An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: Malicious apps from a campaign called “Agent Smith” have been downloaded to 25 million Android devices, according to new research by cyber-security firm Check Point. The apps, most of them games, were distributed through third-party app stores by a Chinese group with a legitimate business helping Chinese developers promote their apps on outside…
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Google Earth Ported To Browsers With WebAssembly
The Google Earth team recently released a beta preview of a WebAssembly port of Google Earth. The new port runs in Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers, including Edge (Canary version) and Opera, as well as Firefox. From a report: The port thus brings cross-browser support to the existing Earth For Web version, which uses the native C++ codebase and Chrome’s Native…
‘Singing vet’ serenades cows with opera
Opera singing veterinarian Alfonso Camassa has come up with a rather unique approach to treating animals. It is certainly no secret that animals – and… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/328782/singing-vet-serenades-cows-with-opera…
Opera Launches Opera GX, World’s First Gaming Browser
Opera Software, the company behind the Opera browser, today launched a custom version of its browser dedicated to online gamers and streamers on Windows platform. From a report: Named Opera GX, the browser comes with dedicated features that let users limit the browser’s access to computer resources such as CPU (processor) and RAM (memory). The idea is to provide gamers with…
Google Forces Microsoft Edge Preview Users To Use Chrome For Modern YouTube Experience
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Thurrott: Microsoft started testing a new Microsoft Edge browser based on Chromium a little while ago. The company has been releasing new canary and dev builds for the browser over the last few weeks, and the preview is actually really great. But if you watch YouTube quite a lot, you will face a new…
Greta Thunberg became a climate activist not in spite of her autism, but because of it
Source: https://www.vox.com/first-person/2019/5/6/18531551/autism-greta-thunberg-speech…
Bringing Computers to Life
The new BSc in Computer Science will offer students the opportunity to learn core computing skills and apply those skills to any area or subject they feel passionate about. Music, art, sociology, education: the possibilities are endless. Through exciting project-based learning, the course encourages students to express themselves creatively and develop new links between technology […]
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Google Offers Europeans Choice To Download Rival Web Browser
Google said today it will start giving European Union smartphone users a choice of browsers and search apps on its Android operating system, in changes designed to comply with an EU antitrust ruling. From a report: Starting Thursday and following a software update, users in the EU opening Google’s mobile app store will be presented with a choice of alternatives to…
Kiwi Browser update for Android introduces Chrome Extensions support
Kiwi Browser, a mobile web browser for Android that is based on Chromium, introduced support for Chrome browser extensions in its latest update. Chromium is the source for many browsers on Android […]
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Why Notre Dame matters, in one Victor Hugo passage
What Victor Hugo wrote to save Notre Dame when it was on the brink of destruction. Notre Dame is on fire, and its spire has fallen. As of Monday afternoon, we don’t know for sure how the fire began or how extensive the damage is, but the world has responded to the news with an… Continue reading Why Notre Dame matters, in one Victor Hugo passage