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All the hours – days even – of work and it all goes down the drain in minutes. It’s one of the most devastating things that can happen to your game. It infested people’sgames, creating extreme lag and unplayable lots. And it came in the form of acreepy, haunted-looking doll. From its earliest iterations, modders would create in-game items, clothes, traits and more. The creator who unknowingly unleashed the doll didn’t realize it was corrupt until two months after uploading....

More than 40 years ago, President Jimmy Carterinstalled solar panelson the roof of the White House. With the dramatic growth ofsolar energyin recent years, the technology has certainly become much more than a curiosity. It’s starting to live up to its promise of clean, cheap, abundant power. It was a symbol of what that represented. Can solar panels save you money? Interested in understanding the impact solar can have on your home?...

Renewable energy will surpass coal as the world’s biggest source of electricity generation by 2025, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest annual energy reportRenewables 2022. Growth of therenewables sectoris expected to almost double in the next five years, withrenewable powercapacity expanding to nearly 2,400 GW globally, the report says. That’s the equivalent of the currently installed power capacity ofChinaand represents an 85% acceleration over the past five years. The global energy crisis, coupled with energy security concerns spurred byRussia’s war on Ukraine, has hastened the pace at which renewables are being adopted around the globe, according to the IEA report....

Midrack has been writing for more than 15 years, mostly on technology. Midrack believes technology has the power to transform lives and, ultimately, save our planet. Midrack graduated summa cum laude with a B. A. in English/Writing from Metropolitan State University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. She is also a Dale Carnegie graduate and former course coach. Learn moreabout usand oureditorial process.

If you aren’t using that cigarette lighter, why not put it to use? Before you go down that road, it’s important to consider all of your options first. you might also plug in a wireless Qi charging mat if your phone supports it. Marin Tomas / Getty Images Other accessories, like car air ionizers and purifiers, can also be plugged into your cigarette lighter. Devices that draw more than 10 or 15A will typically require ahard-wired inverter....

The new machine will likely come with a fullerAndroid TVinterface and its own remote. Via:The Verge Learn More About Streaming Raymond Boyd / Getty Images

The sources say the health crisis has affected promotional plans, however. Via:Kotaku Learn More About PlayStation Sony PlayStation DualSense 5 wireless controller.Sony

The addition of ANC is somethingour reviewer hoped for, but expected a higher price. Via:AndroidCentral Learn More About Samsung Galaxy Buds WinFuture.de / @rquandt

Qualcomm One of the biggest concerns surrounding this security flaw is the access that it can give malicious attackers. According to the Timeline shared by CPR, the vulnerability originally was discovered and reported to Qualcomm in October. It is currently filed underCVE-2020-11292on the list of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures. Qualcomm For now, this form has yet to be updated with any real information about the flaw. Qualcomm

NordLocker reportedthe stolen data on Wednesday, noting that it also contained over 2 billion net internet ride cookies. Olemedia / Getty NordLocker has been unable to determine exactly which malware was used to gather the data. “Just like with hurricanes, experts love naming dangerous malware. Olemedia / Getty But computer viruses dont have to have names to be capable of stealing lots of data. The truth is, anyone can get their hands on custom malware....

Compose a new message. Go to theOptionstab and select theRequest a Delivery Receiptcheck box. If you want to know if the recipient reads the email message, select theRequest a Read Receiptcheck box. Go to theFiletab and selectOptions. In theTrackingsection, select theDelivery receipt confirming the message was delivered to the recipient’s email servercheck box. To request a read receipt, select theRead receipt confirming the recipient viewed the messagecheck box. Recipients have the choice to send a read receipt or not....

Good thing, then, that devising something like this, although possible, is nontrivial. “But building a system that only opens for the right person or people is a difficult task.” Singh agreed, noting theres beena lot of research and demonstrationsin the past on relay attacks against Bluetooth authentication. dowell / Getty Images d3sign / Getty Images

If you’ve heard one porcine grunt, you haven’t heard them all. There’s a lot of communication happening through pig sounds, if you know what to listen for. A team of researchers has come up with a translator of sorts for pigs. It’s a computer algorithm that interprets all those different pig grunts as emotions. Understanding animal emotions can help with improving animal welfare and care. The team correlated the different calls with the pigs' activities and body language....