As the world readies to open for business on Monday, companies and governments are bracing for a second round of cyberattacks in the aftermath of Friday’s WannaCry hack.
Indeed, security experts are already warning that a new version of WannaCry has emerged over the weekend that doesn’t have the kill switch protocol that stopped the initial version of the cyberattack late on… Read More
Source: TechCrunch
Is your internet connection running slower than usual? Do Netflix movies show up in a lower resolution than expected? One of your neighbors might be stealing your Wi-fi. If so, here’s how to find out and how to prevent them from doing so.
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The UK National Cyber Security Center is warning the nation to be on guard for another wave of cyber attacks after Friday’s massive WannaCry ransomware attack. The nation’s National Health Service was severely impacted in Friday’s attack, forcing the country to shut down everything but emergency services in hospitals around the UK. The National Cyber Security Center was opened… Read More
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Turns out all that drinking and drugging Rick’s done over the years has a positive side when battling space monsters.
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Yo-ho, yo-ho, it’s a pirate’s life for the former Beatle, who tweeted out a poster of himself in full costume.
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Around 750 engineers and designers got together to come up with something cool, something neat, something awesome. The only condition was that they only had 24 hours to work on their projects. Some of them were participating in our event for the first time, while others were regulars. We could all feel the excitement in the air when the 89 teams took the stage to present a short one-minute demo… Read More
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At the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon in New York today, a team of sophomores from Rutgers University introduced a social robot, named Robota, to help teachers in special ed classrooms. Robota uses computer vision and sentiment analysis to identify students in a classroom who appear to be distressed. Then, Robota approaches and asks the student if anything is wrong. When a student confides,… Read More
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Animated doodle takes us through various stages of motherhood, from pregnancy through to proud mama of grown cacti.
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Commentary: Melissa McCarthy’s Sean Spicer returns to “Saturday Night Live” with angst, anger and a touch of homo-eroticism.
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Is your money burning a hole in your pocket, and you’d like to use some of it for good causes, but you don’t know where to begin? A new app called Cradle wants to help. Presented at the Disrupt Hackathon today in New York, Cradle lets you identify the kinds of causes you’d like to support, gives you a list of relevant charities, helps you figure out how to give and sets up… Read More
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