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  2. Phishing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing

    Phishing. Phishing is a form of social engineering and a scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information [1] or installing malware such as viruses, worms, adware, or ransomware. Phishing attacks have become increasingly sophisticated and often transparently mirror the site being targeted, allowing the attacker to ...

  3. Franchise fraud - Wikipedia

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    The FBI website states: "pyramid schemes — also referred to as franchise fraud or chain referral schemes — are marketing and investment frauds in which an individual is offered a distributorship or franchise to market a particular product. The real profit is earned, not by the sale of the product, but by the sale of new distributorships.

  4. QR code - Wikipedia

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    The QR code system was invented in 1994, at the Denso Wave automotive products company, in Japan. [6] [7] [8] The initial alternating-square design presented by the team of researchers, headed by Masahiro Hara, was influenced by the black counters and the white counters played on a Go board; [9] the pattern of position detection was found and determined by applying the least-used ratio (1:1:3 ...

  5. FTC: US consumers lost $770 million in social media scams in ...

    techcrunch.com/2022/01/27/ftc-u-s-consumers-lost...

    A growing number of U.S. consumers are getting scammed on social media, according to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which revealed that consumers lost $770 million to social ...

  6. Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of ...

    techcrunch.com/2023/06/26/irl-shut-down-fake-users

    Ironically, the social app IRL ‘s users do not exist in real life. An internal investigation by IRL’s board of directors found that 95% of the app’s reported 20 million users were ...

  7. Genspark is the latest attempt at an AI-powered search engine

    techcrunch.com/2024/06/18/genspark-is-the-latest...

    Arc Search told one reporter that cut-off toes will eventually grow back. And Perplexity ripped off articles written by outlets including CNBC, Bloomberg and Forbes without giving credit or ...

  8. Gallium-68 generator - Wikipedia

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    The parent isotope germanium-68 is the longest-lived (271 days) of the radioisotopes of germanium. It has been produced by several methods. [1] In the U.S., it is primarily produced in proton accelerators: At Los Alamos National Laboratory, it may be separated out as a product of proton capture, after proton irradiation of Nb-encapsulated gallium metal. [2]

  9. National Security Agency - Wikipedia

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    Fort Meade is about 20 mi (32 km) southwest of Baltimore, [155] and 25 mi (40 km) northeast of Washington, D.C. [156] The NSA has two dedicated exits off Baltimore–Washington Parkway. The Eastbound exit from the Parkway (heading toward Baltimore) is open to the public and provides employee access to its main campus and public access to the ...