Tag: also

23 AUG

Apple banned Facebook’s security app that also reports back on which apps people are using (FB)

Drew Angerer/Getty Images Apple has banned a security app made by Facebook that monitored what apps users were using then sent the data to the social network. Apple determined at Onavo Protect violated its new rules on data collection, and it has now been removed from the App Store. It’s still available on Google’s Android, […]

20 AUG

There’s a new insecticide on the block, and it’s also bad news for bees

Enlarge / A foraging bee. (credit: Nunzio_Zotti / Flickr) We need bees to pollinate the plants that feed us. And bees need us to stop inadvertently poisoning them with the insecticides we use to keep those plants healthy. Unfortunately, just as we start to make progress on reducing the worldwide use of neonicotinoids (a class […]

15 AUG

Honoring the ’80s, Def Con’s badge is also a text adventure

Enlarge / My DEF CON badge, complete with Wall of Sheep add-on from the DC801 crew, built by @kL34N and @SirGed. My puzzle quest is far from complete—it may require reprogramming and flipping a component. (credit: Sean Gallagher) Nearly 30,000 people came to Las Vegas last week for the 26th edition of DEF CON, the […]

12 JUL

Your Voice Brings Clarity, But Also Danger, In Microphone-Based Horror Game ‘Stifled’

Stifled requires you use a microphone to see in the darkness, using the sound of your voice out into the world to make it visible. Through this form of echolocation, you’ll be able to explore the game’s pitch-black areas, but you’ll also be getting the attention of things lurking in the shadows, coaxing them ever […]

10 JUL

More powerful 2019 Mazda MX-5 also more efficient

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03 JUL

FBI, SEC and FTC are also investigating Facebook’s data leak

Facebook has to deal with multiple federal agencies simultaneously investigating its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. According to The Washington Post, the FBI, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have joined the DOJ’s probe into the two companies. The New York Times reported back in May that the […]

26 JUN

The 2019 Ram 1500 Classic is new but is also old

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25 JUN

Meet the 8 spooky AT&T buildings that almost certainly also serve the NSA

Enlarge / The microwave tower on the roof of 420 South Grand Ave. was decommissioned in the 1990s and stands in contrast to the more modern buildings in downtown Los Angeles. (credit: Henrik Moltke) In a new article published Monday, The Intercept has now revealed what it describes as secret AT&T facilities across several American […]