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Apple awards cybersecurity student for discovering a vulnerability in Mac’s webcams, Google is planning on blocking targeted ads for people under 18, and Nvidia is apparently leaving its Arm acquisition. That’s all the tech news that’s trending right now, welcome to Hashtag Trending! It’s Wednesday, January 26, and I’m your host, Tom Li. Apple awarded…

A cyber security student has shown Apple how hacking its Mac webcams can then also leave devices fully open to hackers, earning him $100,500 from the company's bug bounty program.

A cyber security student has shown Apple how hacking its Mac webcams can then also leave devices fully open to hackers, earning him $100,500 from the company's bug bounty program.

The award is part of Apple's bug bounty program, which is given to researchers who share techniques to deal with bugs and vulnerabilities.

A cyber security student demonstrated how hacking Apple's Mac cameras can render devices completely vulnerable to hackers, earning him $100,500 from the company's bug bounty program.Ryan Pickren, who previously uncovered a camera weakness in the iPhone and Mac, has received what is thought to be Apple's greatest bug bounty payout. According to Pickren, the new webcam vulnerability was related to a series of Safari and iCloud issues that Apple has since resolved.