Over on Flickr, Razan sent in her workspace, where she handles her day job, her passion (photography), and of course, where she relaxes. The space also has to double has her bedroom, so space is a premium—but check out that chalkboard wall. Here are some more photos.
Source: LifeHacker – The Chalkboard Wall Workspace
Source: Engadget – Sony ends Ustream game broadcasts on PlayStation 4
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Much of the product line from security firm Symantec contains a raft of vulnerabilities that expose millions of consumers, small businesses, and large organizations to self-replicating attacks that take complete control of their computers, a researcher warned Tuesday.
“These vulnerabilities are as bad as it gets,” Tavis Ormandy, a researcher with Google’s Project Zero, wrote in a blog post. “They don’t require any user interaction, they affect the default configuration, and the software runs at the highest privilege levels possible. In certain cases on Windows, vulnerable code is even loaded into the kernel, resulting in remote kernel memory corruption.”
The post was published shortly after Symantec issued its own advisory, which listed 17 Symantec enterprise products and eight Norton consumer and small business products being affected. Ormandy warned that the vulnerability is unusually easy to exploit, allowing the exploits to spread virally from machine to machine over a targeted network, or potentially over the Internet at large. Ormandy continued:
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Source: Ars Technica – 25 Symantec products open to “wormable” attack by unopened e-mail or links
Just the presence of streetlights can deter criminal behavior. A South Philadelphia neighborhood is trying something a little more innovative than that—using neon-lit murals to not just brighten the sidewalk, but also turn the area into a destination.
Source: Gizmodo – Philly’s Beautiful Plan to Fight Crime with Neon Murals
Holy. Shit. This video shows the end of a car chase in northeast Houston and it’s totally bananas. The suspect tries to outrun a helicopter in an open field, but while making a break for it, he gets pummeled by a police SUV. Somehow, he bounces off the car, gets back up, and manages to keep on running. At this point, a helicopter crew member jumps out of the chopper with his helmet still on and chases after the suspect to tackle him. It’s like watching Grand Theft Auto but in real life. What the hell.
Source: Gizmodo – The End of This Insane Car Chase is Basically Grand Theft Auto in Real Life
FIFA fans, fed up with what they felt was a “handicap glitch” affecting their play, have diagnosed and likely uncovered a problem that may have been undermining the game’s “Ultimate Team” mode for years. Which is a big deal, since that mode costs real money.
Source: Kotaku – Fans Discover FIFA Glitch That May Have Been Ripping Them Off
Chances are, you don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the logistics of international shipping — but you shouldn’t be surprised that transportation hubs are ripe for export fraud. Part of the reason for this is that there’s simply too much intern…
Source: Engadget – Artificial intelligence could be used to stop car smugglers
insitus quotes a report from Ars Technica: Xbox users who purchased training videos through the Xbox Fitness app probably thought they were buying a workout program they’d be able to use regularly for the life of the Xbox One, at the very least. Instead, those videos will soon be completely unavailable to those who paid for them up front, according to a “sunset” plan announced by Microsoft yesterday evening. Xbox Fitness first launched in late 2013 with the console, offering a Kinect-powered health app that uses the 3D camera to evaluate users’ form as they perform the exercises demoed by on-screen video trainers. The app, which provided 30 basic routines for free with an Xbox Live Gold account, will be coming to an end on December 15. The paid content associated with the app will also no longer be available for purchase, and those who purchased it previously will be able to use it for over one more year before the app becomes completely unavailable to download or use on July 1, 2017. What some have found especially upsetting with the news is that Microsoft has yet to announce any plans to compensate users who have paid for content or to provide downloadable versions of paid workouts that can be used after the phase-out date. Thus, many upset users have taken to the sunset announcement post and various other outlets to speak their mind on the situation. “I bought 140$+ worth of content just this year… I don’t want a refund, I want to be able to continue to use what I PAID for !!!!!!!!!!!” Xbox Live user QuickSilver wrote.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – RIP Xbox Fitness: Users Will Soon Lose Access To Workout Videos They Bought
You know what? It doesn’t sound like James Cameron liked Star Wars: The Force Awakens very much. A new interview with the influential director of Terminator, Titanic, and Avatar is now online and when asked about the film, he does a beautiful dance around his real feelings.
Source: io9 – Watch James Cameron Hilariously Tiptoe Around His Feelings About The Force Awakens
Want to prove to the world that you’re a top-notch Overwatch player? You now have your chance. After a quick public beta test, Blizzard is launching the team shooter’s Competitive Play mode on PCs. As before, this isn’t just about participating in se…
Source: Engadget – ‘Overwatch’ Competitive Play mode launches on PCs today
Hardcore raiding schedules in World of Warcraft can turn an otherwise unproductive “leisure” activity into a competitive sport. At the extreme end, it can become a stressful obligation rife with social dependencies and pressure.
Source: Kotaku – The Crushing Design Of World Of Warcraft’s Big Raids
A bad case of garlic breath can ruin a date, even if you both have it. These foods, if eaten after a garlic-y dish, might be able to save the day.
Source: LifeHacker – Seven Foods You Can Eat to Neutralize Garlic Breath
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Having health insurance can be a comfort, putting your mind at ease that you’ll be covered if you get sick or injured—until you actually have to use it, that is.
Insured Americans are having to shell out more and more to for healthcare, particularly, hospital visits, researchers report this week in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. From 2009 and 2013—before the biggest provisions of the Affordable Care Act took effect in 2014—people with individual or employer-sponsored health insurances saw a 37 percent rise in out-of-pockets costs for a hospital stay. Average bills jumped from $738 to $1,013. That’s about a 6.5 percent increase each year. However, overall healthcare spending rose just 2.9 percent each year during that time-frame and premiums—the cost to buy insurance—rose by around 5.1 percent annually.
“Every year, people freak out about how high premiums have gotten and how they continue to grow exponentially, but [out-of-pocket costs are] actually growing even faster,” Emily Adrion, first author of the study and a researcher at the Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy at the University of Michigan, told Bloomberg.
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Source: Ars Technica – Good health insurance plans won’t spare you from hospital bills
Khari Johnson, writing for VentureBeat:A bot made to challenge traffic tickets has been used more than 9,000 times by New Yorkers, according to DoNotPay maker Joshua Browder. The bot was made available to New Yorkers in March. In recent years and decades, residents of The Big Apple have seen a persistent increase in traffic fines. A record $1.9 billion in traffic fines was issued by the City of New York in 2015. Since the first version of the bot was released in London last fall, 160,000 of 250,000 tickets have been successfully challenged with DoNotPay, Browder said. “I think the people getting parking tickets are the most vulnerable in society,” said Browder. “These people aren’t looking to break the law. I think they’re being exploited as a revenue source by the local government.” Browder, who’s 19, hopes to extend DoNotPay to Seattle this fall.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – DoNotPay Bot Has Beaten 160,000 Traffic Tickets — and Counting
Earlier today, we noticed that Donald Trump had gone uncharacteristically silent on Twitter, a phenomenon that just so happened to coincide with the hiring of his new communications adviser. Now, though, Donald Trump’s Twitter account is back and tweeting up a storm. No one tell Donald Trump.
Source: Gizmodo – Where Are They Hiding Donald Trump’s Phone?
Mars may have had a much more Earth-like atmosphere rich in oxygen, according to JPL’s Curiosity team. Using its laser-firing instrument in the Gale Crater, the intrepid rover found rocks with manganese oxide, which requires oxygen to form. On Earth,…
Source: Engadget – Curiosity finds evidence that Mars was once rich in oxygen
Night Dive Studios is asking for $900,000 on Kickstarter to fund its proposed remaster of the first-person sci-fi classic, System Shock. Better yet, they’ve released a playable demo that sublimely demonstrates how they might do it.
Source: Kotaku – System Shock’s Remaster Already Has A Playable Demo (And It’s Great)
This is a video of 100 balloons in a row being popped by a Wicked Lasers Spyder III Krypton to set the record for ‘most balloons popped domino-style with a laser.’ The feat was achieved by Scott A. Stevenson, who, as far as I can tell, really didn’t do anything but buy a laser and find a long hallway in order to set the record. Maybe you and I should buy a laser and pop 101 balloons. Or — OR — just blind the shit out of each other. Just a thought. Also, did anybody else notice how the balloons in the middle of the line seemed to pop quicker than the ones at the beginning and end? Is there some sort of scientific explanation for that? Because, and I’m just throwing this out there, but my guess is magnets.
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Source: Geekologie – Dare To Dream: Video Of ‘Most Balloons Popped Domino-Style With A Laser’
Ever hit send before you finished writing a message? Microsoft apparently did that today when they accidentally announced the release date for the upcoming ‘anniversary’ update to Windows 10—unless they change their mind.
Source: LifeHacker – Remains of the Day: Windows 10 Anniversary Update to Arrive on August 2nd
Ubuntu developers are once again pondering the possibility of dropping support for i386 (32-bit x86) as installation media for their Linux distribution…
Source: Phoronix – Ubuntu Developers Discuss Again About Dropping Support For 32-bit x86
