Harvard student loses Facebook gig for app that shows flaws

Harvard student loses Facebook gig for app that shows flaws

BOSTON (AP) — A Harvard University student says he lost his internship at Facebook after he launched a browser application that exploited privacy flaws on its mobile messenger.

Aran Khanna's app showed that users of Facebook Messenger could pinpoint the exact locations of people they were talking to.

James McBride working on book about James Brown
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James McBride working on book about James Brown

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — National Book Award winner James McBride is returning to nonfiction for his next project.

The author of "The Good Lord Bird" has a deal with Spiegel & Grau for a book about the late James Brown. "Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for the Real James Brown" is tentatively scheduled for March 2016.

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