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RIO 2016 OLYMPICS
Day 7: Follow all the Olympic action - live!
Join us for text coverage of today's events as they happen in our live blog, as well as the best of social media.
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The Tragic Story Behind 2Point4 Children - One Of Britain’s Most Underrated Sitcoms
If you were around in the 90s then chances are you will have stumbled across an episode of 2Point4 Children, if not been glued to your TV when the show was on. Named 2Point4 Children after the then-average number of kids in a UK family, the .4 in the show’s title is also thought to refer to the dad Ben being partly childlike because he was so immature.
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Mom discovers security cameras hacked, kids' bedroom livestreamed
A mother in Houston, Texas woke up one morning to pretty much every parent's worst-case scenario. "I happened to get a text from a friend of mine that said she saw a picture on Facebook and she thought it was a picture of our daughters' room," Jennifer, who asked to keep her last name private, told ABC subchannel KTRK. As it turned out, the security cameras she'd installed in her daughter's room to keep them safe had been hacked and the footage had been uploaded on the internet to livestream. "They're in my house. People are watching my kids in their home, dressing, sleeping, playing," Jennifer said. SEE ALSO: Photo reveals that even Mark Zuckerberg puts tape over his webcam Shelby Ivie, another mother who lives in Oregon, stumbled upon the feed by accident last weekend. Ivie and her sons were looking at live satellite images of Earth to find places to take their next vacation when they found a free app called Live Camera Viewer. After looking at the app, they eventually came across what appeared to be a livestream of a little girl's room in Houston. Ivie said she immediately reached out on Facebook to mothers' groups in the area and the post started to share rapidly. Within hours, the post had reached Jennifer's friend who got in touch with her. Image: facebook Ivie told KTRK she felt "horror" when she saw the footage and was compelled to track down the family. "I'm a mother. I have two little kids," she said. When Jennifer became aware of the hack, she consulted a security company. She said they believe the breach resulted from her daughter playing Minecraft, which required a server name to be entered. "She obviously didn't know a server name. She's eight. She ended up looking up on YouTube "servers to play Minecraft" and she ended up giving a name," Jennifer said. "From what I understand, there are tons of unprotected servers out there these kids are going on and basically people are waiting for them." Unbeknownst to her, the stream had been online since at least July 27 and had been "liked" 571 times, according to ABC News. As Mashable has reported previously, security cameras are (ironically) extremely vulnerable to exposure, because they use relatively generic IP addresses or public-facing websites. In that scenario, you'd only need a username and password to see or control the cameras. A few websites like Insecam have taken advantage of this security flaw and offer more than 73,000 different streams of vision from across the country. Your laptop webcam also isn't safe from being compromised. Hackers can get to them through malware — if you click a bad link or file and use code to turn on your webcam — possibly even disabling the camera's LED light, so you wouldn't know it's on. This is one reason experts among the likes of Mark Zuckerberg put tape over their webcams. "A person has a much greater chance of being hacked than becoming the victim of a street crime," Charlotte Laws, a revenge porn activist and former Los Angeles County Commissioner, said in an email to Mashable. "The laws have not kept up with technology, and law enforcement are often not equipped to track down perpetrators and adequately assist victims. The fact that a hacker may be overseas decreases the chances of putting him or her behind bars... or makes it full-on impossible." As Laws adds, however, there can be legal recourse for this if the hacker is revealed and lives in the United States. Hacking is a federal crime, and can necessitate involvement by the FBI. She recommends changing the default passwords on your cameras, as they are the same for everyone when you purchase them. And make sure the cameras are configured by an expert who knows how to avoid hacking, who will make sure to update your firmware and change the default password. The developer of Live Camera Viewer has not yet responded to a request for comment.
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Chilling mountaintop find may confirm dark Greek legend
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Archaeologists have made a sinister discovery at the top of a Greek mountain which might corroborate one of the darkest legends of antiquity.
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This is probably what turned the Olympics diving pool green — and it’s gross
The internet has been in a ~frenzy~ ever since it noticed a strange change in the Rio Olympics pool, namely that the blue water was suddenly green. As a result, there was a new mystery for the web to solve: Why was the olympic diving pool green? According to BuzzFeed, a spokesperson said the green water was due to a “sudden decrease in the alkalinity in the diving pool,” which apparently caused an algae bloom, therefore leaving the water green.
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Terminally ill woman holds party before ending her life
SAN DIEGO (AP) — In early July, Betsy Davis emailed her closest friends and relatives to invite them to a two-day party, telling them: "These circumstances are unlike any party you have attended before, requiring emotional stamina, centeredness and openness."
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Here's Why Some People Called Gabby Douglas Unpatriotic After Her Big Gold Medal Win
For the record, Gabby comes from a military family and has competed on behalf of her country in two Olympic Games.
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Newborn baby killed by 6-year-old brother; mother charged
A 6-year-old boy beat his newborn sister to death after their 62-year-old mother left her young children alone in a car for more than a half hour while she went to get her cellphone fixed, authorities ...
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Watch a 2,000-HP Lamborghini Blow Past a Kawasaki Ninja H2 at 200 MPH
Hold on to your butts. And your toupees.
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Michael Phelps's Baby Was the Most Adorably Patriotic Person in the Audience at the Olympics
Boomer was dressed to kill!
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Cristiano Ronaldo Ordered Bodyguards to Delete His Pictures off Fans' Phones on Ibiza Beach
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is usually one for the spotlight, but according to a story on Vanitatis, the Euro 16 winner turned camera-shy while enjoying a day at the beach in Ibiza. Ronaldo reportedly spent several days on the the island after the European tournament, and is said to have ordered his bodyguards to delete any photos taken of him from fans' cell phones. As expected, individuals were left quite surprised after being asked to get rid of their personal gems by the forward's...
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Here’s Why Time Seems To ‘Speed Up’ As You Get Older, According To Science
Most of us have noticed it: once you get past a certain point in life, a year suddenly doesn’t seem a long time at all.
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Viewers not impressed with BBC's 'cringey' swimming pool karaoke
Viewers have taken to social media to slam the BBC's 'Pool Karaoke':
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All Aboard - Eerie Photos Of Abandoned Orient Express Train (7 photos)
An urban photographer - known only as ‘Brian’ - has captured these incredible images of the once luxurious Grand Orient Express. Back when it was built in 1883 the train was a favourite for affluent travellers. Now it stands rusting on its tracks in Belgium, following its final trip back in December 2009. The train was built by the international hotel and travel logistics group, Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, and remains one of a just few left in the word. Another of its kind, the Venice-Simplon Orient Express, has since been turned into hotel suites that promise guests ‘a world of timeless glamour’. Brian writes on his website: ‘When I step into an abandoned site it feels like stepping into a time machine.’ For more of Brian’s adventures, go to www.preciousdecay.com or take a peak at his Facebook page.
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Pogba suspended for Manchester United opener
(Reuters) - Manchester United will be without world record signing Paul Pogba for their Premier League opener against Bournemouth on Sunday due to a suspension, the Football Association said on Friday. Pogba signed for United for 89 million pounds ($115 million)on Tuesday, but will have to wait to make his debut after the FA named the France international as one of four players who will be suspended for the opening weekend. Pogba's suspension has been carried over from Juventus' Italian Cup campaign last season where he picked up bookings in the semi-final against Inter Milan and the final victory over AC Milan.
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Statue Of Jesus ‘Miraculously’ Opens Eyes In Mexican Church Video
A ‘miraculous’ video has captured the moment when a statue of Jesus opens its eyes - and stares directly at the camera in a Mexican church. Hoax debunking site Snopes says that various signs in the video point to it having been digitally edited - and being a fake. Snopes says, ‘The best clue to the fact that the video was doctored is the fact that alterations in other areas of the image occur at precisely the same moments the eyes open and close.
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New Duke Of Westminster 'Owns Half Of London'
The new seventh Duke of Westminster has inherited his father's £9bn estate at the age of just 25 and has been described as now owning "half of London". Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, previously known by his honorary title Earl Grosvenor, also inherits Eaton Hall in Cheshire - home to the Grosvenor family since the 15th century. Despite not being the eldest child of the late Duke of Westminster, who died at the age of 64 on Tuesday, and his wife Natalia, the new Duke will inherit the billion-pound fortune instead of his elder sister Tamara due to an archaic tradition.
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Huge and rare blue lobster captured in one-in-two-million fishing triumph
A fisherman reeled in catch of the day when he pulled a huge two-pound blue lobster from the North Atlantic sea. Wayne Nickerson knew he'd brought in an impressive haul after fishing in Cape Cod, off the Plymouth coast, but it was only when he took a closer look did he realise he had bagged one of the rarest crustaceans. Not only was one of the lobsters a meaty two-pounds but it was also a striking blue.
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Man freed 28 years after being imprisoned for murder as teen
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A man convicted of murder as a teenager and imprisoned 28 years ago is now able to relax on his cousin's living room sofa, now that a North Carolina judge has ruled he did not get a fair trial.
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Kendall Jenner strikes a pose on the front of Vogue, but not everyone's happy about it
Some people aren’t patting Kendall J on the back for her Vogue cover – here’s why.
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Donald Trump's dad once shared a great piece of advice about how to be successful
Fred Trump, who greatly influenced his son, shared a timeless key to success.
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