Imagine being charged with a DUI when it’s been hours since you’ve had a drink, only to later discover that your body brews its own alcohol. That’s what happened to an upstate New York woman when she blew a blood alcohol level more than four times the legal limit. Just before Christmas in Hamburg, New…
Microsoft said Wednesday that it will now notify people if their accounts have been targeted or compromised by a government. “We’re taking this additional step of specifically letting you know if we have evidence that the attacker may be ‘state-sponsored’ because it is likely that the attack could be more sophisticated or more sustained than…
Think you eat well? The truth is, most of us could do a lot better. Some 87% of American adults fall short on the recommended intake of veggies, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 92% of us are missing the mark on whole grains. But you don’t need radical…
Bullying. Sexual harassment. Terrorist plots. Anonymous social media apps have been called havens for any number of these activities. Anonymous apps have found themselves spotlight over the years: One saw so much harassment that it led to the murder of a college student, while another has been dubbed the ‘hot new thing’ among jihadists. Whisper,…
If messaging apps are the future, Kik is positioning itself to take over. According to a new report from Pew Research Center, 36% of smartphone users use messaging apps such as Kik, WhatsApp or iMessage. Among the younger set, they’re even more popular: 49% of smartphone users ages 18 to 29 use these types of…