Fake reviews for products sold on Amazon’s Marketplace are being sold online “in bulk”, according to Which? The consumer group found 10 websites selling fake reviews from $7 each and incentivising positive reviews in exchange for payment or free products. From a report: It suggested the firm was facing an “uphill struggle” against a “widespread fake reviews industry”. An Amazon spokesman…
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Toddler swallowed half a dozen tiny magnets. Some got stuck in his throat.
Magnetic bead toys are particularly dangerous for young children, who may accidentally swallow them. Source: https://www.livescience.com/toddler-gets-magnetic-beads-in-throat.html
iFixit Says Teardown of AirPods Max Made Competitors Look Like Toys
After looking at the innards of Apple’s new over-the-ear headphones, the AirPods Max, tech site iFixit concluded that the intricate engineering made the lofty $550 price seem almost reasonable. iFixit cracked open the headphones and in summation said, that after looking at competitors, “internally, the AirPods Max’s obsessive craftsmanship makes those other extremely capable devices look like toys by comparison.”
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Tech CEO Apologizes After His Arrest Over Capitol Hill Protests
“Turning digital data into profit,” is the slogan of Cognesia, a data analytics company whose client list includes Visa, Rolls-Royce, and Toys ‘R’ Us. Now Variety reports:
Brad Rukstales, the chief executive of a Chicago-area company that provides data-marketing solutions, said he was arrested Wednesday after he entered the U.S. Capitol alongside a mob of pro-Trump rioters seeking to overturn the 2020…
The best coding toys for kids
From programmable robots to pocket-sized computers, there are a plethora of tools out there for kids to learn the basics of programming. Source: https://www.livescience.com/53957-best-coding-apps-and-toys.html
The best Montessori learning toys
Here’s a roundup of Montessori toys for the little ones in your life who love to learn and have fun while they’re at it. Source: https://www.livescience.com/montessori-learning-toys.html
Best dinosaur toys for all ages
If you’ve got a youngster in your life who loves dinosaurs, we have suggestions for toys that will spark their imagination and curiosity. Source: https://www.livescience.com/best-dinosaur-toys.html
Flash Animations Live Forever At the Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is now emulating Flash animations, games and toys in our software collection. Jason Scott writes in a blog post: Utilizing an in-development Flash emulator called Ruffle, we have added Flash support to the Internet Archive’s Emularity system, letting a subset of Flash items play in the browser as if you had a Flash plugin installed. While Ruffle’s compatibility…
Many Amazon Returns Are Just Destroyed or Sent to Landfills
What happens when we return items to Amazon? “Perfectly good items are being liquidated by the truckload — and even destroyed or sent to landfill,” according to Marketplace, an investigative consumer program on Canada’s public TV:
Experts say hundreds of thousands of returns don’t end up back on the e-commerce giant’s website for resale, as customers might think. Marketplace journalists posing as…
Cellmate: Male Chastity Gadget Hack Could Lock Users In
A security flaw in a hi-tech chastity belt for men made it possible for hackers to remotely lock all the devices in use simultaneously. The BBC reports: Qiui’s Cellmate Chastity Cage is sold online for about $190 and is marketed as a way for owners to give a partner control over access to their body. Pen Test Partners believe about 40,000…