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IoT botnet creator cops plea to hacking more than 800,000 devices

A 21-year-old Washington man has pleaded guilty to creating botnets that converted hundreds of thousands of routers, cameras, and other Internet-facing devices into...

Denisovan fossil finger points to the timing of Neanderthal evolution

A group of anthropologists finally put back together a Denisovan finger bone unearthed in 2009, and it pointed to something surprising. Denisovan fingers...

Recent Valve VR update contains hidden Half-Life demo code

Further ReadingIt’s been over a decade since Valve first promised Half-Life 2: Episode 3Remember when Valve didn't just perpetually...

Samsung launches its first 5G-integrated CPU

Today, Samsung announced the launch of its newest mobile processor, the Exynos 980. This system-on-chip, which should enter mass production later this year,...

“Fussy eater” goes blind after years of eating only junk food

In the past, parents may have tried to coax their picky eaters to dinner with misguided reminders of starving children—or perhaps letting them...

Kobo debuts Libra H2O e-reader, updates software with more tools for readers

Nearly one year after releasing the Forma e-reader, Kobo returns today with a new slab dubbed the Kobo Libra H2O. The $169 e-reader...

A glut of iOS 0-days pushes their price below cost of those for Android

For the first time ever, the security exploit broker Zerodium is paying a higher price for zero-day attacks that target Android than it...

Amazon delivery contractors operate with little oversight, report finds

Amazon has seemingly been bringing shipping services in-house as rapidly as it can as the company ramps up efforts to get packages to...

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