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Smartphone gaming addict goes blind after playing for 24 hours straight

8 years 11 months ago
If you think an hour-long Candy Crush session or occasionally dropping $10 to refill your stash of Pokemon Go pokeballs is evidence that you have a smartphone “addiction,” you’ve got nothing on Wu Xiaojing, a 21-year-old woman who lives in northwest China’s Shaanxi province. Xiaojing (an apparently fake name she used to hide her identity) is a real smartphone addict, and by “real” I mean she ended up in the hospital after a 24-hour smartphone gaming marathon left her blind in one eye.
Mike Wehner

AUSA 2017 in pictures

8 years 11 months ago
A host of cool military technology was on display at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Allison Barrie

Uber's app can secretly spy on your iPhone

8 years 11 months ago
The Uber app for iOS has been given a unique privilege on the operating system which allows the app to spy on the iPhone’s screen, a researcher has discovered. ZDNet reports that the Uber app can read the screen buffer in iOS, allowing it to view and potentially record anything on your iPhone’s screen without your knowledge.
Chris Mills

How to stop ads from following you online

8 years 11 months ago
Is this just a coincidence? You recently looked at cameras online, and now you’re seeing ads for cameras. You were browsing new outfits, and now your browser is showing ads for shirts and trousers.
Kim Komando
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