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China hacked the US Navy and stole personal info on at least 100K sailors

Dec20
by on December 20, 2018 at 11:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


The US Department of Justice (DOJ) today unsealed indictments against a pair of Chinese agents charged with hacking US computer systems from a period spanning 2006 – 2018. Among those successfully targeted was the US Navy. Personally identifiable information including, social security numbers, names, and phone numbers pertaining to at least 100,000 US Navy service members was allegedly stolen during the espionage campaign. The FBI and DOJ have identified the defendants as Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong, alleged members of a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group. According to the unsealed documents: Over the course of the Technology Theft Campaign, the defendants…

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4 fitness tech trends you can expect to see in 2019

Dec20
by on December 20, 2018 at 11:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, Contributors, virtual reality


For a tech founder, working in the industry of health and fitness is extremely challenging — but the rewards far outweigh the difficulties. It’s not a place where easy money is made, but it’s one where you can influence the lives of so many people and change them for the better. Nevertheless, fitness tech startups attracted only $2.4 billion in funding from 2013 to 2017, while the global health-tech market is projected to reach more than $140 billion this year. Speaking about trends in this industry, that currently looks more like a spectrum from patient and hospitals oriented health tech to professional…

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4 fitness tech trends you can expect to see in 2019

Dec20
by on December 20, 2018 at 11:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, Contributors, virtual reality


For a tech founder, working in the industry of health and fitness is extremely challenging — but the rewards far outweigh the difficulties. It’s not a place where easy money is made, but it’s one where you can influence the lives of so many people and change them for the better. Nevertheless, fitness tech startups attracted only $2.4 billion in funding from 2013 to 2017, while the global health-tech market is projected to reach more than $140 billion this year. Speaking about trends in this industry, that currently looks more like a spectrum from patient and hospitals oriented health tech to professional…

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I killed a man for 49 cents . . . in Red Dead Online

Dec20
by on December 20, 2018 at 7:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


My first NPC kill in the Red Dead Online beta was an impulse. I rode past the NPC on my horse, whom I’d named Vanessa, and this guy felt the need to insult her. So I grabbed my revolver and put two rounds in his head, then got off to frisk his body. The net yield of first blood? 49 cents — which turned out to be just enough to get some more bullets. Yeah, Red Dead Online, at least when I started, was pretty brutal, and not just because the people in it shot first, asked questions never. The biggest problem for…

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I killed a man for 49 cents . . . in Red Dead Online

Dec20
by on December 20, 2018 at 7:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


My first NPC kill in the Red Dead Online beta was an impulse. I rode past the NPC on my horse, whom I’d named Vanessa, and this guy felt the need to insult her. So I grabbed my revolver and put two rounds in his head, then got off to frisk his body. The net yield of first blood? 49 cents — which turned out to be just enough to get some more bullets. Yeah, Red Dead Online, at least when I started, was pretty brutal, and not just because the people in it shot first, asked questions never. The biggest problem for…

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