of a minor iPhone X bug in which the screen doesn't turn on until 6 to 8 seconds after the ringtone starts for an incoming call. [Financial Times] Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Infected Over Half-Million PCs Using NSA Exploit New cryptocurrency mining malware has spread rapidly through unpatched Windows PCs using the same exploit as the widespread WannaCry ransomware. Up-to-date PCs should be protected. [The Hacker News] Exclusive: Intel's new Vaunt smart glasses actually look good The Verge takes an exclusive look at Vaunt, which projects the smart glasses' display onto your retina. 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Read This Article → Are Location-Tagged Photos Really a Privacy Concern? When you take a photo with your smartphone (or a modern digital camera), it logs the photo’s GPS coordinates and embeds it in the image metadata, or EXIF. This is how your phone is able to show a map view of your photo library. Read This Article → How to Opt Out of Targeted Ads Around the Web You’ve spend some time researching a product on your phone, then you open your laptop and find ads for that product plastered all over the place. This has happened to everyone—it’s called targeted advertising, and there are steps you can take to reduce its effect on you. Read This Article → How to Watch or Stream the 2018 Super Bowl (Without Cable) We’re at T-minus zero weeks to Super Bowl, the biggest event in American sports (sorry-not-sorry, “World” Series). What’s that? You don’t have a cable or satellite subscription? Don’t worry, you still have ways to watch. 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