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Do cellphones cause cancer?
Popular YouTube science series Veritasium asks the question everyone has on their minds, “Do cellphones cause brain tumors?” Rather than drowning you in scientific mumbo-jumbo, science blogger Derek Muller explains in easy-to-understand terms why popular opinion says, “Yes” when science says, “No.”
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Do cellphones cause cancer?
Popular YouTube science series Veritasium asks the question everyone has on their minds, “Do cellphones cause brain tumors?” Rather than drowning you in scientific mumbo-jumbo, science blogger Derek Muller explains in easy-to-understand terms why popular opinion says, “Yes” when science says, “No.”
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Facebook users get trojaned by fake video
Like the predictable “tick-tock” of a clock, reports are coming in of an infection spreading rapidly through Facebook via a fake Flash Update. The “tick” in this case was the report last week of a zero-day Flash vulnerability, and the subsequent legitimate update of the Adobe Flash plug-in. Not wanting to miss an opportunity, cybercriminals
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Windows 10 will be free for 7 and 8 users
Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will be free for users upgrading from Windows 7 and 8. There is an asterisk behind that statement however, and depending on your world-view, it’s a big one. First off, it won’t be free forever – only for a year after its release. It’s not clear what that means
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Flash Zero-day in the wild
Adobe has confirmed that a recently discovered vulnerability in the current version of Flash for Windows, Macintosh and Linux is actively being exploited on the internet. Adobe is planning to release a patch the week of January 26th, but did not confirm a specific date. Though security vulnerabilities are nothing new to Flash, this particular
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How to be a secure Mobile Citizen
Laptops and cellphones were once the sole domain of high-powered business executives, but thanks to the proliferation of high-speed internet and falling hardware prices, they are pervasive not only in professional environments, but in just about any walk of life. As you can probably guess, this also means an exponentially expanded attack surface for cyber
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