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Two months ago, NASA quietly fixed a buggy internal server that was leaking sensitive information about the agency’s staff and their work. The leaking server was — ironically — a bug reporting server, running the popular Jira bug triaging and tracking software. In NASA’s case, the software wasn’t properly configured, allowing anyone to access the […]

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The Fortnite community may be polite, but that doesn’t mean they’re getting the customer service they deserve. The Better Business Bureau gave Fortnite maker Epic Games an “F,” the lowest possible grade. The Better Business Bureau, which is not a government agency but rather a national network of nonprofits that measures how well businesses handle […]

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A lot has happened in the field of cardiology in the last two decades or so thanks to rapid technological advancements in the digital age. Since the outset of the technology era, not only has the prognosis and treatment of people with cardiovascular disease incredibly changed, but the practice of cardiology itself has also transformed […]

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Lisbon, characterized occasionally by some tech scene observers as ‘the warm Berlin’, has been threatening to generate more startups in the last few years, not least because it will now have the enormous Web Summit conference there for the next 10 years, and because it’s a cheap and great place to live. But the startups […]

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Amazon’s Dash buttons have been found to breach consumer ecommerce rules in Germany. The push-to-order gizmos were debuted by Amazon in 2015, in an attempt by the ecommerce giant to shave friction off of the online shopping process by encouraging consumers to fill their homes with stick-on, account-linked buttons that trigger product-specific staple purchases when pressed […]

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Faced with softer-than-expected sales of 2018’s flagship iPhones, Apple will apparently try again in 2019 by augmenting two of the models with new camera systems — a decision that might increase the appeal of the iPhone XR’s and iPhone XS Max’s successors. That’s according to a report this morning, citing multiple “people familiar with the […]

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(Reuters) — Two shareholder lawsuits filed this week accused the board of Google parent Alphabet Inc of playing a direct role in covering up sexual misconduct claims against two former executives over the last five years. The company declined to comment. Both of the lawsuits seek to force Google to change its governance and oversight […]

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will release its first expansion in almost nine months when Isles of Madness hits on January 24 on all of its platforms: PC, iOS, and Android. It’s a new set of story missions for ‘ card game, which came out in 2017. Card games launch new chunks of content every few months, but Legends has […]

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The so-called “slider” phone was all the rage back in the nineties and noughties, a form factor that was designed to increase portability without compromising on functionality. But the ol’ slider is returning with aplomb, as manufacturers seek to maximize screen-size without resorting to the dreaded “notch.” Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi is beginning the global […]

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Watching Bitcoin’s meteoric rise and somewhat can be understandably nerve-racking for cryptocurrency investors, and its relatively high buying point makes it difficult for those of us without massive bank accounts to take advantage of this new currency anyway. But most leading financial and monetary experts agree that cryptocurrencies are here to stay, so current and […]

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