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A Browser Extension Apparently Stole The Private Facebook Messages Of At Least 81,000 Accounts
A new report might make you think twice before installing that next Chrome extension. The private Facebook messages of at least 81,000 people have reportedly been stolen, probably due to an exploit in a browser extension, and compromised accounts are now apparently up for sale for just $US0.10 ($0.14) apiece.
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The House Of The Future In 1945 Included A Rotisserie And Built-In Waffle Maker
“What’s tomorrow going to be like?” the opening of this 1945 newsreel asked. For many who were watching, the answer was “a better life than my parents had.” World War II was winding down, the postwar boom was just around the corner, and planners were promising incredible things ahead — incredible things like affordable and…
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Google Employees Are Furious Over Report That It Shielded Andy Rubin And Other Execs
A damning and detailed report from the New York Times this week outlined Google’s apparent handling of the departure of Andy Rubin — the creator of Android who left the company in 2014 following an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct — as well as other top executives. Now, Google is facing condemnation from its…
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Absolutely Nothing Will Go Wrong When MIT Lets The Internet Control A Real Person On Halloween
In a soon-to-launch online social experiment that is definitely in no way going to backfire, researchers with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab are reportedly planning to hand an individual’s free will over to the internet. The experiment, which is titled BeeMe and is being described by MIT as the “first reality augmented game,”…