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Zelda U launching on Nintendo NX and Wii U: No more flipped screens on two consoles?
Nintendo fans have been awaiting news on the next generation console, the Nintendo NX. A false leak of the controller recently hit the net, but following its debunking, there has been no more news about the system, until now. Nintendo’s Twitter account has announced that the Nintendo NX is scheduled for a release in March ...
Minecraft server data breach leaks the personal information of 7 million unaware users
Minecraft is a fun and incredibly popular game, with an active user base and several communities dedicated to it. Unfortunately, one of those communities has been struck by hackers, as a Lifeboat data breach resulted in the theft of over seven million Minecraft gamers’ user information. Lifeboat, a small company that runs a server for ...
Dating website “Beautiful People” deals with data breach
Dating sites are often prime targets for hackers looking for personal information to steal, and a site that boasts elitism and just a little bit of egotism makes an inviting target. Such is the case for beautifulpeople.com, which was the victim of a data breach resulting in the theft of over 1.1 million users’ data. ...
In spite of user information leak, Spotify denies hack
Spotify users may be singing a new tune soon, after hundreds of account credentials have been leaked online. Personal details such as email addresses and passwords have been posted to the website Pastebin, and includes users from all over the world. In spite of this leak, TechCrunch reports that Spotify is denying a hack or ...
Gone phishing at Sprouts: Grocery chain faces massive data breach
Think big businesses are the only ones targeted for cyber crime? Think again. Even grocery outlets can be targets of data breaches, as is the case for Sprouts Farmers Market. Store employees are struggling after a data breach stole their personal information, and reports are that the company is doing little to deal with it. ...
Beware iPhone users: New scam sends text – here’s how to avoid the tricksters
iPhone users be wary, someone’s out to scam you. A phishing scam has been going around via text message, and it’s been tricking people into giving their personal information over to cyber criminals. NBC reports that people have been receiving messages saying that their Apple ID is expiring, and that they must follow a link to ...
Patients at risk: Vendor hack leads to healthcare data breach
Hospital and healthcare data breaches are not uncommon occurrences, although this case features an attack on a third party vendor to get at the healthcare data. The Pain Treatment Centers of America (PTCOA) and International Surgery Institute (ISI) have reported a potential breach in patient health information, following a hack on third party vendor Bizmatics, ...
Security patch fixes top dangers across 49 Oracle products
There’s a slew of new updates for Oracle software, with the April Critical Patch Update (CPU), containing 136 fixes for various vulnerabilities across the company’s portfolio, including issues within the Oracle Database Server, closing security flaws and preventing exploits that had previously left vulnerabilities. According to ZDNet, the update provides security fixes for a total of 49 ...
Hands on: VR sports with Oculus Touch | #F82016
Virtual reality continues to aim for a more and more immersive experience, and Facebook’s Oculus Rift is doing its best to lead the charge. Immersion, however, requires that a player use more than just a controller to run the game, which is where motion controls come in. At F8, the Facebook Developers Conference, I had the ...
The hidden Facebook: Panel sheds light on News Feed design | #F82016
Facebook: the social network so big and widely used, you probably have it open in another tab while reading this article. Every day, countless activities around the world go through Facebook, from sharing a piece of breaking news to liking a picture of someone’s dog. (I myself have liked more than a fair share of ...