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THE BARCODE CELEBRATES 50 YEARS
On Monday, the barcode or "universal product code" marked its 50th anniversary. Grocery stores and canned food manufacturers originally rejected the idea of a universal barcode system, but they eventually came around, and now billions of items are scanned every day across the globe. Yet all these years later it's still unclear who actually invented the barcode.
GARAGE HACKERS
A security engineer has exposed a serious flaw in Nexx wi-fi-connected garage door openers, which allowed him to remotely hack into people's homes across the world and open their garages. Apparently, a single password stands between a potential hacker and all Nexx users' private data, including their names and email addresses. A cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency has released an official warning for three Nexx devices, including the garage door opener, a smart plug that controls outlets in your home, and a smart alarm system. Nexx has so far not commented publicly on the report.
The largest drag brunch show ever took place right here in New York City this past weekend. The event was organized by H&M and the Marcia Institute in an effort to stand with the LGBTQ community and drag performers as a number of states across the country have introduced anti-drag legislation.
A survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre said Wednesday that she saw her right arm “get blown open in two places” by a gunman and cried “Mommy” after realizing her 97-year-old mother had been shot and killed by her side in the nation’s deadliest attack on Jewish people.
Earlier this morning, a News 12 crew witnessed a very unexpected scene unfold on Long Island, as a police officer and a firefighter rescued a man from a submerged car. The drama happened at Mascot Dock, Patchogue at about 5 a.m., as reporter Caroline Flynn was reporting on an unrelated story.
Daniel Penny was charged last month in the death of Jordan Neely, who Penny put in a chokehold for more than three minutes after Neely reportedly began yelling that he was hungry and thirsty and that he didn't care if he went to jail.
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At least 79 died after a boat capsized off the coast of southern Greece.
The conflict in Sudan has displaced more than 2 million people, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as a U.N. official warned that escalating attacks in Darfur city could amount to “crimes against humanity.”
A fishing boat carrying migrants trying to reach Europe capsized and sank Wednesday off the coast of Greece, authorities said, leaving at least 79 dead and many more missing in one of the worst disasters of its kind this year.
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