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A Hacker Says He Can Recreate Fingerprints From Photographs

A speaker at a yearly hacking conference in Germany has claimed the ability to recreate someone’s fingerprints using just photographs of their fingers, as reported by the BBC. This capability would highlight the compromised nature of replacing passwords with fingerprints, which is already seen by experts as far from fully secure. In his talk at …

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This New LED Light Lasts 40 Years

The world of illumination is about to change thanks to Jake Dyson who has developed a light that never goes out. Well, nearly. It lasts for 40 years and it’s going to be released in May 2015, The Guardian reports.  Dyson is the son of Sir James, inventor of the famous bagless vacuum cleaner, among other …

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Bills Quarterback Tells Locker Room He’s Going To A Meeting, Retires And Never Comes Back

Kyle Orton had a tremendously average NFL career. He spent most of his 10 season as a backup quarterback in Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, Dallas, and Buffalo. When he did get on the field he was completely competent. He started 82 games and went 42-40. He made $30 million in his career, and somewhere along …

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The year in security: How 2014’s failures will help us prepare for 2015

Data breaches were on the rise this year, with no clear indication of slowing down. Both 2013 and 2014 were dubbed the year of the data breach, indicating that these are becoming the norm rather than isolated incidents. More notable, said Tom Turner, security firm BitSight’s executive vice president of sales, is the scope of the breaches. […] …

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