Day: March 5, 2021

Eyesight Guardian Polices Your Poor Pupils

Don’t know about you, but over the last year or so, we have gone from spending ten or twelve hours a day at this computer to upwards of sixteen or eighteen. Fortunately there’s a window behind the monitor for taking those 20/20/20 breaks that are supposed to prevent eye strain, but it’s so hard to…


Students Are Easily Cheating ‘State-of-the-Art’ Test Proctoring Tech

Students are using HDMI cables and hidden phones to cheat on exams administered through invasive proctoring software like Proctorio. From a report: “I’ve taken online exams cheating and not cheating and they are just about as stressful anyways so fuck it, am I right?” That’s what one French student who had cheated on multiple remote…


Realistic Patch Management Tips, Post-SolarWinds

Patch management and testing are different, exactly the same, and completely out of hand. Here are tips from the experts on how to wrangle patches in a time of malicious software updates. …read more Source:: DarkReading


WandaVision season finale recap: The ending and post-credits scenes explained – CNET

After diving into Wanda’s grief, it’s time to take on Agatha. Stick around for Marvel mid- and post-credit scenes. …read more Source:: CNet


Hacked LinkedIn post puts further pressure on Salesforce over attitudes to race in the workplace

SaaS pusher says it has locked up social media account after ‘unauthorised access’ Near ubiquitous SaaS CRM pusher Salesforce got a rude awakening this week when its carefully curated image of a business addressing racial equality was shattered by its clearly hacked LinkedIn page.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


US Says John McAfee Indicted Over Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Schemes

John McAfee, creator of the eponymous anti-virus software, has been indicted in Manhattan federal court on fraud and money laundering conspiracy crimes, stemming from two schemes concerning the fraudulent promotion to investors of cryptocurrencies, officials said on Friday. From a report: McAfee and his bodyguard Jimmy Gale Watson Jr were charged for a scheme to…


John McAfee faces new federal charges over alleged cryptocurrency schemes – CNET

The former antivirus exec has found himself in more legal trouble. …read more Source:: CNet


Soft-shell robot uses snailfish features to sail though Mariana Trench stress test

Deep sea submersible may help humans explore deepest oceans Researchers in China have developed flexible submersible robots that experts say might one day help humans reveal the secrets to unexplored depths of the Earth’s vast oceans.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


French Stargazers Hunt for Meteorite the Size of Apricot

France’s ranks of amateur astronomers have been urged to help find an apricot-size meteorite that fell to Earth last weekend in the south-west of the country. From a report: The rock, estimated to weigh 150 grams (just over five ounces), was captured plunging through the atmosphere by cameras at an astronomy education facility in Mauraux,…


‘Hovering Ship’ Photographed Off Cornish Coast By Walker

Images of what appears to be a hovering ship have been captured as the result of a rare optical illusion off the coast of England. From a report: David Morris took a photo of the ship near Falmouth, Cornwall. BBC meteorologist David Braine said the “superior mirage” occurred because of “special atmospheric conditions that bend…