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The best reason yet to stay at home: Millions of bugs emerge from the sea and swarm over Yorkshire beach The insects appeared along the parts of beach at Cayton Bay, near Scarborough Sue Weatherill had been outside exercising when she noticed the bizarre scene Footage showed the insects covering large parts of the beach in … Read more
Researcher finds two new bugs in Zoom that lets hackers take over a computer’s webcam and microphone as the video conferencing service is hit with a string of security compromises Two flaws discovered in Zoom expose audio and video feeds A researcher says that to exploit the flaws a hacker must have local access One … Read more
Airbnb is offering discounts on ‘creepy’ bugs that ‘listen out for parties’ and send text alerts to hosts’ phones when guests get too rowdy. Under the ‘party prevention’ section of its website, the home rental service says it wants to offer discounts on listening devices until April to ‘protect your space, maintain the privacy of … Read more
How a probiotic drink could combat superbugs: Yakult-like liquid ‘could block DNA molecules that carry antibiotic-resistant genes in bacteria’ Drink is yet to be developed but would target molecules known as plasmids They exist inside bacterial cells and help them to become antibiotic resistant Bacteria use genes carried by plasmids which give resistance to antibiotics … Read more