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- + Covering the Nobels—is it worth the bother?—Enlarge / The tail side of the Jean Dausset's Nobel Medal. Dausset r...
- + Why lightning strikes twice as often over shipping lanes—Enlarge (credit: John Fowler / Flickr) For all the progress human...
- + To try to understand the youths, researchers snooped through their trash—Enlarge / Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau is disguised as a moun...
- + Extreme disasters costing more but killing fewer—Enlarge / Hurricane damage in Puerto Rico. (credit: Yuisa Rios/FEMA)...
- + Rocket Report: Virgin Orbit targets Mars, SpaceX to launch rideshares on time—Enlarge / The mighty Delta IV Heavy rocket takes to the skies. (cred...
- + What if your refrigerator cooled your food by twisting wires?—Enlarge / Thermal images show how stretching twisted rubber causes i...
- + Elon Musk and NASA chief get on same page, vow to complete Crew Dragon—Enlarge / SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk, left, NASA astron...
- + As NASA tries to land on the Moon, it has plenty of rockets to choose from—Enlarge / If you want to buy a commercial SLS launch, you also need ...
- + A Chemistry Nobel we can use: Lithium-ion batteries—Enlarge / A diagram showing lithium ions moving between two differen...
- + Home buyers, beware: Contamination from cooking meth can linger for years— Australian researchers analyzed contamination levels in everyda...
- + Vaginal-fluid transplants treat incurable condition in pilot study—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Vaginal-fluid transplants appeared...
- + Nobel in physics is a two-fer: Big Bang and exoplanets—Enlarge (credit: NASA) Today's Nobel Prize in physics was evenly ...
- + It looks like SpaceX is now prioritizing Crew Dragon—which is great for NASA—Enlarge / In this highly detailed illustration, a SpaceX Crew Dragon...
- + Researchers completely made up claim about men’s drinking before conception—Enlarge / Man sips a beer. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) To reduc...
- + Our bodies’ built-in oxygen sensing gets three a Nobel in Medicine—Enlarge / Levels of red blood cells are adjusted based on the activi...
- + Here’s an example of the crazy lengths NASA goes to land safely on Mars— Over three weeks i...
- + Our groundwater use is destroying freshwater ecosystems—Enlarge (credit: World Meterological Organization) Huge numbers o...
- + Building Andromeda: Galaxy ended up with stars orbiting at right angles—Enlarge (credit: Amir H. Abolfath (TWAN)/NASA APOD) The large gal...
- + New gel lets us spread flame retardant before wildfires start—Enlarge / Firefighters from Stockton, Calif., put out flames off of...
- + Single reaction mixture can produce all four RNA bases—Simple chemicals can grow complex pretty quickly. There's a stro...
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- + Planting tiny spy chips in hardware can cost as little as $200—Enlarge (credit: Carl Drougge) More than a year has passed since ...
- + Activists’ phones targeted by one of the world’s most advanced spyware apps—Enlarge (credit: ShellyS / Flickr) Mobile phones of two prominent...
- + AT&T raises prices 7% by making its customers pay AT&T’s property taxes—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Aurich) Telecom companies like AT...
- + “Troll Factory” turns disinformation campaigns into teaching game—Enlarge / You, too, can become a Director of Disorder. (credit: Yle)...
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- + App note: FPGA power supply considerations— App note from Vishay Siliconix, giving us tips on powering FPGAs...
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- + Click2Mail Suffers Data Breach—Mail provider discovered customer data being used in spam messages. [L...
- + 7 SMB Security Tips That Will Keep Your Company Safe —With National Cybersecurity Awareness Month as a backdrop, industry le...
- + FBI: Phishing Can Defeat Two-Factor Authentication—A recent Privacy Industry Notification points to two new hacker tools ...
- + A Murderers' Row of Poisoning Attacks—Poisoning can be used against network infrastructure and applications....
- + Creative Wi-Fi Passwords—Let's see a hacker figure out one of these. [Link to media]
- + Build Your Cybersecurity Toolkit at Black Hat Europe in December—Now's the time to start planning what to see and do at Black Hat Europ...
- + Close the Gap Between Cyber-Risk and Business Risk —Four steps outlining how security teams can better understand their co...
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- + Edge Feature Section—Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting indus...
- + iTunes Zero-Day Exploited to Deliver BitPaymer—The ransomware operators targeted an "unquoted path" vulnerability in ...
- + AppSec 'Spaghetti on the Wall' Tool Strategy Undermining Security—At many organizations, the attitude to securing software appears to be...
- + Imperva Details Response to Customer Database Exposure—The cloud security's CEO and CTO lay out the timeline of events and th...
- + Works of Art: Cybersecurity Inspires 6 Winning Ideas—The Center for Long Term Cybersecurity recently awarded grants to six ...
- + Akamai Snaps Up ChameleonX to Tackle Magecart—The Israel-based ChameleonX aims to protect websites from cyberattacks...
- + How to Think Like a Hacker—In the arms race of computer security, it's never been more important ...
- + Check Out New Cybersecurity Tools in the Black Hat Europe Arsenal—Black Hat Europe returns to the Excel in London December 2-5 bearing a...
- + Attackers Hide Behind Trusted Domains, HTTPS—One in four malicious URLs employed a legitimate domain, making it mor...
- + Magecart Attack on Volusion Highlights Supply Chain Dangers—Attackers compromised Volusion's Google Cloud environment to load mali...
- + Network Security Must Transition into the Cloud Era—An integrated approach is the best way to provide organizations with t...
- + Virginia a Hot Spot For Cybersecurity Jobs—State has highest number of people in information security roles and t...
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- + Nixie Clock Failure Analysis, [Dalibor Farný] Style—We’ve become sadly accustomed to consumer devices that seem to g...
- + Prusa Unveils New Mini 3D Printer, Shakes Up The Competition—For the last couple of years, consumer desktop 3D printer choices in t...
- + Not All 7-Segment Displays Are Electronic—There are a variety of means by which numbers can be displayed from an...
- + DIY MIDI Looper Controller Looks Fantastic!—Due to pedalboard size, complicated guitar pedals sometimes reduce the...
- + Quality Sound-Proof Cans From Personal Protective Equipment—Working in a noisy office can be distracting. To combat the problem in...
- + This Micro Deltesian is Easy For Children To Use—[Ekaggrat Singh Kalsi] submits this interesting printer he built for h...
- + Using This Micro Deltesian is Easy For Children To Use—[Ekaggrat Singh Kalsi] submits this interesting printer he built for h...
- + Flying Batteries for Drones—Power is the bane of drone pilots. You’d like to fly longer whic...
- + The World’s Smallest Vacuum in an Altoids Tin—There’s been a lot of Altoids tin hacks over the years, but a va...
- + Robotic Laundry Line Reels You In—It may not be a laundry-folding robot, but this robotic launders line ...
- + Dealing with Missing Pin Allocations—Blindsided by missing pin allocations? Perhaps you’re working on...
- + Make Your Own Plasma Cutter—Of all the tools that exist, there aren’t many more futuristic t...
- + How to make a living with Embedded Systems—One of the biggest dreams anyone has is to make a living doing what th...
- + Extreme Refurbishing: Amiga Edition—The last Amiga personal computer rolled off the assembly line in 1996,...
- + Fast Video Covers Coax Velocity Factor—We once saw an interview test for C programmers that showed a structur...
- + Portrait Painter Turns G-Code Into Artworks—Portrait painting is, by and large, a human endeavour. But, like any a...
- + Latest Dose of Hardware Talks Headed to Supercon—The tickets have sold out even as the list of incredible speakers grow...
- + Hackaday Podcast 039: Elliot —Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Mike Szczys recap a week full of ...
- + Everything Makes Sound if You Try Hard Enough—Speaker cone materials can be a deep rabbit hole ranging from inexpens...
- + This Week in Security: Signal, WhatsApp, Oauth Fishing, and More State-Sponsored Attacks—A bug was recently fix in Signal that allowed a caller to force a call...
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- + Virtual Field Trips Take Students Inside NASA’s Commercial Crew Program— By Danielle SempsrottNASA’s Kennedy Space Center As NAS...
- + Video: Designing Flames Aboard the International Space Station—The Flame Design investigation is studying the quantity of soot produc...
- + JAXA Call for Participation in Kibo Robot Programming Challenge— Japanese KIBO module TOKYO (JAXA PR) — The Japan Aerospac...
- + Next Generation OPIR GEO Satellite Program Completes Preliminary Design Review— LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The Next Generation O...
- + ESA Calls for Industry to Extend ISS Columbus Lab Capabilities— ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano sets up University of Edinburgh experim...
- + An Overview of Rocket Lab’s Next Launch— Electron lifts off with U.S. Air Force satellites. (Credit: Rocket La...
- + Boeing Announces Dates for Starliner Orbital Flight, Pad Abort Test—We’re gearing up for #Starliner’s launch Pad Abort Test at@WSMissileRa...
- + Virgin Galactic to Unveil New “Milestone” Next Week—On October 16th in NYC we’ll be showcasing the latest milestone in our...
- + USAF Selects 8 Companies to Compete for Launch Contracts— The U.S. Air Force has selected eight companies to compete for $...
- + Bridenstine & Musk Hug it Out; Crew Dragon Flight Set for Sometime Next Year— Jim Bridenstine (Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls) by Douglas MessierM...
- + Stratolaunch is Back in Business Under Unknown Ownership— Stratolaunch flies over Mojave. (Credit: Stratolaunch) MOJAVE, ...
- + Video: Alexey Leonov Discusses Historic First Spacewalk—WASHINGTON, DC (NASA PR) — We’re saddened by the loss of legenda...
- + Russia Mourns Passing of World’s First Spacewalker, Alexey Leonov— Alexey Leonov (Credit Rocosmos) MOSCOW (Roscosmos PR) — R...
- + Pegasus XL Launches ICON on Mission to Explore Frontier of Space— Illustration of ICON spacecraft. (Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Fligh...
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- + Ancient Teeth Reveal Social Stratification Dates Back to Bronze Age Societies—Humans have a history of status division stretching back at least 4,00...
- + Sleep Deprivation Shuts Down Production of Essential Brain Proteins—A deficit arises in molecules needed for neurons to communicate effici...
- + Hidden Passage: Could We Spy a Traversable Wormhole in the Milky Way's Heart?—Anomalous motions of stars orbiting our galaxy’s central superma...
- + High-Energy Award: Lithium Batteries Win 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry—The power packs drive mobile phones, laptops, electric cars and solar ...
- + Quiet Disadvantage: Study Finds Extroverts Are Happier--Even When They're Really Introverts—A new study suggests a dose of “acting extroverted” could ...
- + Cosmology and Exoplanets Win 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics—James Peebles, who helped found the field of cosmology, shares the pri...
- + New Encryption System Protects Data from Quantum Computers—As quantum computing creeps closer, IBM successfully demonstrates a wa...
- + Discovery of Molecular Switch for How Cells Use Oxygen Wins 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine—Research by William Kaelin, Jr., Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza led...
- + Black Holes, Volcanic Scrolls and a Teeny, Tiny Heartbeat: Science GIFs to Start Your Week—Enjoy and loop on -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com [C...
- + How Do We Prevent Pets from Becoming Exotic Invaders?—Outlawing possession does not appear to stem the release of alligators...
- + Wildlife Trade Entangles Nearly a Fifth of the Planet's Vertebrate Animals—In the first global estimate of its kind, researchers tally an incredi...
- + Astronomers Find Our Second Interstellar Visitor Looks like the Locals—The object 2I/Borisov has the same composition as comets in the solar ...
- + Smartphone Data Show Voters in Black Neighborhoods Wait Longer—A new analysis adds to existing evidence for a racial disparity in wai...
- + Can Rabbits Help Unravel the Mystery of Female Orgasm?—A study suggests the phenomenon may have evolved from a mechanism for ...
- + Cannibalistic Cancer, Protection from "Blast Belly" and Chicken Inner Space: Science GIFs to Start Your Week—Enjoy and loop on -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com [C...
- + Could Immunotherapy Treat Diseases Besides Cancer?—Approaches for boosting the body’s immune system are being tried...
- + Humans Can Improve Technology without Really Understanding It—Small tweaks, not deep physical insight, can lead to a better mousetra...
- + Two Linguists Use Their Skills to Inspect 21,739 Trump Tweets—Posts made by the @realDonaldTrump account demonstrate how the preside...
- + Space Archaeologist Probes History in Orbit—Alice Gorman argues for preserving more of humanity’s off-world ...
- + New Studies Warn of Cataclysmic Solar Superstorms—New data suggest the New York Railroad Storm could have surpassed the ...
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- + Charming Kitten Campaign involved new impersonation methods—Iran-linked APT group Charming Kitten employed new spear-phishing meth...
- + Alabama Hospital chain paid ransom to resume operations after ransomware attack—An Alabama hospital chain announced to have restored normal operation ...
- + Security Affairs newsletter Round 235—A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the wee...
- + A new Mac malware dubbed Tarmac has been distributed via malvertising campaigns—Confiant researchers have discovered a new Mac malware dubbed Tarmac ...
- + Leafly Cannabis information platform suffered a data leak—Leafly, a cannabis information platform, suffered a data leak that exp...
- + FIN7 Hackers group is back with a new loader and a new RAT—FireEye Mandiant discovered that the FIN7 hacking group added new too...
- + SIM cards used in 29 countries are vulnerable to Simjacker attack—Security researchers at Adaptive Mobile who discovered the SimJacker i...
- + Tens of million PCs potentially impacted by a flaw in HP Touchpoint Analytics—SafeBreach experts discovered that the HP Touchpoint Analytics servic...
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- + Revealing the Milky Way's Center—The center of our Milky Way galaxy is hidden from the prying eyes of o...
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- + Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt— This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is aerinai p...
- + This Week In... Working Futures—Order your copy of Working Futures today » Techdirt is taking ...
- + How A Key Story About The 1919 Black Sox Scandal Was Completely Made Up... Due To A Confused Understanding Of Copyright— It's baseball playoff season, and this week, as many have been highli...
- + More Fallout From The Hong Kong Protests Hitting eSports— We were just discussing how the NBA and Blizzard each responded to th...
- + Working Futures: The Future Of Work And The Blurring Of Humans And Machines—Order your copy of Working Futures today » Since releasing our...
- + Anti-Safe Space Crusader Bret Stephens Apparently Needs A Safe Space: Backs Out Of Bedbug Debate— IN 2017, NY Times columnist Bret Stephens gave a commencement address...
- + 'The Irishman' Ban Once Again Shows Hollywood's Disdain For Netflix is Stupid & Counterproductive— For years Hollywood has seen Netflix as a mortal enemy because of the...
- + Daily Deal: The Complete C# Programming Bundle— The Complete C# Programming Bundle has 7 courses to teach you what yo...
- + How A Right To Be Forgotten Stifles A Free Press And Free Expression— Thankfully, recently, the EU's Court of Justice, has limited the scop...
- + After Jack Hack, Government Starts Taking Wireless 'SIM Hijacking' Seriously— Wireless carriers have been under fire for failing to protect their u...
- + DOJ And DNI's Attempt To Bury Whistleblower Report Yet Another Indication Of The Official Channels' Uselessness— The official channels don't work. That's the message Snowden sent -- ...
- + It's Time For The Academic World To See The Positive Side Of Negative Results— Techdirt has written many times about the need to move from tradition...
- + NYPD Slows Down Law Enforcement, Increases Citizen Complaints— As an autonomous collective, let's try (together!) to do a little NYP...
- + New French Mandate Will Use Facial Recognition App To Create 'Secure Digital IDs'— Facial recognition tech is considered at least mildly controversial i...
- + Banksy's Fake Store Is An Attempt To Abuse Trademark Law To Avoid Copyright Law— You may have seen the headlines lately, saying that famed pseudonymou...
- + Daily Deal: The A to Z Cyber Security & IT Training Bundle— The A to Z Cyber Security and IT Training Bundle has 12 courses and o...
- + Attorney Who Sued Grindr Responds Extremely Poorly To The Supreme Court's Rejection Of Her Section 230 Lawsuit— The Herrick v. Grindr case [um] ground to a halt on October 7th, as t...
- + Whoops, Twitter The Latest To Use Two Factor Authentication Phone Numbers For Marketing— When you sign up for security services like two-factor authentication...
- + The Ellen Show Issues Copyright Takedown On Transformative Video Commenting On Her Friendship With President Bush— Another day, another example of copyright being used as censorship. A...
- + Epic Games Settles With Cheating Minor To End Lawsuit— At long last, the PR nightmare for Epic Games is over. Kind of. You w...
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- + Syrian army deploys forces to aid Kurds amid Turkish offensive as Trump orders military withdrawal— Syrian government troops were heading to the country's northern borde...
- + Exit polls show Polish Law and Justice party winning parliamentary elections— Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party won the country's parliamentary...
- + Police: One person injured but no shots fired at Florida mall— Police responding to shots fired at a mall in Southern Florida, trigg...
- + 10-year-old girl dies after being ejected from ride at New Jersey carnival— Police in central New Jersey are investigating the death of a 10-year...
- + Pope Francis canonizes five new saints— Pope Francis canonized five new saints, including a woman who worked ...
- + UAW approves increased pay for striking General Motors, Aramark workers— United Auto Workers members currently on strike will receive a pay in...
- + Southern California wildfire evacuees return to see what's left of homes— As California wildfires continue to turn everything in their path to ...
- + Trump orders all U.S. troops to withdraw from Syria amid conflict between Turkey and Kurds— U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered all of the country's troops t...
- + Hunter Biden to depart from board of Chinese-backed equity firm— Hunter Biden on Sunday announced his resignation as a board member of...
- + Four dead, one critically wounded in Chicago apartment shooting— Four people died and a woman was critically wounded in a shooting by ...
- + Second person found dead in Hard Rock hotel collapse in New Orleans— A second person was found dead before a search ended Saturday night i...
- + On This Day, Oct. 13: Italy declares war on Germany— On Oct. 13, 1943, conquered by the Allies, Italy declared war on Germ...
- + Fort Worth police officer fatally shoots woman in her home— An white male police officer shot dead a 28-year-old black woman in h...
- + Dozens killed as Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall in Japan— At least 28 people have died and 18 people are missing in the afterma...
- + Boy, 2, shot in road rage incident in Baltimore— A 2-year-boy is in stable condition after being shot early Saturday m...
- + Gunman shoots 2 at N.H. church wedding, suspect in custody— A gunman shot two people Saturday at a church wedding ceremony in New...
- + California becomes first state to ban new fur products— California became the new first state in the nation to ban the sale o...
- + Kurds say guarding Islamic State prisoners no longer a 'priority' after Turkish incursion— Kurdish military officials said Saturday that guarding Islamic State ...
- + Sperm whale dies after beaching in Britain— A 33-ton sperm whale died after swimming close to the shore in Northu...
- + Hard Rock Hotel collapses in New Orleans; 1 dead, 2 missing— The Hard Rock Hotel under construction in downtown New Orleans partia...
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