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Fake LinkedIn profiles used by hackers

Regina Pazvakavambwa
By Regina Pazvakavambwa, ITWeb portals journalist.
Johannesburg, 04 Dec 2015

In this edition of the worldwide wrap, a growing number of hackers are targeting professionals on LinkedIn, and wireless beacons are set to help visually impaired people.

Fake LinkedIn profiles used by hackers

A growing number of hackers are targeting professionals on LinkedIn, according to security firm Symantec.

Posing as recruiters, the fake accounts allow hackers to map the networks of business professionals and gain the trust of those in them.
Via: BBC

Wireless beacons aid blind people

Wireless beacons are set to help visually impaired people navigate their way around Euston Tube station in London.

Non-profit organisation Wayfindr will test its audio guiding system at the station until January 2016. Google.org, the search giant's philanthropic arm, has donated £660 000 to help develop the service.
Via: Wired

Instant marijuana breathalyser

Hound Labs has developed what they claim to be the first ever portable, breath-based device that can detect THC levels with just two blows.

No details have been leaked about the technology of the device, but what is known is that it won't be able to pick up the drug if ingested through edibles.
Via: Daily Mail

RIP Flash

RIP Adobe Flash soon will be just a distant memory.

Adobe announced on Tuesday that is replacing Flash Professional, its Web animation tool, with a new program called Adobe Animate CC that will launch in January 2016. The name change is indicative of the new program's increased incorporation of HTML5 and decreased reliance on actual Flash.
Via: Huffington Post

Brain-controlled F1 car

MP4-X is a Formula One concept designed by McLaren to showcase some of the advanced tech its Applied Technologies division is working on, and, in some cases, already using in other industries.

As well as boasting a protective canopy, the MP4-X is designed with a morphing chassis that can recover its original shape after an impact, an augmented cockpit visual setup with an HUD more akin to something found in a fighter jet, and vehicle systems operated purely by the driver's brain patterns.
Via: Wired

Wikipedia's edit-checking AI

Wikipedia has introduced a tool designed to automatically highlight low-quality edits to articles.

The Objective Revision Evaluation Service software has been trained by Wikipedia editors to recognise the quality of an edit based on the language and context of the change.
Via: BBC

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