Month: October 2018
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We Now Have A New Drug To Treat The Flu
The flu vaccine remains the best proactive way to protect yourself and your loved ones from the influenza virus. But there’s now a new weapon available against the nasty disease. On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. announced their approval of a new antiviral treatment for the flu, said to be the first drug…
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Project aims to create Ayrton Senna memorial in Adelaide
Work is underway in Adelaide to create a new memorial to Ayrton Senna at the scene of the Brazilian’s final Formula 1 Grand Prix win. Read more
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How We Back Up Our Data To The Cloud
The subject of file backups and online storage came up the other day at a Lifehacker staff meeting, and resident door-holder Nick Douglas chimed in that his solution for backing up his laptop was easy: He never keeps any important files on it. Everything — and he means everything — lives in the cloud. Read more
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Even After Microsoft’s Fix, Windows 10’s 1809 Update Is Still Botching File Operations
When it was discovered earlier this month that the 1809 build of Windows 10 was deleting user files just because, Microsoft halted the update until the problem was fixed. Shame, then, that another not-as-bad-but-still-bad file overwriting bug has now reared its head. Read more
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Golding locked in at GRM for 2019
Young gun James Golding will continue for a second season in Garry Rogers Motorsport’s Virgin Australia Supercars Championship line-up in 2019. Read more
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Tander/Emery win electrifying Aus GT finale
Garth Tander and Geoff Emery have won the Laser Plumbing & Electrical Hampton Downs 500 in a gripping conclusion, delivering the latter the CAMS Australian GT Championship title. Read more
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Apple Criticizes Proposed Anti-Encryption Legislation in Australia
The Australian government is considering a bill that would require tech companies like Apple to provide “critical assistance” to government agencies who are investigating crimes. Read more
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‘Square contact’ saved new Super2 points leader
Chris Pither admits he was fortunate to make “quite square” contact with the wall during Bathurst’s Dunlop Super2 Series race, to continue and finish third to take the points lead. Read more
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How To Use Signal Without Revealing Your Private Phone Number
Signal has made encryption available to the masses, but the secure messaging service also leaves one bit of personal information exposed: Your private phone number. Read more
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Nasty WhatsApp Bug Left Users Vulnerable To Attack By Simply Answering A Video Call
On Tuesday, a researcher for Google’s Project Zero security team published a report revealing how WhatsApp users could lose control of their account just by answering a video call from a bad actor. Read mode