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Adidas Says ‘Unauthorized Party’ Maybe Got Millions of Logins, Reminds Us to Never, Ever Reuse Passwords
Photo: Nielson Barnard (Getty) On Thursday, Adidas revealed a “potential data security incident” that possibly left the contact and login info of millions of Adidas customers in the hands of an “unauthorized party.” As many as “a few million” customers who used the Adidas US website may have been affected by a breach, the Wall…
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The NES Classic Returns Today But I’m More Excited About This Wireless Controller
The N30 loses the NES30's shoulder buttons, but gains a dedicated ‘home’ button for easily accessing the NES Classic Edition’s main menu.Photo: 8Bitdo Unlike the NES30, however, the N30 is designed to only work with the NES Classic Edition. Instead of Bluetooth, it uses a dedicated wireless 2.4GHz connection to an included dongle, so once…
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The International Space Station’s New AI-Powered Bot Is Actually Pretty Cool
Composite image of CIMON, showing how the bot will look once it’s deployed on the ISS. Seems friendly enough,Image: DLR Introducing CIMON, a floating, basketball-sized robot that will serve as a companion and assistant to crew members aboard the International Space Station. Infused with artificial intelligence, the floating bot is reminiscent of HAL from 2001:…
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Professor Ends Penis-Size Study Soliciting 3,600 Dick Pics, Citing ‘Public Reaction’
Photo: Getty A professor at Missouri State University has halted a study on the relationship between penis size and self-esteem following an enormous public response she says has compromised the reliability of her research. Sociologist Alice Walker gained national attention earlier this week after several news outlets reported she was soliciting photos of penises for…
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Verizon Finally Puts Its Sad, Unloved Streaming TV Service to Rest
Image: Verizon Despite having the ability to pre-install Go90 on millions of phones, Verizon is finally pulling the plug on its floundering streaming TV service at the end of July. In the three years since its launch, G090 (which doesn’t even require a subscription) never really caught on with its intended millennial audience, and according…
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The US Government Has Charged Hundreds of People With Health Care Fraud and Aiding the Opioid Crisis
Photo: Toby Talbot (AP) Federal prosecutors have charged hundreds of people with allegedly defrauding the US government’s health care system out of a combined $2 billion. And many of the charged are doctors who are also being accused of aiding the opioid crisis by illegally prescribing more than 13 million doses of powerful, addictive painkillers…
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Sony Mobile will take from several regions
Known for his awareness of Evan Blass (Evan Blass) via a Twitter account under the name @evleaks has published the sad info for the fans of Sony Xperia smartphones. According to sources, Sony Mobile will close its local offices and will cease operations in several regions. We are talking about the middle East, Turkey and…
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Laptops Xiaomi is now officially sold in Europe
The Chinese company Xiaomi is gradually emerging outside of China with their products. Now in Europe appeared first on laptops Xiaomi company presented in Madrid 13.3-inch Notebook Mi Air. Spanish users can buy Mi Notebook Air at the official online store of Xiaomi, as well as a number of local online retailers. In addition, the…
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A world without the iPhone: the designer showed a smartphone based on Windows 95, Mobile
When the world of smartphones divided between iOS and Android, and Windows Mobile is, fans of pocket PC’s appeal to nostalgia. For example, the owner of the YouTube channel 4096 fell into nostalgia and tried to imagine how it would look like a modern smartphone, if the IPhone never came out, but Windows lived and…
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Apple will move into a new iPhone with Intel to MediaTek
Apple may go to the modems MediaTek instead of Intel in its future smartphones. This was reported Bloomberg, citing analyst Gus Richard (Gus Richard) from Northland. Presumably, the transition can touch iPhone that will come out in 2019 because of the deal for 2018 have already been concluded. Note that Apple has for years relied…