In this final round every word begins and ends with the letter M.
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M&Ms
Report: Little League Pitchers Could Avoid Overtaxing Their Arms By, You Know, Getting Somebody Out
ATLANTA—Stressing that it was a simple solution to avoid long-term injuries, researchers from Emory Healthcare published a report Friday suggesting that Little League pitchers could avoid overtaxing their arms by, you know, getting somebody out for a change. “We strongly recommend young pitchers avoid needless strain…
The ridiculously tiny Palm phone can be yours for $5 a month – CNET
The company has partnered with US Mobile to make cheap phone plans available, at the same time Palm is now selling directly to consumers.
Weird Wedding Has Some Kind Of Religious Theme
GREENFIELD, MA—Citing the ornate icons adorning the walls and the strange chanting in an unfamiliar language, sources in attendance Friday at the wedding of Dan and Briana Wilcox confirmed the ceremony had some sort of bizarre religious theme. “Knowing the couple, I’m not surprised they wanted to do something a little…
Bluetooth vulnerability could expose device data to hackers
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A fast-acting hacker could be able to weaken the encryption of Bluetooth devices and subsequently snoop on communications or send falsified ones to take over a device due to a newly discovered vulnerability in the standard.
The vulnerability is pretty clever: instead of directly breaking the encryption, it allows hackers to force a pair of Bluetooth devices to use weaker encryption in the first place, making it far easier to crack. Each time two Bluetooth devices connect, they establish a new encryption key. If an attacker gets in between that setup process, they could potentially trick the two devices into settling on an encryption key with a relatively small number of characters. The attacker would still have to perform a brute-force…
Twitter tests hiding direct messages it thinks are abusive
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Twitter is testing a new feature that will automatically hide direct messages that its automated systems think could be offensive. In a short GIF posted by the company, the new section can be seen in the app’s existing “Message requests” folder, which is where Twitter puts any messages sent to you by users you don’t follow. From there, you’d have the option of viewing “additional messages, including those that may contain offensive content,” and Twitter will give you a shortcut to be able to quickly delete any messages that you don’t want to see.
“Unwanted messages aren’t fun,” a tweet announcing the test reads. “So we’re testing a filter in your DM requests to keep those out of sight, out of mind.”
Unwanted messages aren’t fun. So…
Vergecast: Huawei announces HarmonyOS, Apple’s bad battery week, and smart ovens turn on overnight
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On this episode of The Vergecast, we’re talking about the ‘wares — software and hardware, that is.
It came to Ashley Carman’s attention this week that some June smart ovens were turning on and preheating to 400 degrees at undesired times. She joins the show to explain what is happening and June’s response to this ordeal.
Next up, Apple has some battery issues: the Federal Aviation Administration is not allowing certain models of the MacBook Pro on flights, some iPhones with third-party batteries are displaying “important battery messages,” and now Apple is locking battery repair. Hear The Vergecast discuss.
Some other big news: Huawei is launching its own operating system, HarmonyOS, which will run on its “smart screen products.” How…
New Perdue Farm Policy Lets Livestock Wear Jeans On Casual Fridays
Apple Puts the AR in ‘Art’ (and in ‘Transparent Sky-Being’)
The company’s newly launched augmented-reality walks may only be available in five cities, but [AR]T Walk creates wildly ambitious deployments of public art.
Researchers demonstrate three-dimensional quantum hall effect for the first time
The quantum Hall effect (QHE), which was previously known for two-dimensional (2D) systems, was predicted to be possible for three-dimensional (3D) systems by Bertrand Halperin in 1987: Now it has been demonstrated.