Other things about it felt very right indeed. So I stared and stared again, wondering whether it was a setup or a skit even. Here was a video emitted on Twitter. It showed three sprightly youths storming a Best Buy. They tried to rip some phones from a display. It really wasn’t going perfectly. Those security cords can be sturdy. Meanwhile, seven Best Buy employees began to line up in the aisles as if they were an NFL defense in an attempt to block the shoplifters from leaving the store....

During a search of Zhong’s property in Georgia late last year, law enforcement found the stolen Bitcoin worth over $3.36 billion, along with other assets. Zhong pled guilty to wire fraud on Monday and will be sentenced in February 2023. He could face up to 20 years in jail. “For almost ten years, the whereabouts of this massive chunk of missing Bitcoin had ballooned into an over $3.3 billion mystery,” Damian Williams, U....

Modern smartphones can be a blessing or a curse depending on how you use them. On one hand, social media and games can kill your productivity. But if you use your phone wisely, it could actually turn into a valuable learning tool, especially if you use it to learn new skills or streamline everyday tasks. So why not reinvest in yourself using your mobile phone? For example, the iScanner app lets you replace your office scanner with an iPhone, allowing you to do business anywhere....

Compiling an extensive library of videos can be time-consuming, especially if you have to view tutorials every time you convert formats. Thankfully, some tools allow you to skirt around this tedious process. Freemake, for instance, can help you download and convert videos from your favorite platforms, and lifetime licenses are available for $19.99. There are two parts to this video conversion suite. The Freemake Video Downloader allows you to download videos from more than 10,000 sites, including Vimeo, YouTube, and Facebook....

Also: How to set your Pixel’s lock screen to identify music This is the first time since their release that they have dropped to a price that low, and if you’re looking for a great pair of noise-canceling earbuds, these are a great option. You can choose from four colors – charcoal, coral, fog, and lemongrass – and they come with a charging case that will give up to 31 hours of playback time....

Despite the upbeat report, Elastic shares declined 8% in late trading. “The area that we’re very proud of is our Elastic Cloud growth,” CEO and founder Shay Banon told ZDNet in an interview via Zoom. That product saw sales rise 84%, year over year, to $69 million, of a similar magnitude as the 89% growth in the previous quarter. “We’ve made significant investments in our cloud offering,” he added. “We believe this is the best way to engage with our products and our solutions....

The grilling arose in response to a letter written by Western Australia Police Minister Paul Papalia to Federal Communications Minister Paul Fletcher that called for the Online Safety Act powers to be used more expeditiously. Papalia wrote the letter after a TikTok video surfaced online of a stolen vehicle occupied by boys aged 11 and 12, and a girl aged 13, ramming a police car into a tree in Broome, injuring two police officers....

The proposed laws, currently before Parliament, seek to establish a requirement for social media service providers to have a complaints scheme in place that allows victims of defamatory comments to both make complaints and request the personal information of the maker of those comments. Under the proposed laws, social media service providers would be liable to defamation for these types of comments if their platform does not have an appropriate complaints scheme....

Cookie Consent Wall The main issue that the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is dealing with is the fact that many websites have a built-in cookie consent wall. This means that there are two options given to you when you visit a website for the first time; either you consent to the cookies, or you can’t get onto the page. The EU states that in cases like these, users aren’t “presented with a genuine choice....

These claims come with unfortunate timing as the technology company just launched a series of security devices to end the year. One of these new launches, the EufyCam 3 and HomeBase 3 bundle, also known as the Eufy Edge Security System, seems to gather all the best features of competing security cameras and combine them into one kit. With 4K-quality images, forever power, and expandable storage, all with no monthly fees, those flaws may not seem important....

Plan of Attack After First Wave The name of the project is Pan-European Privacy Preserving Proximity Tracing, or PEPP-PT. The project has been set up to try and control the virus once national lockdowns will end. First, countries need to flatten the curve within their own borders. But there has to be a plan in place to follow, and hopefully control, the spread of the virus once this has succeeded and people start moving around again....

It’s become an LF Energy project, Shuli Goodman, Linux Foundation Energy’s Executive Director, explained because, “At LF Energy, we firmly believe that only open source has the speed and transformative power to change industries fast. Our mission is to decarbonize the global economy by enabling the transformation of power systems, the transition to electric mobility, and the radical efficiency of the built environment. In this regard, EVerest is the perfect addition to our ecosystem....

In a study published on Wednesday, August 10, Krause detailed his tests on Meta apps with a tool he built that reveals concealed code. He found that Facebook and Instagram in-app browsers inject 18 lines of code into every website users visit. This could enable Meta “track every single interaction with external websites, from all form inputs like passwords and addresses, to every single tap.” There is no evidence of code injection when users click links on WhatsApp....

Apparently it was a “really good deal.” Also: Apple’s worst product has now become one of its best It wasn’t a good deal. It was a fake. And it broke off in the Lightning port after a few weeks of use. Fortunately, I was able to remove it using a pair of surgical hemostats (a good tool to have in the toolkit). I know that Apple charges a lot of money for replacement iPhone charging cables, and it’s tempting to go looking for a “bargain,” but these cheap cables rarely turn out to be bargains....

In December 2020, SpaceX was announced as one of the largest recipients of the 180 firms awarded funds under the FCC’s first round auction for RDOF funding over 10 years to bring high-speed broadband to 5.2 million unserved US households and businesses. But now the FCC has said Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellite broadband service failed to demonstrate it could deliver the service and that its “nascent” technology shouldn’t be subsidized by the Universal Service Fund to meet the RDOF’s goals....

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While it supports the innovative use of AI algorithms to improve user experience and access to information, the growth of such applications can lead to abuse. Emphasis should be placed on such tools and data resources to be used safely and reliably, said the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC). Regulations were needed to drive a healthy and sustainable development of generative AI algorithms, said the government agency, as it published the draft laws on its website....

Professionally Organized Hacker Group “The attack shows massive criminal intent”, confirmed Canyon founder and CEO Roman Arnold. “Due to the encryption of our IT infrastructure, work and business processes were temporarily massively affected. Apparently, this was perpetrated by a professionally organized group that specialize in attacking companies.” Not only was the Koblenz site directly affected, but all Canyon’s international companies were also hit. The only exception was the US branch, which operates on their own IT system....

Grocery shopping was never on anybody’s list of favorite ways to pass the time, but the past couple of years have caused both shoppers and retailers to radically rethink the way people get their essentials. Through it all, one outlet has been going strong: Sam’s Club. From the get-go, the business model behind this warehouse discount store was a great one. And now, shoppers can see what’s so great about the store with a one-year membership that’s cheaper than ever and comes with a $10 perk to boot....

It’s that time of year, right in the middle of summer, when a lot of people are still scrambling to find cheap airfares while the sun shines. But some of us have already returned from vacations or are waiting for the airline meltdowns to end, and life – or our homes – may be feeling just a bit drab. But no need to despair, because expensive décor or vacations aren’t necessary to brighten things up....