Ringing in 2019! Top 10 Technology Headlines for the Week of Dec. 31

Happy New Year! Welcome to Zintel PR's Top 10 Technology Headlines for the week of December 31. Be sure to click-through for the full text of each article, and stay tuned for updated headlines every Friday.

New York Times: Marriott Concedes 5 Million Passport Numbers Lost to Hackers Were Not Encrypted

By: David E. Sanger

Wall Street Journal: Popular Weather App Collects Too Much User Data, Security Experts Say

By: Newley Purnell

Wired: The Elite Intel Team Still Fighting Meltdown And Spectre

By: Lily Hay Newman

TechRadar: Fingerprint Scanners Are Now Being Used To Unlock And Start Your Car

By John McCann

Reuters: Cyber Researcher Pulls Public Talk On Hacking Apple's Face ID

By: Jim Finkle, Chris Nellis

SecurityWeek: Ryuk Ransomware Suspected in U.S. Newspaper Attack

By: Eduard Kovacs

SC Magazine: Researchers Claim Serious Vulnerabilities In Hardware Cryptocurrency Wallets

By: Robert Abel

The Verge: How Bitcoin Grew Up And Became Big Money

By: Elizabeth Lopatto

Wired: Blockchain Can Wrest The Internet From Corporations' Grasp

By: Chris Dixon

VentureBeat: The Strange Case of Hush: French Cryptocurrency Banking Startup Disappears After Failed ICO

By: Chris O'Brien

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