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Your NFC capable Android smartphone could be the newest weapon hackers use to steal money from the credit cards in your pocket, according to researchers. In a presentation at Hack In The Box Security Conference in Amsterdam, security researchers Ricardo J. Rodriguez and Jose Vila presented a demo of a real world attack, to which […]
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These 28 carefully selected words of wisdom truly are some of the most powerful and wisest quotes ever written. Here they are… 1. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein 2. […]
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In all of my years of traveling, and by that, I mean ten solid years, I have seen people who haven’t been allowed to board an airplane for several reasons. Sometimes it’s a clear case of mistaken identity, i.e., a person bearing the same name with someone who isn’t eligible for a U.S Visa. Other […]
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I’m 32 years old, but since my late teens, I’ve joked with my closest and longest-lasting friends that I could see us moving into the same nursing home and drinking large quantities of beer together there in our waning years. But what’s mostly a joke to me is a reality for two 89-year-old women who […]
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In the image just below this text, you’ll see a tree with a bunch of fairly amorphous and androgynous little people, called ‘blobs’, hanging out. Some are happy, some are frowny, some in danger, and some barely hanging on. Each one has a number assigned. This image is inspired by Pip Wilson’s blob tree. The […]
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It’s almost as if the meaning of true love and all it entails changes from generation to generation. What Baby Boomers consider romance doesn’t work for millennials and let’s be honest, generation Z literally has the weirdest ideas. Everyone’s just doing what suits their time and age and in the end, love is still hugely […]
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How great is your vision? A lot of us think excellent vision is all about being to see any object in front of us or far away without blurry sensations. While that’s a huge part of it, there’s a lot more to eye health and sharpness than we care to admit. For example, take the […]
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Life starts at 30, they say. There’s a lot of truth in these words because the longer you live, the better you get at living – although this is not always the case. Even science believes that a person’s brain is not fully developed until they are 25, so the “ultimate 30” thing actually makes […]
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Every now and then on social media, a particular riddle or puzzle will go viral, giving people a chance to test their logical power and exercise their brains. This one is actually pretty easy but a lot of people are guessing the most unimaginable answers. What has a head and a tail, is brown, and […]
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When most people hear the word “mother”, all they can imagine is the embodiment of love and kindness, a person who would sacrifice her life to see her children happy, thriving, and safe from all danger. Mothers are golden, but sadly, some people may never be able to relate to this definition. Most people would […]
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The award goes to the parent who can go a day without yelling. Anyone? Let’s admit it, kids drive us nuts sometimes, the same way we drove our parents crazy when were at that age. Almost every parent loses it now and then and may lash out at their kids with loaded words. However, the […]
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Ever wondered why IQ tests measure language skills? Or how lexical knowledge, the understanding of words and their contextual usage, impacts your Intelligence Quotient? Well, the reasons are interconnected. People who comprehend what they read and understand the contextual usage of words are said to enjoy reading more than people who tend to breeze through […]
