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Image: Getty Uber likes tracking things — competitors, cops, you. But now the company is trying to clean up its reputation by giving users a little bit of their privacy back. Uber plans to eliminate a feature that lets it track users for up to five minutes after their ride ends, Uber security chief Joe…

Mennequins. (Photo: AP) LA-based entrepreneurs Penelope Gazin and Kate Dwyer wanted to create Witchsy, an online marketplace for their feminist-centered, darkly comic fashion accessories. But along with the usual woes that come with getting a startup off the ground, they had another problem: men. Talking to Fast Company, the duo discussed the phallus-shaped hurdles that…

Artistic impression of Ichthyosaurus with embryo. (Image: Joschua Knuppe) An unstudied ichthyosaur fossil dating back to the Jurassic period is now the largest on record—a remarkably well-preserved specimen that also contains the remnants of a developing fetus. The female ichthyosaur, who was pregnant when she died some 200 million years ago, measured over 11 feet…

Image: Amazon It seems the smart speakers war is heating up, and Amazon is looking to stay out ahead of the pack. Starting today, Amazon is finally adding a feature for Alexa-enabled devices that will let you group multiple speakers together so you can synchronize your music across various rooms. Currently, the feature works with…

Photo: Getty There’s also a risk of carbon monoxide poisoning from generators left on in garages. Funk said this is tragically common in any extreme flooding situation. “Initially in this phase of active flooding…we’re concerned about carbon monoxide poisoning from portable generators,” she explained. “The floodwaters lead to power outages and unfortunately, there will be…

Magaluf – Holiday island of Mallorca is within 48 hours rocked by two rapes of holidaymakers. A taxi driver would be a tourist kidnapped and have to have her trespassed in a pasture. A day earlier, a 19-year-old Scottish the victim of serieverkrachting on the popular beach of Magaluf.

BRUSSELS – Belgium gets a ’cyberleger’ with 200 experts to defend the country against cyber attacks. That is confirmed by Defence minister Steven Vandeput. The computer experts are to be found in the Belgian military intelligence service in Evere. The recruitment has already begun. Defence is looking for people who have a knowledge of hacking…

GENEVA – North Korea accused the United States Tuesday of the Korean peninsula to bear down on an “extremely explosive level.” The country declared that it is entitled to respond with “heavy retaliation.” Han Tae Song, the North Korean ambassador to the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, don’t be explicit on the last test of…

It took a lot of time from the moment when Microsoft officially announced the native support of Windows VR headsets by its partners Dell, Lenovo and HP. Almost a year later, the headsets are finally ready to go on retail sale in a set with the new VR-controllers. But can the Redmond giant to grab…

Image: ICANN Whois Currently, a Whois search shows that Stormfront.org’s domain provider—Network Solutions LLC, a company under Web.com—has placed a hold on the site. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that the closure comes at the behest of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which drafted a letter to Web.com’s CEO pointing out that, after…