Photo: Alex Wong / Staff (Getty Images) What happens if you mix esoteric financial instruments with bad coding practices? You get decentralized finance (DeFi), a new buzzword popular with crypto fans who see it as a way to invest in new startups or put money to work by lending dormant …
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Copyright Getty Images A bug in Amazon’s Alexa smart home devices could allow hackers to access personal information and conversation history, say cybersecurity researchers. Attackers were able to install or uninstall apps on a device without the owner knowing, Check Point Research reports. The hack “required only one click on …
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One of the plays I grill Madden NFL 21The new mode “The Yard” reminded me of hockey players riding the puck before a shot is fired. Another, a double pass in the backfield before I bombed the Rams’ Jalen Ramsey on a seam route, looks like an old-fashioned basketball ball. …
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While the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine and is waiting to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control, there is another impulse ready to be exact this fall. That would be the flu, because America’s annual season of influence usually begins in October before peaking between December and February. And the …
Read More »What the arrival of Alec Bohm means for wrestling Rhys Hoskins and Scott Kingery
Dick Allen, the power-hungry former Phillie known for bashing baseballs over the wall, and, sometimes, the roof, in the old Connie Mack Stadium, will have his uniform number later on the wall at Citizens Bank Park increased. The team announced on Thursday that Allen’s no. May 15 would retire on …
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