• First Impressions: Nintendo Switch 2 'Wows' Most When You Go Back To Your Old Switch
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    2 takes.Now updated with video impressions!After years of speculation, Switch 2 finally exists. Its got a launch date, a price, a bunch of accessories, and most importantly a lineup of games large and small, all showcased in an hour-long Direct which answered a lot of questions.Read the full article on nintendolife.com
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  • Pawtucket Hair Cloth Mill //1864
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    Despite its name, this handsome mill structure, known as the Pawtucket Hair Cloth Mill, is actually located in Central Falls, Rhode Island. The building, located on Roosevelt Avenue on the banks of the Blackstone River, is a great example of a Civil War-era mill, built for one of the many wool and cloth companies in New England. Begun in a small factory across the street in 1856, this business became successful after the acquisition of patents for weaving haircloth (most of the raw material for which originally came from Russian horse markets) for upholstery, crinolines, and inner linings. The company is said to have once been the largest producer of haircloth in the world. The Italianate style mill stands pretty much as built, besides the tower that has lost its low pyramidal cap. The building was one of the first commissions by great Rhode Island architect, William Walker, who was just 34 at the time of designing this large, and complicated structure.
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  • DoubleClickjacking hack turns double-clicks into account takeovers
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    Tech DoubleClickjacking hack turns double-clicks into account takeovers How a simple double-click can quietly give hackers access to your accounts Published April 5, 2025 10:00am EDT close Your Smart TV can be vulnerable to hacking Kurt "The CyberGuy" Knutsson explains step-by-step how to protect your Smart TV from hackers. Nowadays, double-clicking on something on a website without thinking can set you up for hackers to reach your information.A new hacking trick called "doubleclickjacking" turns your ordinary action into a sneaky way for attackers to take control of your account or change your device settings.Lets break it down.STAY PROTECTED & INFORMED! GET SECURITY ALERTS & EXPERT TECH TIPS SIGN UP FOR KURTS THE CYBERGUY REPORT NOW Illustration of an individual being scammed. (Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson)What is doubleclickjacking?Doubleclickjacking is a new spin on an old hacking trick known as clickjacking. Normally, clickjacking works by hiding malicious buttons underneath real ones, so when you think youre clicking something harmless, youre actually giving permission for something dangerous. With doubleclickjacking, it takes things a step further. Its triggered when you double-click, allowing hackers to sneak in an extra, invisible command. Your first click might do something normal. The second click? Thats where the damage happens.WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)? An illustration of a hacker at work. (Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson)GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HEREWhy is it a threat?The scary part is how invisible this trick is. Double-clicking is something we all do automatically, often without giving it a second thought. But that simple action could be giving hackers permission to:Access your webcam or microphoneChange your browser settingsClick "Allow" on a hidden pop-upShare your locationApprove a login, payment or even a crypto transactionWhat makes doubleclickjacking especially dangerous is that most websites werent designed to defend against it. Traditional security features usually protect against a single click, but they often fail when a second click is involved. That small detail opens the door for attackers to bypass layers of protection.This trick doesnt just affect websites, either. It can also interfere with browser extensions like crypto wallets and VPNs, sometimes tricking users into approving actions or turning off protection without realizing it. On mobile devices, a simple double-tap can trigger the same effect. To make matters worse, this vulnerability is more widespread than you might expect. Many well-known websites havent fixed it yet. All it takes is one quick double-click in the wrong place, and you could unknowingly give away access to sensitive parts of your device.How does doubleclickjacking work?Heres a simplified version of how the trick plays out. A malicious website quietly loads invisible elements behind or over visible ones, like an embedded frame, hidden button, or disguised pop-up. On your first click, the attacker uses that action to reposition those hidden elements so that your next click lands exactly where they want it. On your second click, you unknowingly interact with the hidden content. You might be clicking "Allow" on a browser permission, authorizing a login, or disabling a setting, without ever realizing it. Because modern browsers are lightning fast, this all happens in a split second. The entire setup and switch are virtually invisible to the user. From your perspective, it just feels like a normal double-click. Image of security feature on a computer. (Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson)How to protect yourselfDoubleclickjacking might be sneaky, but there are simple ways to keep yourself safer online. Here are some practical steps you can take right now:1. Be cautious about double-clicking on unfamiliar websites: It might sound obvious, but most of us click (and double-click) automatically. If a site prompts you to double-click anything, especially for a login, permission or download, ask yourself if its really necessary. Hackers rely on you acting quickly without thinking.2. Keep your browser updated: Browsers like Chrome, Edge and Safari regularly release patches for these vulnerabilities. That means delaying updates could leave you exposed to tricks like doubleclickjacking. Turn on automatic updates if possible, or make sure to manually keep up with updates so youre always protected.3. Use strong antivirus software: Browser-based tools and extensions can help block hidden or malicious scripts before they run, but theyre not foolproof. The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices. This protection can also alert you to phishing emails and ransomware scams, keeping your personal information and digital assets safe.Get my picks for the best 2025 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices.4. Use strong, unique passwords for every account:Dont reuse passwords. If one account gets compromised, hackers can use it to access your other accounts. A password manager helps you create and store strong passwords effortlessly. Get more details about mybest expert-reviewed Password Managers of 2025 here.5. Limit unnecessary permissions: Take control of your privacy by reviewing which websites have access to your camera, microphone, and location. Many sites request these permissions by default, even when they dont need them. Head into your browsers privacy settings and revoke access from any site you dont fully trust. For example, here's a guide onhow to navigate Google's privacy settings.6. Avoid sketchy sites and pop-ups: If a website looks outdated, spammy or aggressively pushes you to click something, get out of there. Avoid downloading random files, and dont trust pop-ups that claim youve won something, need to "fix" your device or "verify" your login info.Kurts key takeawaysDoubleclickjacking is a clever new spin on a classic hacking trick that allows cybercriminals to take control over your device or account, just from a simple double-click. Because this kind of attack is nearly invisible and works on popular browsers, its important to stay alert. Always be cautious when interacting with unfamiliar websites, especially if you're being asked to double-click. Keeping your browser updated and limiting unnecessary permissions can go a long way in reducing your risk. Most importantly, having the right digital protection tools in place can help stop these types of threats before they ever reach you.Have youve noticed odd behavior after double-clicking on a site or had a close call with a scam? Let us know by writing us atCyberguy.com/ContactCLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPFor more of my tech tips and security alerts, subscribe to my free CyberGuy Report Newsletter by heading toCyberguy.com/NewsletterAsk Kurt a question or let us know what stories you'd like us to cover.Follow Kurt on his social channels:Answers to the most-asked CyberGuy questions:New from Kurt:Copyright 2025 CyberGuy.com.All rights reserved. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson is an award-winning tech journalist who has a deep love of technology, gear and gadgets that make life better with his contributions for Fox News & FOX Business beginning mornings on "FOX & Friends." Got a tech question? Get Kurts free CyberGuy Newsletter, share your voice, a story idea or comment at CyberGuy.com.
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  • Apple's latest iPad Mini model has hit its lowest price of the year
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    While I wouldn't buy the iPad Mini 7 solely for its AI features, its ultraportability still reigns supreme among Apple's tablet lineup - especially with this new deal.
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  • 3 Things To Watch For As Another Active Hurricane Season Looms
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    Here are 3 things to watch for as experts predict another active hurricane season.
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  • Microsoft's Copilot gains ability to autonomously complete web tasks on your behalf
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    TL;DR: The goal of AI has always been to take mundane tasks off our plates so we can focus on more important things. Microsoft's new Copilot Actions brings that reality a bit closer. The feature enables Copilot to complete online errands for you, such as booking reservations. The tool comes alongside Copilot Search, a search engine that ditches traditional search results in favor of AI-generated summaries. Copilot Actions uses simple chat prompts to allow you to offload things like booking travel arrangements, ordering flowers, and even scheduling a ride after an event through existing online services. Microsoft has partnered with Expedia, Booking.com, and Kayak for travel arrangements, OpenTable for restaurant reservations, and 1-800-Flowers for floral deliveries. However, the feature isn't limited to just partner sites. Microsoft says it works with most similar websites, paving the way for Copilot to handle all kinds of online errands.While other companies such as Amazon, OpenAI, and Google have similar automated browser task concepts in the works, Microsoft has an advantage over those since it's beating them to the punch. It has already started a slow rollout of the initial version to the general public, with broader availability coming over the next few months. It'll certainly be interesting to see just how capable and reliable the feature proves to be at autonomously clicking through websites and filling in data fields, which can sometimes be quite complex.The second significant Copilot expansion is an AI-powered search engine called Copilot Search. The feature works similarly to the AI Overviews that Google crams at the top of your search results. However, Microsoft's version ditches web links entirely. Instead, you get AI-generated answers and summaries based on information from multiple internet sources.Unlike Google's AI Overview, Copilot Search has a dedicated chat interface. The advantage here is that you won't need to tailor your wording like you'd do for a traditional search engine. You can also fire follow-up questions in a conversational style to iteratively refine and expand on the results.Of course, the usual AI-search caveats apply. Keep expectations in check because it will hallucinate. This class of tools also doesn't have an excellent track record for accuracy. Always fact-check it if accuracy matters. These are just the standard downsides to the current state of GenAI. // Related StoriesUsers can access Copilot Search by visiting bing.com/copilotsearch initially, though Microsoft plans to integrate it more tightly into the Bing search experience over time. For now, don't expect anything revolutionary.
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  • Elizabeth Olsen says that Marvel movies are not really the art I consume
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    For almost a decade, Elizabeth Olsens Scarlet Witch was a mainstay in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After first being introduced in 2014s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Olsen went on to star in several other Marvel films and even her own TV show. In a recent interview with NPRsWild Card With Rachel Martin, Olsen said that she is still working to prove to the rest of Hollywood that shes more than just Marvel.I think I havent always successfully made choices in my work that are aligned with my personal taste and that is something I feel like Im still trying to prove when I meet people, Olsen said, explaining that her work as Scarlet Witch has shaped how the public sees her. Especially if its a work type meeting and be able to express my personal taste in films and literature, and so I still think I have that to prove.Recommended VideosShe added that, while she feels proud of working with Marvel, those movies arent necessarily what shes personally interested in.RelatedBecause I have spent so many years doing Marvel that I feel like all the other jobs I have to do have to really reflect my personal taste because as much as I love being a part of this world and Im proud of what Ive been able to do with the character its not really the art that I consume. Which I have been very honest about, she said.I thought they were such great Greek-type scale stories that reflected politics, culture in a really lovely way, she added, explaining why she joined in the first place. And so I felt really proud to jump into it. And then, within the last 10 years, its taken on this narrative of like, its like a hot take, whether an actor says they want to, they would never do a Marvel movie or not.Olsen has been careful to star in other, smaller projects alongside her Marvel work. For millions of fans, though, shell always be Scarlet Witch first and foremost.Editors Recommendations
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  • The Panicked Voice on the Phone Sounded Like Her Daughter. It Wasnt.
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    An alleged abduction, a demand for money and a tense drive to Walmart.
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  • Aerosmiths Toys in the Attic Turns 50
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    The rock band became a marquee act with the release of its third album, which brought its brooding songs to electrifying life with a driving, guitar-drenched sound.
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  • Editorial: Mammoth de-extinction is bad conservation
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    Anti-extinction vs. de-extinction Editorial: Mammoth de-extinction is bad conservation Ecosystems are inconveniently complex, and elephants won't make good surrogates. Nitin Sekar Apr 5, 2025 7:05 am | 12 Are we ready for mammoths when we can't handle existing human-pachyderm conflicts? Credit: chuchart duangdaw Are we ready for mammoths when we can't handle existing human-pachyderm conflicts? Credit: chuchart duangdaw Story textSizeSmallStandardLargeWidth *StandardWideLinksStandardOrange* Subscribers only Learn moreThe start-up Colossal Biosciences aims to use gene-editing technology to bring back the woolly mammoth and other extinct species. Recently, the company achieved major milestones: last year, they generated stem cells for the Asian elephant, the mammoths closest living relative, and this month they published photos of genetically modified mice with long, mammoth-like coats. According to the companys founders, including Harvard and MIT professor George Church, these advances take Colossal a big step closer to their goal of using mammoths to combat climate change by restoring Arctic grassland ecosystems. Church also claims that Colossals woolly mammoth program will help protect endangered species like the Asian elephant, saying were injecting money into conservation efforts.In other words, the scientific advances Colossal makes in their lab will result in positive changes from the tropics to the Arctic, from the soil to the atmosphere.Colossals Jurassic Park-like ambitions have captured the imagination of the public and investors, bringing its latest valuation to $10 billion. And the companys research does seem to be resulting in some technical advances. But Id argue that the broader effort to de-extinct the mammoth isas far as conservation efforts goincredibly misguided. Ultimately, Colossals efforts wont end up being about helping wild elephants or saving the climate. Theyll be about creating creatures for human spectacle, with insufficient attention to the costs and opportunity costs to human and animal life.Shaky evidenceThe Colossal website explains how they believe resurrected mammoths could help fight climate change: cold-tolerant elephant mammoth hybrids grazing the grasslands [will] scrape away layers of snow, so that the cold air can reach the soil. This will reportedly help prevent permafrost from melting, blocking the release of greenhouse gasses currently trapped in the soil. Furthermore, by knocking down trees and maintaining grasslands, Colossal says, mammoths will help slow snowmelt, ensuring Arctic ecosystems absorb less sunlight.Conservationists often claim that the reason to save charismatic species is that they are necessary for the sound functioning of the ecosystems that support humankind. Perhaps the most well-known of these stories is about the ecological changes wolves drove when they were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park. Through some 25 peer-reviewed papers, two ecologists claimed to demonstrate that the reappearance of wolves in Yellowstone changed the behavior of elk, causing them to spend less time browsing the saplings of trees near rivers. This led to a chain of cause and effect (a trophic cascade) that affected beavers, birds, and even the flow of the river. A YouTube video on the phenomenon called How Wolves Change Rivers has been viewed more than 45 million times.But other scientists were unable to replicate these findingsthey discovered that the original statistics were flawed, and that human hunters likely contributed to elk population declines in Yellowstone.Ultimately, a 2019 review of the evidence by a team of researchers concluded that the most robust science suggests trophic cascades are not evident in Yellowstone. Similar ecological claims about tigers and sharks as apex predators also fail to withstand scientific scrutiny.Elephantswidely described as keystone speciesare also stars of a host of similar ecological stories. Many are featured on the Colossal website, including one of the most common claims about the role elephants play in seed dispersal. Across all environments, reads the website, elephant dung filled with seeds serve to spread plants [] boosting the overall health of the ecosystem. But would the disappearance of elephants really result in major changes in plant life? After all, some of the worlds grandest forests (like the Amazon) have survived for millennia after the disappearance of mammoth-sized megafauna.For my PhD research in northeast India, I tried to systematically measure how important Asian elephants were for seed dispersal compared to other animals in the ecosystem; our teams work, published in five peer-reviewed ecological journals (reviewed here), does find that elephants are uniquely good at dispersing the seeds of a few large-fruited species. But we also found that domestic cattle and macaques disperse some species seeds quite well, and that 80 percent of seeds dispersed in elephant dung end up eaten by ants. After several years of study, I cannot say with confidence that the forests where I worked would be drastically different in the absence of elephants.The evidence for how living elephants affect carbon sequestration is also quite mixed. On the one hand, one paper finds that African forest elephants knock down softwood trees, making way for hardwood trees that sequester more carbon. But on the other hand, many more researchers looking at African savannas have found that elephants knock down lots of trees, converting forests into savannas and reducing carbon sequestration.Colossals website offers links to peer-reviewed research that support their suppositions on the ecological role of woolly mammoths. A key study offers intriguing evidence that keeping large herbivoresreindeer, Yakutian horses, moose, musk ox, European bison, yaks, and cold-adapted sheepat artificially high levels in a tussock grassland helped achieve colder ground temperatures, ostensibly protecting permafrost. But the study raises lots of questions: is it possible to boost these herbivores populations across the whole northern latitudes? If so, why do we need mammoths at allwhy not just use species that already exist, which would surely be cheaper?Plus, as ecologist Michelle Mack noted, as the winters warm due to climate change, too much trampling or sweeping away of snow could have the opposite effect, helping warm the soils underneath more quicklyif so, mammoths could be worse for the climate, not better.All this is to say that ecosystems are diverse and messy, and those of us working in functional ecology dont always discover consistent patterns. Researchers in the field often struggle to find robust evidence for how a living species affects modern-day ecosystemssurely it is far harder to understand how a creature extinct for around 10,000 years shaped its environment? And harder still to predict how it would shape tomorrows ecosystems? In effect, Colossals ecological narrative relies on that difficulty. But just because claims about the distant past are harder to fact-check doesnt mean they are more likely to be true.Ethical blind spotsColossals website spells out 10 steps for mammoth resurrection. Steps nine and 10 are: implant the early embryo into the healthy Asian or African elephant surrogates, and care for the surrogates in a world-class conservation facility for the duration of the gestation and afterward.Colossals cavalier plans to use captive elephants as surrogates for mammoth calves illustrate an old problem in modern wildlife conservation: indifference towards individual animal suffering. Leading international conservation NGOs lack animal welfare policies that would push conservationists to ask whether the costs of interventions in terms of animal welfare outweigh the biodiversity benefits. Over the years, that absence has resulted in a range of questionable decisions.Colossals efforts take this apathy towards individual animals into hyperdrive. Despite societys thousands of years of experience with Asian elephants, conservationists struggle to breed them in captivity. Asian elephants in modern zoo facilities suffer from infertility and lose their calves to stillbirth and infanticides almost twice as often as elephants in semi-wild conditions. Such problems will almost certainly be compounded when scientists try to have elephants deliver babies created in the lab, with a hodge podge of features from Asian elephants and mammoths. Credit: Paul Gilham Even in the best-case scenario, there would likely be many, many failed efforts to produce a viable organism before Colossal gets to a herd that can survive. This necessarily trial-and-error process could lead to incredible suffering for both elephant mothers and mammoth calves along the way. Elephants in the wild have been observed experiencing heartbreaking grief when their calves die, sometimes carrying their babies corpses for daysa grief the mother elephants might very well be subjected to as they are separated from their calves or find themselves unable to keep their chimeric offspring alive.For the calves that do survive, their edited genomes could lead to chronic conditions, and the ancient mammoth gut microbiome might be impossible to resurrect, leading to digestive dysfunction. Then there will likely be social problems. Research finds that Asian elephants in Western zoos dont live as long as wild elephants, and elephant researchers often bemoan the limited space, stimulation, and companionship available to elephants in captivity. These problems will surely also plague surviving animals.Introduction to the wild will probably result in even more suffering: elephant experts recommend against introducing captive animals that have had no natural foraging experience at all to the wild as they are likely to experience significant hardship. Modern elephants survive not just through instinct, but through culturematriarch-led herds teach calves what to eat and how to survive, providing a nurturing environment. We have good reason to believe mammoths also needed cultural instruction to survive. How many elephant/mammoth chimeras will suffer false starts and tragic deaths in the punishing Arctic without the social conditions that allowed them to thrive millennia ago?Opportunity costsIf Colossal (or Colossals investors) really wish to foster Asian elephant conservation or combat climate change, they have many better options. The opportunity costs are especially striking for Asian elephant conservation: while over a trillion dollars is spent combatting climate change annually, the funds available to address the myriad of problems facing wild Asian elephants are far smaller. Take the example of India, the country with the largest population of wild Asian elephants in the world (estimated at 27,000) in a sea of 1.4 billion human beings.Indians generally revere elephants and tolerate a great deal of hardship to enable coexistenceabout 500 humans are killed due to human-elephant conflict annually there. But as a middle-income country continuing to struggle with widespread poverty, the federal government typically budgets less than $4M for Project Elephant, its flagship elephant conservation program. Thats less than $200 per wild elephant and 1/2000th as much as Colossal has raised so far. Indias conservation NGOs generally have even smaller budgets for their elephant work. The result is that conservationists are a decade behindwhere they expected to be in mapping where elephants range.With Colossals budget, Asian elephant conservation NGOs could tackle the real threats to the survival of elephants: human-elephant conflict, loss of habitat and connectivity, poaching, and the spread of invasive plants unpalatable to elephants. Some conservationists are exploring creative schemes to help keep people and elephants safe from each other. There are also community-based efforts toremove invasive species like Lantana camara and restore native vegetation. Funds could enable development of an AI-powered system that allows the automated identification and monitoring of individual elephants. There is also a need for improved compensation schemes to ensure those who lose crops or property to wild elephants are made whole again.As a US-based synthetic biology company, Colossal could also use its employees skills much more effectively to fight climate change. Perhaps they could genetically engineer trees and shrubs to sequester more carbon. Or Colossal could help us learn to produce meat from modified microbes or cultivated lines of cow, pig, and chicken cells, developing alternative proteins that could more efficiently feed the planet, protecting wildlife habitat and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.The question is whether Colossals leaders and supporters are willing to pivot from a project that grabs news headlines to ones that would likely make positive differences. By tempting us with the resurrection of a long-dead creature, Colossal forces us to ask: do we want conservation to be primarily about feeding an unreflective imagination? Or do we want evidence, logic, and ethics to be central to our relationships with other species? For anyone who really cares about the climate, elephants, or animals in general, de-extincting the mammoth represents a huge waste and a colossal mistake.Nitin Sekar served as the national lead for elephant conservation at WWF India for five years and is now a member of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group of the International Union for the Conservation of Natures Species Survival Commission The views presented here are his own. 12 Comments
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