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The US asks to remove a million Galaxy Note 7 due to explosion risk Also, aviation authorities in the United States and Japan have asked passengers not to turn on or charge the device during flights    The United States has announced the withdrawal of nearly one million Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones purchased before September 15, since they present explosion risks, adding to the decision adopted by other countries. The Consumer Protection Commission (CPSC) formalized the call for withdrawal, in progress in 10 countries, after reports of flawed batteries that caused some phones to explode while being charged.    The CPSC has pointed out that 92 incidents of overheated batteries have been recorded in the United States, including 26 incidents that caused burns and 55 incidents of property damage, such as vehicle fires and parking lots. The announcement affects about one million devices out of a total of 2.5 million cell phones called to be removed worldwide, whic...

Young people forget the risks of social networks More than half of millennials accept strangers in their internet profiles    49% of millennials say they are not willing to set their privacy on social networks and 53% say they do not check the identity of people who want to contact them, according to the results of an online study by YouGov that collects in a report the company Blue Coat, that has been recently acquired by Symantec. The study suggests that organizations are still exposed to an increasing number of sophisticated cyber attacks hidden in social engineering.   Despite the increase in the use of social networking applications, both inside and outside the professional world, the study reveals how workers still do not adequately protect themselves from complex social engineering techniques such as cyber attacks (phishing), a form of fraud in that hackers pretend to be organizations or individuals to trick users into clicking or downloading malicious prog...

Houzz, the app to redecorate the house from your mobile The platform connects individuals with designers to carry out reforms at home    The month of September brings a return to routine for many families and the end of the holidays in some cases means starting up parked reforms during the summer months. Taking advantage of the return to 'cole', Adi Tatarko, founder of Houzz, and her husband have launched Sketch, a new tool that allows its users to redecorate their homes more quickly. "People use it to collaborate with other users involved in their project in different ways, from making drawings in the photo to indicate areas of interest, to create compositions inspirations, or to test the layout of the furniture on floor plans", explains Adi Tatarko.    After a bad experience in a reform at home, Adi and her husband Alon Cohen decided to embark on a professional adventure for themselves and launched Houzz. "We thought it would be a great help to contact ...

Samsung begins to deliver the new Galaxy Note 7 after the ignition cases The company suffered a severe blow after registering dozens of cases in which the battery of the terminal came to burn by overheating    Samsung Electronics has begun to deliver in several countries new Galaxy Note 7 terminals to users who decided to change them after the call to review around the world after registering several cases of ignition. "The exchange program has started this day and is developing smoothly," said a spokesman for the technology company based in Seoul. The spokesman said that in Spain will also begin to deliver on Monday the first devices to customers, while in Mexico and other countries in Latin America will have to wait until the 30th of this month.    Note 7 users who delivered their old terminal will receive a new phone of the same model and color in the next few days, unless they have requested a refund of the amount in their place. The exchange in South Kor...

Internet searches can predict pandemics A study by the International University supports the use of big data to anticipate major diseases   A report from the International University of Valencia argues that Internet searches can help detect pandemics, predict flu cases in real time or make public health estimates. The study points out that the tools derived from big data represent a "great promise" to help detect these problems or health risks, always in the company of scientific sources and official organisms such as the World Health Organization (WHO).    According to sources from the academic institution said in a statement, these tools would be "a perfect complement" to scientific tools, although they clarify that they can not be taken as a "substitute". The study argues that the analysis of this type of data, offered by platforms such as Wikipedia, have allowed to predict the number of cases of flu with a difference of just 0.27% with respect ...