Disguised

Cool Dry Place, Katy Kirby’s 2021 debut, introduced the Texas-born singer-songwriter as a cool-headed operator whose feather-light melodic voice and indie leanings offered original turns of phrase. Raised in an evangelical household, she came late to secular music. Her second album, written in Nashville, continues to make up for lost time, moving on in both craft and playfulness. The subtly funky Drop Dead recalls Feist in how Kirby smuggles depth into breeziness. Party of the Century is no fist-pumper, but a delicate…

A lawsuit accuses Amazon of enabling a West Virginia man to spy on an underage Brazilian girl with a hidden camera. The device, which resembles a clothes hook, was purchased from Amazon and used to record the girl. The suit alleges that Amazon failed to remove the camera from its platform despite inspecting it three times and knowing the potential harm it could cause.CLICK TO GET KURT’S FREE CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH SECURITY ALERTS, QUICK VIDEO TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, AND EASY HOW-TO’S TO MAKE YOU SMARTERThe criminal case…

In a shocking incident, Amazon was found to be selling spy cams that were disguised as clothes hook commonly used in bathrooms and changing rooms. The victim, in this case a student, has initiated legal proceedings against retail giant Amazon…

The fossil that was originally interpreted to be a plant, but researchers have now discovered is the inside of the shell of a baby turtle. Credit: Fabiany Herrera and Héctor Palma-Castro Researchers nicknamed the fossil “Turtwig” after a Pokemon that’s half-turtle, half-plant. From the 1950s to the 1970s, a Colombian priest named Padre Gustavo Huertas collected rocks and fossils near a town called Villa de Levya. Two of the specimens he found were small, round rocks patterned with lines that looked like leaves; he…

Disney celebrates its centenary with a grimly cynical marketing exercise wrapped in the sparkly cloak of an escapist animated fairytale. Chris Buck’s film unfolds in a utopian kingdom ruled by a sorcerer monarch named Magnifico (Chris Pine). Understanding that hopes and dreams are a potential source of discontent in his populace, Magnifico confiscates the dearest wishes of his people and keeps them safe, very occasionally deigning to grant one. Teenager Asha (Ariana DeBose) realises that stripping the people of their…

A new malware is bypassing an Android 13 security measure that restricts permissions to apps downloaded out of the legitimate Google Play Store. A new report from ThreatFabric, a fraud protection company, exposes SecuriDropper malware, which is capable of bypassing Android 13 restricted settings. The malware makes Android consider the installation as coming from the Google Play Store, though in reality it isn’t. It’s highly recommended for organizations to use Mobile Device Management solutions and…

A UK boy has been arrested after they were found to be in possession of an iPhone that was actually a taser.It appears that they had an iPhone inside a case that can do double duty as a taser. The cases are illegal in the United Kingdom, but it's thought that they are sometimes imported into the country from the United States where such cases are legal in some states and are sold as personal protection devices.Anyone caught with such a case in the UK could find themselves facing up to ten years in prison.A shocking…

A lot of Roland's recent instruments, that aren't just rehashes of classic gear, take an "everything and the kitchen sink" approach. Sampling and drum synthesis? Why not. Presets numbering in the thousands — plural? Of course! A dedicated vocal effect section and phantom power for running a condenser mic? Would be silly not to. The SH-4d follows the same basic formula, it has basically any feature you could want, and few you wonder who would want them, but sticks it in a box focused synthesis and sound design (mostly).…

Image: AdonitIf caricatures of the super wealthy have taught us anything, it’s that when you amass enough money you can ditch the reliable ballpoint pen, switch to a fancier fountain pen, and not worry about ruining a blazer when it inevitably leaks. An enviable life, for sure, and one you can get a small taste of with the Adonit Star: a stylus that masquerades as a swanky Montblanc.For those still determined to keep the stylus dream alive, Adonit remains one of the more respected names in the fieldand has been churning…

Thousands of smartphone applications in Apple and Google's online stores contain computer code developed by a technology company, Pushwoosh, that presents itself as based in the United States, but is actually Russian, Reuters has found.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States' main agency for fighting major health threats, said it had been deceived into believing Pushwoosh was based in the US capital. After learning about its Russian roots from Reuters, it removed Pushwoosh software from…