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Instead of Fixing It’s Privacy Debacle, eufy Changed the Terms of the Deal
News @andrew_andrew__ Dec 16, 2022, 4:01 pm EST | 1 min read eufy In late November, security experts found that eufy camera footage can be streamed through VLC—no authentication required. This is an awful vulnerability, especially for a camera brand that supposedly keeps everything off the cloud. Now, instead of facing this mess head-on, eufy is deleting
December 16, 2022
How to Download PDFs Instead of Previewing Them in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge
When you click a PDF link in most browsers, the browser opens the PDF preview in a web browser window. To download a PDF and not preview it, you need to change a setting in your browser. This works in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. Get Chrome to Download Instead of Preview a PDF Google Chrome…
February 5, 2022
Inciting Instead of Coercing: “Nudges” Prove Their Effectiveness in Changing People’s Behavior
A team from the UNIGE demonstrates that certain soft incentive techniques, known as “nudges,” are effective in getting people to change their behavior. Developed by the American economist Richard Thaler in the late 2000s, the theory behind “nudging” theory is based on the principle that our choices are not only determined by our ability to…
January 17, 2022
Instead of ‘Rest in Peace,’ COVID Obits Become War of Words
Sept. 22, 2021 -- Social media was a hive of discussion, disagreement, and vitriol well before COVID-19, but the belligerence from all sides of the vaccine debate has spilled onto an unexpected platform. In obituaries around the country, instead of “rest in peace,” it's becoming a war of words. With COVID-19-related deaths topping 670,000 nationwide…
September 22, 2021