Johns Hopkins researchers poke a hole in Apple's encryption and other top stories.

• Johns Hopkins researchers poke a hole in Apple's encryption

  Apple’s growing arsenal of encryption techniques — shielding data on devices as well as real-time video calls and instant messages — has spurred the U.S. government to sound the alarm that such tools are putting the communications of terrorists and criminals out of the reach of law enforcement. But a group of Johns Hopkins University researchers has found a bug in the company’s vaunted encryption, one that would enable a skilled attacker to decrypt photos and videos sent as secure instant messa..

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• Trump questions need for NATO, outlines noninterventionist foreign ...

  

  Donald Trump speaks with Washington Post Publisher Fred Ryan, left, as he departs a meeting with the editorial board of The Washington Post. Editorial page editor Fred Hiatt is on the right. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post) This post has been updated. Donald Trump outlined an unabashedly noninterventionist approach to world affairs Monday, telling The Washington Post's editorial board that he questions the need for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which has formed the backbone of..

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• Apple unveils the iPhone SE, smaller iPad Pro

  

  From the 4-inch iPhone SE, to the iPad Pro, to Apple's new product recycling program, here are the 7 things Apple announced in the keynote before their federal court hearing on the San Bernardino iPhone case. (Jhaan Elker/The Washington Post) CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple unveiled a smaller iPhone and iPad on Monday at a product event at its headquarters, focusing on updating existing products while offering another stern defense of its privacy policies. Chief executive Tim Cook kicked off the..

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• Castro demands U.S. give back Guantanamo, lift embargo

  

  Cuban President Raul Castro told President Obama Monday that the U.S. must return the Guantanamo Bay naval base and lift the embargo against Havana for the countries to fully normalize relations.“The blockade stands as the most important obstacle to our economic development,” Mr. Castro said as the two leaders emerged from a meeting on Mr. Obama’s historic trip to the island.He also said in order for the countries to move forward, “it will also be necessary” for the U.S. to return Guantanamo, wh..

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• The Latest: Trump: Arab-Israeli conflict requires compromise

  

  WASHINGTON — The Latest on campaign 2016 (Eastern Standard Time): 6:55 p.m. On the heels of Donald Trump’s speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, his political rival Ted Cruz began by calling Trump out on a reference to “Palestine” in his speech. “Palestine has not existed since 1948,” Cruz began in his speech Monday to applause from the crowd in Washington. Trump made at least three references to “Palestine,” and noted that both sides must compromise if a peace deal to work. ..

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• Donald Trump: 'My hands are normal hands'

  

  Donald Trump (EPA/GARY CORONADO/POOL)   Fifty-two minutes into Donald Trump's discussion of weighty issues with The Washington Post's editorial board came an interlude about his hands. "Normal," the Republican presidential front-runner insisted. "Strong." "Good size." "Great." "Fine." "Slightly large, actually." Trump was asked whether he regretted talking about the size of his hands -- and making an unmistakable allusion to his genitalia -- at a recent debate. The billionaire mogul blamed ..

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• DraftKings, FanDuel agree to stop accepting bets in New York

  

  (Scott Olson/Getty Images) NEW YORK — Daily fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel gave up their legal battle with New York authorities Monday and said they will stop accepting bets in the state. The New York attorney general had accused DraftKings and FanDuel of being illegal gambling operations and sued to shutter them. The battle was closely watched for clues into whether DraftKings and FanDuel could convince authorities that daily fantasy sports is a game of skill, not a contest of..

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• How Saudi Arabia captured Washington

  

  There was a moment almost exactly one year ago, in March 2015, that revealed some uncomfortable truths about America's relationship with Saudi Arabia. That month, as Saudi Arabia prepared to launch what would become its disastrous war against Shia rebels in neighboring Yemen, the Saudi ambassador in Washington, Adel al-Jubeir, brought a list of "high-value targets" to CIA Director John Brennan. The Saudis were asking for American support in the war; the list was meant as a show of cooperation. ..

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• Kindle users: Go update your device right now.

  

  That Kindle Amazon founder (and Washington Post owner) Jeff Bezos is holding in this picture probably needs a software update. (Mark Lennihan/AP) If your Kindle is collecting dust somewhere, now is the time to brush it off: Older versions of the Amazon e-reader will stop being able to connect to the Internet unless their software is updated by basically right now. The update is needed for the first generation of the Kindle Paperwhite, which was released in 2012, and all of the other Kindle ..

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