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Technical support scams rely on social engineering to persuade victims that their device is infected with malware. [15] [16] Scammers use a variety of confidence tricks to persuade the victim to install remote desktop software, with which the scammer can then take control of the victim's computer.
A package redirection scam is a form of e-commerce fraud, where a malicious actor manipulates a shipping label, to trick the mail carrier into delivering the package to the wrong address. This is usually done through product returns to make the merchant believe that they mishandled the return package, and thus provide a refund without the item ...
VEX V5 Robotics Competition (previously VEX EDR, VRC) is for middle and high school students. This is the largest league of the four. VEX Robotics teams have an opportunity to compete annually in the VEX V5 Robotics Competition (V5RC) [3] VEX IQ Robotics Competition is for elementary and middle school students. VEX IQ robotics teams have an ...
While VEX Robotics, inc. and the REC Foundation closely collaborate on the VEX Robotics competition, they are separate organizations with their own executive and company structures. The REC Foundation also hosts competitions and programs beyond VEX Robotics, such as the Aerial Drone Competition and the International Robotics Honor Society. [5]
Topy Industries, Ltd. (トピー工業株式会社, Topī Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese company specializing in steel, [3] particularly automobile and industrial components. Its main products are steel products; wheels for passenger cars, buses, trucks and construction machinery; and undercarriage components for construction equipment ...
The Vex, a race of semi-organic machines and one of the four alien enemy factions found in the 2014 video game Destiny; Vex'ahlia "Vex" de Rolo, a half-elven ranger / rogue character in the 2015 American web series Critical Role where professional voice actors play the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons; Vex, a mob from Minecraft summoned by ...
A Mecanum wheel is an omnidirectional wheel design for a land-based vehicle to move in any direction. It is sometimes called the Swedish wheel or Ilon wheel after its inventor, Bengt Erland Ilon (1923–2008), [ 1 ] who conceived of the concept while working as an engineer with the Swedish company Mecanum AB, and patented it in the United ...