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Zott writes:
Though it’s been fixed now, Wired reports on researchers finding a way to read keystrokes (like passwords) “typed” by users with Apple’s virtual reality headset, by analyzing the eye movements replicated in the avatars visible when using conferencing applications. As a user’s eyes are used to direct input to a virtual keyboard, faithfully replicated eye movements were sufficient to reconstruct (using a neural network) typing and predict the entered text with surprising accuracy.
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Zott writes:
The Boston Globe has a front-page story about Verizon's FiOS that recounts what many of us here in Boston and some surrounding urban areas know already: Verizon won't invest in the physical plant and actually offer the fiber optic Internet and TV service here in the "hub of the universe". This hasn't stopped Verizon from launching a new advertising campaign with Donnie Wahlberg (member of New Kids on the Block, actor, and well-known Boston native) standing in Copley Square and the Charlestown neighborhood touting the product. It goes even further, though — according to the Globe's article, "'This is New England, where people tell it straight,' says Wahlberg... 'No phonies, no fakers, no shortcuts.'" Except for the shortcut in the fine print that's presumably in the ad somewhere: "FiOS not available in all areas."
