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A fake app that was masquerading as password manager LastPass on the App Store has been removed, whether by Apple or the fake app’s developer is yet unclear — Apple has not commented. The illegitimate app was listed under an individual developer’s name (Parvati Patel) and copied LastPass’s branding and user interface in an attempt to confuse users. Beyond being published by a different developer that was not LastPass owner LogMeIn, the fake app also had various misspellings and clues that indicated its fraudulent…

Leo KoGuan has invested more money into Tesla than anyone in the world, yet he can’t even get his concerns heard by the company’s board. The shareholder is frustrated with some of the CEO’s recent controversies, but with the board MIA, there’s no way to reign him in. We first reported on KoGuan in 2021 when the little-known investor became the third largest individual shareholder in Tesla behind Elon Musk and Larry Ellison. The Indonesian-born Chinese American businessman is better known for…

December 13, 20234min readThese froglets disguise themselves as feces to gross out potential predators until they’re old enough to glide through jungle canopiesBy Elizabeth Anne BrownResting juvenile Wallace's flying frogs (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) Wallace’s flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus)—a Kermit-green amphibian that would fit in the palm of your hand—spreads its webbed toes to glide gracefully through tropical forest canopies in Borneo, the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. But before it…

There has been a ton of buzz about iMessage of late, mostly about the closed and exclusive nature of the app, and the many attempts to bring it to Android unofficially. The latest attempt came from Beeper, which seemed to have cracked how to get iMessage to run on Android relatively hassle-free.That is until it stopped working a mere four days after launch. Apple has now confirmed that it patched unauthorized access to iMessage in a new statement to the media. While Beeper has said it's working on restoring the service…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The shimmering green, red and purple curtains of the northern and southern lights—the auroras—may be the best-known phenomena lighting up the nighttime sky, but the most mysterious are the mauve and white streaks called Steve and their frequent companion, a glowing green "picket fence." First recognized in 2018 as…

The magnetic field orientations of BYF 73, as derived from SOFIA data, are overlain on a composite image of the region taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope and Anglo-Australian Telescope. The circled areas are locations of protostars in the region identified by ALMA and the Gemini Observatory. These studies help astronomers uncover the relationship between magnetism and gravity in star formation. Credit: NASA/Spitzer/SOFIA/ALMA/Gemini/AAT/Barnes et al.Formation of Massive Star Caught in the Act with Magnetic Field…

The phony apps attempted to deliver malware designed to steal account credentials and banking information, Check Point Research says. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto/Kirill_Savenko Mobile users who download an antivirus app naturally expect the program to protect their device. But several Android apps analyzed by Check Point Research did the exact opposite. In a report released Thursday, the cyber threat intelligence provider detailed its discovery of six apps in Google Play that appeared to be…