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Researcher shows how popular app ES File Explorer exposes Android device data

Why is one of the most popular Android apps running a hidden web server in the background? ES File Explorer claims it has over 500 million downloads under its belt since 2014, making it one of the most used apps…

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  • January 16, 2019
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Battery-free sensor tag gathers energy from radio frequencies

Wiliot Sensors play a crucial role in the Internet of Things, but there’s one glaring limitation: they need a battery or some other conspicuous power source to run. Soon, however, they might only have to pluck energy from the air.…

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  • January 15, 2019
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Someone attached two leaf blowers to a sled and put their kid on it

Some homemade sleds will blow you away. Literally. One little girl in Belgorod, Russia recently had the best snow day ever thanks to her dad’s creative engineering. With the attachment of two leaf blowers, he transformed her traditional sled into…

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  • January 15, 2019
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This Smartphone’s Camera Could Have a 10x Optical Zoom

Need an extra reach for your next smartphone camera? An Oppo model with a 10x optical zoom may be coming soon to give you just that. What’s next in the mobile photography world after the multi-lenses, selfie cameras,…

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  • January 15, 2019
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Review: volca modular takes on creative synthesis in a small package

Can KORG take modular patching and Buchla-inspired synthesis, and squeeze it into a $200 instrument that’s still accessible to synth newcomers and experts alike? We go deep with the new $199 KORG volca modular to find out. To grasp what…

  • benton
  • January 15, 2019
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François Ollivier’s Collection of Night Self-Portraits is a Mood Study

All images by François Ollivier. Used with Creative Commons permission. We’re familiar with color studies and pattern experiments, but how often do we see mood studies? We think a collection of self-portraits shot at night by François Ollivier is…

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  • January 15, 2019
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#wtfmemes

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  • benton
  • January 15, 2019
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Harrowing video shows what the future of work might look like

Afraid a machine will take over your job? Ever thought it might take over your boss’ job instead, turning you into a servant of an AI whose inner workings you cannot comprehend? A new video short by designer and film-maker…

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  • January 15, 2019
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Beer Might Save You From Alcohol Poisoning. Seriously.

iStockphoto Drinking in excess is the American way. No truer statement has been made, just ask anyone down at your friendly neighborhood redneck bar and grill and they’ll tell you that getting soused up and rowdy is just called a…

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  • January 14, 2019
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Watch the electrifying gymnastics routine that has the internet flipping out

Sometimes there’s a video that’s so amazing, so full of life and exuberance, that not even the internet can ruin it. Like this one of UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi at Saturday’s Collegiate Challenge in Anaheim, California. Set to a medley…

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  • January 14, 2019
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