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TikTok Watch: High-schoolers are trolling teachers by using their first names

Apr18
by on April 18, 2019 at 1:11 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


Welcome to TikTok Watch. You know, 2019’s version of Vine. This new series unearths the latest TikTok trends, so you don’t have to. Let’s face it, if you signed up, it’d just make you feel really old. When I was in school, a long time ago, teachers were called ‘sir’ or ‘miss.’ Never, under any circumstances, were we permitted to address them by their first names. It was a cardinal transgression, guaranteed to earn the offender a stern bollocking and almost certainly an after-school detention. Fast forward to 2019, and what was once an unpardonable sin is now the latest…

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Report: Cryptocurrency ransomware payments up 90%, thanks to Ryuk

Apr18
by on April 18, 2019 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Ransomware attacks are still doing the rounds and one in particular appears to be gaining pace. Cryptocurrency payments made to ransomware attackers increased nearly 90 percent in Q1 2019 over the previous quarter, according to ransomware support firm Coveware’s latest report. In the first quarter of the year, the average daily ransom being paid to attackers rose to $12,762 from $6,733 in Q4 2018. According to the report, an increase in expensive infections is responsible for the jump. As ever, Bitcoin remains the most popular payment method for ransomware; 98 percent of attacks ask for the cryptocurrency as payment. Coveware…

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CHEAP: Scrumptious 128GB Google Pixel XLs are now just $270, yum

Apr18
by on April 18, 2019 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Boy, do we have a wonderful deal for you today: an original 128GB Google Pixel XL for only $270. Yes, it might’ve been released three years ago now, but it’s still an excellent buy – especially if you’re on the lookout for a second device, have recently broken or lost your latest phone, or simply want something a bit different. Specs-wise, the Google Pixel XL is still good value. For that $270 you get the aforementioned 128GB of storage, 5.5 inch QHD display, a…

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Apple’s reportedly making a tag to track your things

Apr18
by on April 18, 2019 at 11:45 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Last night, 9to5Mac reported that Apple is working on an app – codenamed GreenTorch – that’ll replace Find My iPhone and Find My Friends app with merged functionality. The company is also supposedly working a tag-like hardware device – internally known as “B389”– to help you find non-Apple products. The report suggested that the company is already testing the app, which will be available on iOS and MacOS (as a Marzipan app). Apple‘s aim is to make an app that’ll help you track Apple devices and items with the new tag The tag will be synced to your account through iCloud. Once…

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