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Babbel Review
Babbel Review
Babbel is an online, self-paced language-learning program. The instruction is good, and it's more challenging
2023-09-21 00:27
Apple engineer from China among US tech theft cases
Apple engineer from China among US tech theft cases
The United States announced charges on Tuesday against several Chinese and Russian nationals accused of stealing trade secrets and violating sanctions by...
2023-05-17 01:47
'Does Charity not get her own custom emoji hashtag?': 'The Bachelorette' fans slam ABC as network fails to continue tradition
'Does Charity not get her own custom emoji hashtag?': 'The Bachelorette' fans slam ABC as network fails to continue tradition
Fans slammed ABC after discovering that their new bachelorette Charity Lawson does not have a custom emoji like the leads from previous seasons
2023-06-27 10:15
Scientists issue warning about asteroid heading to Earth with force of 24 atomic bombs
Scientists issue warning about asteroid heading to Earth with force of 24 atomic bombs
Scientists are on alert after NASA confirmed there is a chance an asteroid the size of the Empire State Building could come smashing into Earth. The asteroid is named Bennu after the ancient Egyptian bird god and has been on the space agency’s radar for a long time as they try to prevent it from coming crashing into our planet. Bennu has been categorised as one of the two “most hazardous known asteroids” and, despite the chance of impact standing at 1-in-2,700, it could strike the Earth with the force of 24 times that of the largest nuclear bomb – 1,200 megatons of energy. The carbon-based asteroid is approximately 510 metres wide and experts predict that it will come closest to hitting Earth on September 24, 2182. While the asteroid is quite sizeable, it is not quite as sizeable as the six-mile-wide asteroid which almost completely wiped out the dinosaurs. But, NASA warns that Bennu “could cause continental devastation if it became an Earth impactor”. A space mission launched using NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has successfully taken a sample from Bennu in order for scientists to better understand the potentially dangerous asteroid. On Sunday (24 September) a capsule of the material will be dropped by OSIRIS-REx and returned to Earth where it will be retrieved and the matter inside studied. Davide Farnocchia of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory told the Science Journal: “We improved our knowledge of Bennu's trajectory by a factor of 20.” As scientists work to investigate how much of a risk it could cause, Farnocchia added: “In 2135, we'll know for sure.” Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-09-21 20:28
Horrified mum says stranger 'spoke to her son for weeks' after hacking baby monitor
Horrified mum says stranger 'spoke to her son for weeks' after hacking baby monitor
Baby monitors are a staple of any new parent’s toolkit, designed to put mums and dads’ minds at ease. And yet, one mother found her monitor the opposite of reassuring after a hacker managed to hack the device and use it to speak to her young son. Influencer Kurin Adele made the frightening claim in a TikTok posted on Saturday. In the clip, which racked up 6.1 million views in three days, Adele told viewers that she’d noticed over “the past couple of weeks to a couple of months” that her son had been unplugging his bedroom camera. On Friday night, she asked her husband to plug the device back in which, to her surprise, made her little boy very upset. Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter “My son starts crying and he's like, ‘I don't want my camera plugged in, I don't want my camera plugged in,’” she recounted. “‘Someone talks to me at night and it scares me, someone wakes me up and talks to me and I'm scared.’” The content creator said she and her husband “looked at each other completely terrified” before reassuring their child that he was safe and they wouldn’t be plugging the camera back in. She then explained that they immediately went to change the password to the app for the device, at which point they received a message from its manufacturer, Owlet. The pop-up read: “This password has appeared in a data leak, which puts this account at high risk for compromise. You should change your password immediately.” Furious, Adele continued: “Who the heck knows how long someone has had our password and has been messing with my son? Owlet never notified us. “The only reason we didn't know about this sooner is because our son thought it was us talking to him, so whoever was talking to him was telling him that it was his mum and dad.” She ended the clip by urging fellow parents to ditch their wifi cameras, claiming that “people are hacking into baby monitors left and right just to mess with people”. @kurinadele Get rid of your wifi cameras!!!!! #owletcamera #babymonitorhack Her video racked up more than 850,000 likes and 6,400 comments as fellow TikTokers rushed to share their horror at Adele’s discovery. “10th video I have seen of a baby monitor getting hacked,” one wrote. “As someone who designed networks for a living, I would NEVER recommend a wifi enabled camera. They're so easy to hack,” said another. “I’m a law student and we did a trip to the cyber police department and the guy also said to never get ‘smart’ baby monitors,” added a third. On Monday, Adele shared an update, saying Owlet had replied to her complaint about the whole affair after she sent them a “hate email”. “They responded with a very dismissive email, basically telling me that their data is super encrypted and there's no way that someone could hack in, but they'd like to look into it further,” she said. However, she went on: “About 20 minutes ago, I got an email directly from Owlet, It looks like they saw my video.” She went on to say that she felt “a little bit bummed” that the “only reason they're reaching out to me is because I have a platform and my video went viral,” before admitting that she was still “excited to see how they rectify the situation”. The mother-of-two, who’s expecting her third child, said she was keen to know whether they’d be able to find out who logged into their account, adding that she’d keep her followers posted on any updates. @kurinadele Owlet update!! #babymonitor #babymonitorhack #owlet #owletcamera At the time of writing, the mystery of the hacker had yet to be solved, and Adele’s most recent video was about a trip to Taco Bell. Indy100 has contacted Owlet for comment. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-05-09 23:21
Apple Posts Disappointing iPhone Sales Even as Services Grow
Apple Posts Disappointing iPhone Sales Even as Services Grow
Apple Inc. reported disappointing third-quarter sales of the iPhone, its flagship product, overshadowing growing services sales at the
2023-08-04 04:57
Gannett to pause AI experiment after botched high school sports articles
Gannett to pause AI experiment after botched high school sports articles
Newspaper chain Gannett has paused the use of an artificial intelligence tool to write high school sports dispatches after the technology made several major flubs in articles in at least one of its papers.
2023-08-31 02:51
PLTW Announces Samuel Adams as EVP and Chief Financial Officer
PLTW Announces Samuel Adams as EVP and Chief Financial Officer
INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 12, 2023--
2023-09-12 23:24
Startups Are Vying to Fix One of Fashion’s Fossil-Fueled Secrets
Startups Are Vying to Fix One of Fashion’s Fossil-Fueled Secrets
At a factory in Vietnam, workers load rolls of undyed polyester into a steel container connected to a
2023-08-18 19:52
Ad Results Media Hires New Chief Revenue Officer Teresa Elliott Underscoring Company’s Commitment to Fostering Innovation in Digital Audio Industry
Ad Results Media Hires New Chief Revenue Officer Teresa Elliott Underscoring Company’s Commitment to Fostering Innovation in Digital Audio Industry
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2023--
2023-05-16 22:20
Desktop Metal Releases Video Showcasing How BMW Group Uses ExOne Binder Jetting Technology to Virtually Eliminate Emissions at its Landshut Light Metal Foundry
Desktop Metal Releases Video Showcasing How BMW Group Uses ExOne Binder Jetting Technology to Virtually Eliminate Emissions at its Landshut Light Metal Foundry
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 19, 2023--
2023-09-19 20:24
This Xbox Series S bundle comes with a huge expansion card, and it's $70 off
This Xbox Series S bundle comes with a huge expansion card, and it's $70 off
SAVE $70: As of June 8, you can snag an Xbox Series S bundle with
2023-06-08 23:28