How To Tell If Spyware Is Hiding On Your PC
Though things aren't as bad as they used to be, it's still possible to get spyware on your PC. You don't have to pay a professional to remove it, fortunately. Though.....»»
Fossil secret may shed light on the diversity of Earth"s first animals
A large group of iconic fossils widely believed to shed light on the origins of many of Earth's animals and the communities they lived in may be hiding a secret......»»
Biologists find invasive snails using new DNA-detection technique
Invasive species, beware: Your days of hiding may be ending......»»
All Instagram users can now hide the like count, Facebook to receive same feature in coming weeks
Facebook first started testing how Instagram users would respond to hiding the like counts back in 2019. Covid-19 made the experiment less of a priority last year when the social media service focused more on features that supported people, but it re.....»»
Apple’s rumored AR headset may have been hiding in plain sight all along
Could it be that a lot of Apple’s recent tech has been made with one eye on its mixed-reality headset? If so, apparently no one realized it at the time......»»
Twitter finally gives up on cropping image previews
Twitter has launched full-size images for previews so you'll no longer have to guess what's hiding in the rest of a cropped picture in your feed......»»
Facebook ‘looking into’ hiding of posts calling for PM Modi’s resignation in India
Updated at 1.17am IST, Thursday: Facebook comms Andy Stone said the company has restored the posts and is “looking into what happened.” Original story follows. Facebook has temporarily hidden all posts with hashtag “ResignModi”.....»»
Security Researcher Dan Kaminsky Has Died
Security researcher Marc Rogers (also a BBC contributor) tweeted this morning "I guess theres no hiding it now. We lost Dan Kaminsky yesterday. One of the brightest lights in infosec and probably the kindest soul I knew. The vacuum he leaves behind i.....»»
A Clubhouse bug let people lurk in rooms invisibly
Moderators would be unable to mute “ghosts” hiding in and disrupting rooms. Enlarge (credit: Sam Whitney | Wired | Getty Images) “Basically, I'm going to keep talking to you, but I’m going to disappear," longtime security researcher Ka.....»»
Eliminating resistant bacteria with nanoparticles
Novel nanoparticles developed by researchers at ETH Zurich and Empa detect multi-resistant bacteria hiding in body cells and kill them. The scientists' goal is to develop an antibacterial agent that is effective where conventional antibiotics remain.....»»
Shady iOS developers are hiding casino gambling inside kids" games
Kosta Eleftheriou tweeted that he discovered a poorly made kids' app called Jungle Runner 2k21. It's a runner game where you control a monkey collecting bananas and avoiding obstacles—the exact formula used by thousands of other knockoffs, except l.....»»
Hide or show the Likes? Instagram and Facebook are giving some users the choice
Instagram has been experimenting with hiding the Like count since 2019. It’s long been known that the pressure some people feel to get huge numbers of Likes can lead to mental health issues, especially in those teens who equate social media popular.....»»
Instagram’s new test lets you choose if you want to hide ‘Likes,’ Facebook test to follow
Instagram today will begin a new test around hiding Like counts on users’ posts, following its experiments in this area which first began in 2019. This time, however, Instagram is not enabling or disabling the feature for more users. Instead, i.....»»
Malicious cheats for Call of Duty: Warzone are circulating online
The cheat is fake, but the malware it installs is the real thing. Enlarge (credit: CHUYN / Getty Images) Criminals have been hiding malware inside publicly available software that purports to be a cheat for Activision’s Call of Duty: Warzone.....»»
Police Say They Found Mafia Fugitive On YouTube, Posting Cooking Tutorials
An alleged mafia fugitive hiding from Italian police in the Dominican Republic was arrested after being spotted showing off his cooking skills in instructional videos he posted on YouTube, according to news reports. Ars Technica reports: Marc Feren C.....»»
YouTube tests hiding dislike counts on videos
YouTube announced today it will begin testing what could end up being a significant change to its video platform: it’s going to try hiding the dislike count on videos from public view. The company says it will run a “small experiment̶.....»»
Police say they found mafia fugitive on YouTube, posting cooking tutorials
Fugitive hid face on cooking videos but was IDed by his tattoos, reports say. Enlarge / Bolognese sauce and spaghetti. (credit: Getty Images | Westend61) An alleged mafia fugitive hiding from Italian police in the Dominican Republic was arrest.....»»
Astronomers discover new galaxy clusters hiding in plain sight
MIT astronomers have discovered new and unusual galactic neighborhoods that previous studies overlooked. Their results, published today, suggest that roughly 1 percent of galaxy clusters look atypical and can be easily misidentified as a single brigh.....»»
New Online Science Fiction Dictionary Pushes Back Origin of the Word "Robot" to 1920
"Fans of science fiction learned last week that the word 'robot' was first used in 1920 — a full three years earlier than originally thought," according to a blog post at Archive.org. They call it "a major SciFi discovery hiding in plain sight.....»»
The Feds Want You to Destroy This Sneaky Mussel’s Hiding Spot
Moss balls sold for aquariums can hide Zebra mussels, invasive mollusks that quickly overtake waterways. The US government would like you to kill them, please......»»
Daily Crunch: Amazon makes PR push ahead of union vote
Amazon pushes back against unionization, WeWork eyes the SPAC route and there’s new spyware on Android. This is your Daily Crunch for March 26, 2021. The big story: Amazon makes PR push ahead of union vote Workers at Amazon’s fulfillment.....»»