Arena of Valor (also known as Kings of Glory) has more than 200 million users in China. The game is so popular that Tencent, the game developer, implemented a daily time restriction for young players to “ensure children’s healthy development.”…
Students create program that filters out fake news
College students created a Google Chrome extension called Open Mind that identifies if an article is likely to be fake and suggests alternatives from established news sources from both sides of the political spectrum.leaders on their findings. goo.gl/XRWEN6
E-commerce turns warehouses into gold mines
Forbes reports how e-commerce has sparked an unlikely real estate revolution in urban warehouses. Prologis has $1.3 trillion of goods flowing through its facilities every year and more than 800,000 people working under their roofs. Considering Amazon is one of…
Control plugged in devices remotely with your smart phone
This simple gadget lets you use your smart phone to turn on/off your Christmas lights or other electronics that are plugged into the Smart Plug. It’s super simple and starts at $29.99. Learn more about it at iHome.
How to Get Rich Playing Video Games Online
If you have a teenage boy, he might want to be a professional video game player when he grows up. You might think that’s a ridiculous idea, but some young men and women are actually turning their addictions into high…
Make money hacking the Pentagon
Hack the Pentagon was a program run by the government that essentially paid hackers thousands of dollars to expose vulnerabilities in the Pentagon’s websites. The program was so successful that it was expanded to Hack the Army. Read more about…
PBDB can help you discover dinosaurs!
“The Paleobiology Database (PBDB) is a non-governmental, non-profit public resource for paleontological data. It has been organized and operated by a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, international group of paleobiological researchers. Its purpose is to provide global, collection-based occurrence and taxonomic data for…
A 10-Year-Old Unlocks His Mom’s iPhone X
“Hacking Face ID, the facial recognition system built into Apple’s iPhone X, isn’t easy. Unless, it turns out, you’re a very specific hacker—say, a rare 10-year-old kid, trying to break into the phone of whichever of your parents looks the…
Russian hackers exploit a potential Microsoft Office flaw
The DDE attack only works when Windows’ Protected Mode setting is disabled, and if user clicks through prompts that the attack requires. “On Tuesday, researchers at McAfee revealed that they’ve been tracking a new phishing campaign from the Russia-linked hacker…
Telemedicine Is Forcing Doctors to Learn ‘Webside’ Manner
An expert in the burgeoning field of telemedicine, Steinhorn believes in the power of digital tools to connect clinicians with their patients. But more important than the technology, he says, is what clinicians in the field have taken to calling…