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Snare system is made to thwart porch pirates


So-called "porch pirates" are generally looking for packages that they can grab quickly and easily … if anything presents a challenge, they'll just move on to another porch. It was with this in mind that the Snare Parcel Protection system was created.

Invented by Canadian entrepreneur (and former machinist) Dennis Evans, Snare incorporates two parts - a stainless steel bracket that's permanently mounted on an outdoor surface such as a wall, and the main parcel-securing unit. The latter is key-locked onto the mount when the user is expecting a package.
 
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Machines can learn unsupervised 'at speed of light' after AI breakthrough, scientists say


Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in the development of artificial intelligence by using light instead of electricity to perform computations:
The new approach significantly improves both the speed and efficiency of machine learning neural networks - a form of AI that aims to replicate the functions performed by a human brain in order to teach itself a task without supervision.
 
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After 250 years, Big Sur land finally returned to Native American tribe


As part of a $4.5 million land deal, the ancestral homeland of the Esselen Tribe has been returned to its people after being landless for a quarter of a millennium.

"We are back after a 250-year absence - because in 1770 our people were taken to the missions," Tom Little Bear Nason, chairman of the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County, told the Monterey County Weekly. "Now we are back home. We plan on keeping this land forever."
 
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Is Your Chip Card Secure? Much Depends on Where You Bank


Chip-based credit and debit cards are designed to make it infeasible for skimming devices or malware to clone your card when you pay for something by dipping the chip instead of swiping the stripe. But a recent series of malware attacks on U.S.-based merchants suggest thieves are exploiting weaknesses in how certain financial institutions have implemented the technology to sidestep key chip card security features and effectively create usable, counterfeit cards.
 
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Firefox 79 clears redirect tracking cookies every 24 hours


Mozilla today started rolling out Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) 2.0 in Firefox. While the company technically launched Firefox 79 for Windows, Mac, and Linux last week, it only unveiled its marquee feature today. Firefox 79 by default blocks redirect tracking, also known as bounce tracking, and adds a handful of new developer features.
 
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