Twitch struggles with hackers and hate raid bots
Twitch, Amazon's popular live video streaming platform, on Thursday said hackers took advantage of a mistake in a server configuration tweak to steal data.
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Engineering
2,050-year-old Roman tomb offers insights on ancient concrete resilience
Concrete often begins to crack and crumble after a few decades of life—but curiously, that hasn't been the case with many Roman structures. The structures are still standing, exhibiting remarkable durability despite conditions ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Keeping it clean and cool at home: Environmentally-friendly solutions
The summer of 2021 in Western Canada was one of the hottest on record. In BC alone, 59 weather stations registered their hottest temperatures ever on June 27.
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Security
Researchers create 'self-aware' algorithm to ward off hacking attempts
It sounds like a scene from a spy thriller. An attacker gets through the IT defenses of a nuclear power plant and feeds it fake, realistic data, tricking its computer systems and personnel into thinking operations are normal. ...
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Internet
Russian court orders bailiffs to enforce fine on Facebook
A Moscow court has ruled to enforce the collection of fines from Facebook for breaching Russian laws on illegal content, officials said Thursday.
Oct 7, 2021
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Business
FIFA video game maker mulls rename
US video game developer Electronic Arts is considering renaming FIFA, its immensely popular football video game series, the company said Thursday.
Oct 7, 2021
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Internet
Instagram Kids: Tech development must move from usability to safety
Facebook has announced that it is halting development on its Instagram Kids project. This follows reports that the social media giant had commissioned—and kept secret—internal research that found Instagram was detrimental ...
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Energy & Green Tech
Why fast charging reduces the capacity of a car battery
When lithium ions are forced rapidly through a battery, they might get stuck and turn into lithium metal, no longer able to move through the battery.
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Internet
Social media can learn how to regulate speech from online gaming, study suggests
As social media giants like Facebook and Twitter come under increasing criticism for how they approach what type of speech is allowed on their platforms, another type of online group navigated similar struggles more than ...
Oct 7, 2021
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Facebook's own internal documents offer a blueprint for making social media safer for teens
Right at the time social media became popular, teen mental health began to falter. Between 2010 and 2019, rates of depression and loneliness doubled in the U.S. and globally, suicide rates soared for teens in the U.S. and ...
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