It’s kind of the oldest trick in the book. Catfishing is where you pretend to be someone you’re not online so that you can trick someone else into doing something. And based on a new report, this is exactly how pro-Assad hackers have been robbing intel from opposition forces: They’ve been …
By Bonnie Burton Sculptor Anna Sternik makes candles that look uncannily like human faces that you may think twice about lighting the wick.
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By Bonnie Burton Sculptor Anna Sternik makes candles that look uncannily like human faces that you may think twice about lighting the wick.
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In 1992, mere days after Windows 3.1 was released, it was revealed that typing the letters NYC in Wingdings—Microsoft’s…
In 1992, mere days after Windows 3.1 was released, it was revealed that typing the letters NYC in Wingdings—Microsoft’s…
By Stephen Shankland Switching Firefox browser users’ default search engine from Google pushes Yahoo’s share of searches up 2 percentage points at the expense of its main rival.
By Stephen Shankland Switching Firefox browser users’ default search engine from Google pushes Yahoo’s share of searches up 2 percentage points at the expense of its main rival.
By Shep McAllister, Commerce Team
Monoprice is already known for bargain basement prices, but they’re currently taking an extra …
By Darren Orf
Welcome to BitStream, a new(ish) news roundup about all the awesome bits of information that may have slipped your radar. Here’s what you missed this weekend.
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When you throw a coin in the air to make a decision, you’d expect the outcome of the toss to be 50-50 whether you catch it or let it land on the ground. But, according to randomness expert Persi Diaconis, that’s simply not true.
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