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The Deebot X2 Omni. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Someone gained access to Ecovacs Deebot X2 Omni robotic vacuums across several US cities earlier this year and used them to chase pets and yell racist slurs at their owners, reported ABC News in Australia this week. The outlet spoke with multiple Deebot X2 owners who say their Deebot X2s had been hacked in May, including Minnesota lawyer Daniel Swenson, who said he was watching TV with his family when a noise “like a broken-up radio signal or something” started coming from the robot’s speaker. He said after he reset his password and rebooted the robot, it began again, only this time the sound was clearly a voice — he guessed a teenager’s — yelling slurs. ABC News lists other, similar accounts from owners in El Paso and Los Angeles, the... Continue reading…

During excavations at Midas Castle, a Bronze Age site in Eskisehir in northwestern Turkey, archaeologists unearthed an astonishing collection of ruins linked to an ancient culture that once reigned supreme in the lands of Anatolia. On a high plateau on the site, they found a set of structures that were built by the Phrygians approximately 2,800 years ago, during the prime years of the Phrygian civilization. The structures discovered during these digs included several ancient ovens and open hearths, which would have been used to cook sacrificed animals and bake bread consumed in ritual feasts that frequently took place in the first millennium BC. This is a unique and fascinating find, and it helps to prove that the site’s high plateau was reserved for religious worship and ceremonies.  “For the first time, we identified the presence of hearths and simple stone foundations in front of a Phrygian altar, used for ritual preparations,” said Anadolu University archaeologist and excavation leader Dr. Yusuf Polat, in an interview with the Anadolu Agency. Read moreSection: NewsHistory & ArchaeologyAncient PlacesAsiaRead Later 

Studying microscopic layers of dirt dug from the Tam Pà Ling cave site in northeastern Laos has provided a team of Flinders University archaeologists and their international colleagues further insights into some of the earliest evidence of Homo sapiens in mainland Southeast Asia. The site, which has been studied for the past 14 years by a team of Laotian, French, American and Australian scientists, has produced some of the earliest fossil evidence of our direct ancestors in Southeast Asia. The Plain of Jars: A Megalithic Archaeological Mystery in Laos The Stunning Vat Phou Temple Tells Secrets of Laos' Past Excavation of the Tam Pà Ling cave. (Flinders University) Excavation of the Tam Pà Ling Cave Now a new study, led by PhD candidate Vito Hernandez and Associate Professor Mike Morley from the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, has reconstructed the ground conditions in the cave between 52,000 and 10,000 years ago. Read moreSection: NewsEvolution & Human OriginsRead Later 

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President Donald J. Trump departs the White House and prepares to board Marine One Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, en route to Joint Base Andrews and ultimately heading to Charlotte, N.C. (Official White House…