Prevent a Thermal Hack on Your ATM PIN
‘You’ve just finished your trip to the grocery store with your debit card, making sure to hide your pin number. But before you get home, the funds in your account are wiped clear. How did this happen?...
View ArticleMajority of Americans Are Single Now
Is this because of economy? ‘Some 124.6 million Americans were single in August, 50.2 percent of those who were 16 years or older, according to data used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its...
View ArticleHow to Protect your Metadata
The Information About Your Information ‘What if someone could tell that you were going to have credit problems before you knew? Could they deny your loan or quote you higher interest rates? What if...
View ArticleFirst Filipina Charged with Online Libel in Facebook
‘A WOMAN who allegedly maligned a single mother in a social networking site was the first person to be charged before the Cebu City Regional Trial Court for violating Republic Act (RA) 10175, or...
View ArticleHacked BDO Bank User Warns Public of ‘phishing’ Websites
‘Two months after losing almost P50,000 from internet banking, overseas Filipino worker Stephen Yu is still struggling to get his money back, which he might not be able to do because the bank refuses...
View ArticleHow the Secret Service ‘Bungled’ White House Shooting
Agency didn’t even know White House had been hit Is the Secret Service giving Obama a discreet message? ‘…Then came an order that surprised some of the officers. “No shots have been fired. . . . Stand...
View ArticleEx Security Service Director ‘Ignored security advice’
Pierson Wanted Secret Service ‘More Like Disney': Staff ‘…Pierson was elevated to the top spot 18 months ago to put an end to business as usual, after a dozen agents were implicated in a night of...
View ArticleMake Your Own Gun for Just $1,200
The $1,200 Machine That Lets Anyone Make a Metal Gun at Home ‘When Cody Wilson revealed the world’s first fully 3-D printed gun last year, he showed that the “maker” movement has enabled anyone to...
View ArticleCost of Blocking Personal Wi-Fi Hotspots: $600,000
‘Here’s some payback for everyone who has felt gouged by hotel charges for Wi-Fi service: Marriott International has to pay $600,000 following a probe into whether it intentionally blocked personal...
View ArticleWeird Result of Social Experiment [Video]
When men experience domestic violence, why do people react differently? ‘The video below shows witnesses risking their own safety to help when they see a man verbally and physically assaulting his...
View ArticleBeware of New Law on Social Media
Uploading of private sexual videos, images, and even text messages on social media, to be made a criminal offense ‘The new Criminal Justice and Courts Bill will have an amendment dealing specifically...
View ArticleTrack and Verify News with Emergent
‘Emergent is a real-time rumor tracker. It’s part of a research project with the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University that focuses on how unverified information and rumor are...
View ArticleWas ‘Charmine Chou’ a social experiment for case study?
Sexy FB posts get OFW in trouble with Saudi authorities ‘In the spirit of balance reporting, we are posting screenshots of the public posts cum explanation made by a certain Suzy Bautista, said to be a...
View ArticleThe Funny US-Canada Border
Village Customs border on the ridiculous ‘Michel Jalbert was not planning a diplomatic incident when he drove 20 yards into the United States last October to fill his car with cheap petrol. ‘Like...
View ArticleFacebook Paternity Notice Not Legal in Oklahoma
‘Notification via Facebook message does not satisfy a man’s constitutional right to be informed that he fathered a child, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled. ‘The biological parents in question broke off...
View ArticleA New Way to Save Yourself from Violence
The victim was lucky the 911 dispatcher has sixth sense Domestic abuse victim calls 911 for ‘pizza’, gets help from intuitive 911 dispatcher ‘The emergency services worker, who posted the transcript on...
View ArticleGround Your Plane by Renaming a WiFi Hotspot
‘Authorities detained a passenger aboard a Southwest flight that landed at Seattle-Tacoma Airport yesterday on its way to Denver, after reports that he created a bunch of creepy names for his in-flight...
View ArticleThis Virus ‘Makes Humans More Stupid’
Is this another virus deliberately created? Most probably not because no one can make us all stupid e.g., Rebellion against the Antichrist. ‘The algae virus, never before observed in healthy people,...
View ArticleHow to use the Internet of Things for Murder
‘Imagine a fleet of quad copters or drones equipped with explosives and controlled by terrorists. Or someone who hacks into a connected insulin pump and changes the settings in a lethal way. Or maybe...
View ArticleAssessing Older Students for Hidden Skills
What Every School Can Learn From Preschools The authors argue that non-academic skills aren’t coded into DNA and can be taught, or at least cultivated. ‘Melissa Tooley and Laura Bornfreund of the New...
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