Let your Mac-owning friends boast all they want about the blinding speeds of Apple’s new M-series chips, because who needs fast performance when you have freedom of choice? That’s one of the benefits of buying a PC—or at least, it’s supposed to be.
When you go to work, school, or leave for a holiday and you can’t bring your pet with you, there’s a good chance that they’re probably missing you and wondering where you went. Sure, there are devices out there that let pet owners video call their pets, but what if the reverse was possible? What if your pet could call you when they missed you?
That’s something that researcher Dr Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas from the University of Glasgow wanted to solve, and together with the help of other researchers from the Aalto University in Finland, they created a device called the DogPhone. It is essentially a device that’s placed inside of a pet’s toy.
In this case, the prototype was put inside of a ball that Hirskyj-Douglas gave to her 10-year old labrador, Zack. The device is then linked up to a laptop that can make video calls, so whenever the dog would play with the ball, the accelerometer inside would sense movement and would then initiate a video call with Hirskyj-Douglas.
This meant that the decision to make the call would be on the dog, not the owner. It also gives the dog the opportunity to answer or ignore the call, like a regular person would. It’s kind of a novel piece of tech, but also kind of cute. According to Hirskyj-Douglas, this is more of a demonstration of how tech can be formed around animals and how animals could be active participants in technology like the rest of us.
The DogPhone Lets Your Pet Video Call You When They Miss You
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Based on Google’s past releases, we wouldn’t be surprised if the company could be working on a lower-end version of its Pixel 6 handset. Now thanks to renders by @OnLeaks and shared with 91mobiles has revealed what the upcoming handset could look like.
From what we can tell, the design language of the Pixel 6a doesn’t look too different from the Pixel 6 whether it’s from the front or the back. We suppose to be fair, the front of phones don’t look too different from brand to brand, so we shouldn’t really expect too much. However, the back of the phone is where the phone’s design is more apparent where it looks like it will use a similar camera design as its higher-end siblings.
Speaking of cameras, according to 91mobiles, the phone could actually feature the same main 50MP Samsung ISOCELL GN1 sensor as the Pixel 6, which is a good thing, but we’re not sure about the rest of the modules.
As for the size of the phone, it will be smaller than the Pixel 6. Instead of a 6.4-inch display, it will use a slightly smaller 6.2-inch screen and interestingly enough, it seems that Google will give it an in-display fingerprint sensor, which is a pleasant surprise (if the rumors are true). Not much is known about the phone under the hood, but 91mobiles speculates that it will probably use the Tensor chipset, but it could be a lower-end model to help keep the price down.
There is currently no word on when the Pixel 6a will launch, but presumably it will be in 2022, so check back with us then for more updates.
Alleged Renders Shows Off Pixel 6a Smartphone
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GoDaddy is one of the biggest and most popular web hosts in the world and has more than 20 million customers worldwide. Unfortunately though, it seems that the company was hacked and has experienced a data breach that might have exposed data on an estimated 1.2 million of their customers in the process.
In a report filed with the SEC, GoDaddy confirmed that the company had detected unauthorized access to its systems where it hosts and manages their customers’ WordPress servers. Apparently the intruder used a compromised password to access the system on the 6th of September, 2021, but was only discovered just last week.
It appears that this was due to GoDaddy storing sFTP credentials in plaintext or a format that could be reversed into plaintext, meaning that the attacker did not need to crack these passwords in order to gain access to the system. As a result of the attack, the attacker would have access to user email addresses, numbers, and also the original WordPress Admin password that hopefully users had changed once they had setup their WordPress site.
GoDaddy says they will be reaching out to impacted customers over the next few days, but even if you weren’t affected, it might still be a good idea to revisit your security settings and consider setting up two-factor authentication for your account.
GoDaddy Breach Might Have Affected 1.2 Million Users
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Lies about 2020 election fraud by former President Trump were “a historic turning point” that’s had “spillover effects” in other countries, the report said.
Gillian Turner appeared to urge viewers to resist “a victory lap” for Rittenhouse’s acquittal even as right-wing groups have embraced him.
Judge William Kelly ordered the Iowa Department of Human Services to provide coverage for sex reassignment surgeries when ordered to treat gender dysphoria.
“People want to use his name, get it out there so they can get some publicity. I think it’s cheap,” said Mark Richards.
“Sorry we’re late, my husband had to drive around the parking lot 5 times till he found a spot he liked.”
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