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Researchers said they’ve discovered a batch of apps downloaded from Google Play more than 300,000 times before the apps were revealed to be banking trojans that surreptitiously siphoned user passwords and two-factor authentication codes, logged keystrokes, and took screenshots. The apps—posing as QR scanners, PDF scanners, and cryptocurrency wallets—belonged to four separate Android malware families that were… Source link

A new analysis by the New York Times revealed the extent of the high energy consumption mining Bitcoin entails. The process of mining Bitcoin, in which complex math algorithms must be solved to create and award new Bitcoin, is a highly energy-intensive process. Each year, mining Bitcoin is responsible for the consumption of about 91 terawatt-hours of electricity, which is more than the entire annual electricity use of Finland. This constitutes about 0.5 percent total global electricity… Source link

A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) bolsters the argument that unvaccinated individuals are at a much higher risk of experiencing the worst outcomes of COVID-19 than vaccinated individuals. “These data indicate that authorized vaccines protect against SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe COVID-19, even with increased community transmission of the newly predominant Delta variant,” the CDC report stated. Between May 1 and July 25, 2021, unvaccinated residents of… Source link

 WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is aiming to give full approval for the Pfizer COVID vaccine by early September, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing people involved in the effort.    The FDA gave emergency use authorization to the Pfizer vaccine late last year. Full approval by the FDA could push more Americans to get the COVID-19 vaccine as it might reduce their fears about the safety of the shot.    The agency’s unofficial deadline for… Source link

Amid positive national jobs growth and the looming threat of the Delta variant of COVID-19 threatening the economic rebound, the industrial real estate market has experienced tremendous growth in demand as people return to work. “Absolutely, if you are a landlord right now, it is the best of times because [the] industrial [sector] has had no slowing down,” Savills (LSE: SVS.L) Executive Vice President Gregg Healy told Yahoo Finance Live. “You can pretty much ask what you want for rent,… Source link

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio. Graeme Jennings-Pool/Getty Images Rep. Jim Jordan appeared to criticize Biden on Monday for attending diplomatic summits in Europe. “While Biden pals around with his buddies in Europe, the border crisis rages at home,” he tweeted. Conservatives have sought to make immigration at the US-Mexico border a rallying cry against Biden. Sign up for the 10 Things in Politics daily newsletter. GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio on Monday appeared to criticize President Joe Biden for… Source link

SAN JOSE — Google has added a key piece to the puzzle it is assembling for the land to develop a new transit-oriented neighborhood in downtown San Jose. The tech titan has bought a church site at 56 S. Montgomery St. in downtown San Jose, paying about $11.7 million in cash for the property, according to documents filed on May 28 with Santa Clara County officials. Google has been assembling properties and gaining approvals from city officials for a mixed-use neighborhood called Downtown… Source link

In November, I gave you a heads-up about changes coming to Google Photos. Since its inception, Google Photos has been free and has not counted against your 15 GB of free storage. The change coming, as of June 1, is that photos you upload to Google Photos will start to count against your 15 GB limit.  So what happens if you hit the 15 GB limit? The answer is easy. You can buy more storage. The cost is a whopping $1.99 a month for 100 GB. Pay for a whole year… Source link

Yandex Rovers is continuing to expand its reach by providing autonomous delivery services from Moscow supermarkets. Amid growing consumer appetite for on-demand food delivery, Yandex Self-Driving Group has expanded delivery by rover couriers beyond restaurants and its own Yandex.Lavka dark stores. Yandex Rovers has started making deliveries from Azbuka Vkusa and VkusVill supermarkets in the central Moscow district of Khamovniki, with plans to extend rover delivery to other… Source link