Police have arrested 22-year old Karim Baratov, a Canadian of Kazakh origin, in connection with the 2014 massive hack into Yahoo user accounts. A grand jury in California indicted Baratov and three others, two of them allegedly officers of the Russian Federal Security Service, for computer hacking, economic espionage and other criminal offenses. The U.S Department of Justice said in ... Read More »
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are reporting that 2016 marked the fourth consecutive year that inattentive drivers were behind the highest number of lives lost on OPP-patrolled roads over the other main causal factors in road fatalities, known as the “Big Four”. In total, 65 people died in OPP-investigated collisions last year in which an inattentive driver was either a ... Read More »
Microsoft users are able to access their accounts again after an outage prevented access to email, Xbox and Skype Tuesday morning. According to independent website Down Detector, Outlook.com, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive and Office 365 are all experiencing problems of some kind, with users taking to Twitter to vent their frustrations at yet another high-profile outage. Outlook.com appears to have ... Read More »
A new Guinness World Record has been set in Germany for the fastest-solved Rubik’s cube by a robot, which unscrambled the puzzle in just 0.637 seconds with 21 moves. The previous record of 0.887 seconds was actually set by an older version of the same robot, suggesting that, despite the efforts of others, the Sub1 has the solving-the-Rubik’s-Cube game utterly ... Read More »
Facebook began slapping a “disputed” tag on stories that its system deems fake on Friday, March 3, US time. Gizmodo first spotted the tag, which was applied to a story from The Seattle Tribune about Trump’s phone being the source of the White House leaks. Facebook also provides links to fact-checking sites that help debunk the original article. Read More »
The 2017 Hyundai Ioniq isn’t one car but three, with a unique choice of powertrains. The 2017 Hyundai Ioniq is an alternative propulsion vehicle with a hatchback body style. Available in three different variants, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and all-electric, the Ioniq is aimed at the likes of the Toyota Prius, Chevrolet Bolt and Volt, and the Audi A3 e-tron. The ... Read More »
Twitter has announced new updates to its safety features, It will be leveraging its own technology for reducing abusive content, allowing users to have more control over their experience on the microblogging site, and communicating more clearly with them regarding the actions it will take against abusers. In a blog post, the social network announced users will now be able ... Read More »
Boston Dynamics has a new robot called Handle. It is a research robot that stands 6.5 ft tall, travels at 9 mph and jumps 4 feet vertically. We already knew Handle could manage some pretty sick hurdles and spins, but the new video shows us how the robot can operate in tough environments — on hills, in the snow and ... Read More »
There’s no radical choice in the subcompact segment. Everything is based around the idea of providing safe, reliable transportation that doesn’t break the bank. The 2018 Hyundai Accent continues that legacy, hedging its bets and making small but appreciable updates. The South Korean automaker says that the new Accent improves upon its predecessors and alongside adopting a thoroughly updated design, ... Read More »
Ryzen is here. AMD said Wednesday that it plans a “hard launch” of its first three Ryzen processors on March 2. Back in December, AMD announced its plans to launch new desktop processors under the Ryzen brand, that will compete with Intel’s Core brand of processors. The processors will be branded under the Ryzen 3, 5 and 7 brand names, ... Read More »
McLaren’s 650S replacement, widely reported to be called 720S, has been teased again in a new video. McLaren has released yet another teaser for its upcoming second-generation Super Series model – a replacement for the 650S, which is rumoured to be called the 720S. Thus far we’ve had details of the structure, aero, suspension, engine and now we’ve got wheels, ... Read More »
In the final hours of a 24-hour Twitch livestream marathon, a popular gamer walked off screen, only to be discovered inexplicably dead by police the following morning. Brian Vigneault, a father of three, died 22 hours into a livestream session on the gaming network Twitch on Sunday. A well-known gamer under the username PoShYbRiD, he was streaming a 24-hour session ... Read More »
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