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- + Life-threatening rat pee infections reach record levels in NYC—Enlarge / A rat looks for food while on a subway platform at the Colum...
- + Bodies found in Neolithic pit were likely victims of ritualistic murder—Enlarge / Three female skeletons found in a Neolithic storage pit in F...
- + Climate damages by 2050 will be 6 times the cost of limiting warming to 2°—Enlarge (credit: Frame Studio) Almost from the start, argumen...
- + A chunk of metal that tore through a Florida home definitely came from the ISS—NASA has confirmed that the object that fell into a Florida home last ...
- + Florida man tells Ars about his encounter with something that fell from space—NASA has confirmed that the object that fell into a Florida home last ...
- + Bogus Botox poisoning outbreak spreads to 9 states, CDC says—A package of counterfeit Botox. (credit: FDA) At least 19 wo...
- + Studies reveal new clues to how tardigrades can survive intense radiation—Enlarge / SEM Micrograph of a tardigrade, more commonly known as a "wa...
- + Second-biggest black hole in the Milky Way found—Enlarge / The star's orbit, shown here in light, is influenced by the ...
- + NASA says it needs better ideas on how to return samples from Mars—Enlarge / NASA's existing plan for Mars Sample Return involves a large...
- + How to keep Earth from being cooked by the ever-hotter Sun—I’d wager a guess that we are, as a species, rather fond of our home p...
- + Song lyrics are getting more repetitive, angrier—Enlarge (credit: Henrik Sorensen) From ‘80s new wave to ‘90s ...
- + Sleeping more flushes junk out of the brain—Enlarge (credit: OsakaWayne Studios) As if we didn’t have eno...
- + Why do some people always get lost?—Enlarge / Scientists are homing in on how navigation skills develop. (...
- + How new tech is making geothermal energy a more versatile power source—Enlarge / The Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station. Geothermal power h...
- + US drug shortages reach record high with 323 meds now in short supply—Enlarge (credit: Getty | George Frey) Drug shortages in the U...
- + Texas surgeon accused of secretly blocking patients from getting transplants—Enlarge (credit: LinkedIn) An accomplished and prominent tran...
- + SpaceX’s most-flown reusable rocket launches for the 20th time—Enlarge / File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket rolling out of its hangar at...
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- + Kremlin-backed actors spread disinformation ahead of US elections—Enlarge (credit: da-kuk/Getty) Kremlin-backed actors have ste...
- + Broadcom says “many” VMware perpetual licenses got support extensions—Enlarge (credit: Getty) Broadcom CEO Hock Tan this week publi...
- + Linus Torvalds reiterates his tabs-versus-spaces stance with a kernel trap—Enlarge / Cans of Tab diet soda on display in 2011. Tab was discontinu...
- + Attackers are pummeling networks around the world with millions of login attempts—Enlarge (credit: Matejmo | Getty Images) Cisco’s Talos securi...
- + New UK law targets “despicable individuals” who create AI sex deepfakes—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Tuesday, the UK government ...
- + UK targets “despicable individuals” who create AI sex deepfakes with new law—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Tuesday, the UK government ...
- + Why the US government’s overreliance on Microsoft is a big problem—Enlarge (credit: Joan Cros via Getty) When Microsoft revealed...
- + Alleged cryptojacking scheme consumed $3.5M of stolen computing to make just $1M—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Federal prosecutors indicted a...
- + Framework’s software and firmware have been a mess, but it’s working on them—Enlarge / The Framework Laptop 13. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) ...
- + Change Healthcare faces another ransomware threat—and it looks credible—Enlarge (credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus) For months, Chan...
- + “Highly capable” hackers root corporate networks by exploiting firewall 0-day—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Highly capable hackers are roo...
- + Words are flowing out like endless rain: Recapping a busy week of LLM news—Enlarge / An image of a boy amazed by flying letters. (credit: Getty I...
- + Intel’s “Gaudi 3” AI accelerator chip may give Nvidia’s H100 a run for its money—Enlarge / An Intel handout photo of the Gaudi 3 AI accelerator. (credi...
- + Hackable Intel and Lenovo hardware that went undetected for 5 years won’t ever be fixed—Enlarge (credit: Intel) Hardware sold for years by the likes ...
- + AT&T: Data breach affects 73 million or 51 million customers. No, we won’t explain.—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) AT&T is notifying millions...
- + New AI music generator Udio synthesizes realistic music on demand—Enlarge / A screenshot of AI-generated songs listed on Udio on April 1...
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- + Mandiant formally pins Sandworm cyber attacks on APT44 group
- + US provides assurances over extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
- + CISOs not yet convinced to invest in AI
- + 2024 election security: Confronting disinformation and deepfakes
- + More social engineering attacks on open source projects observed
- + Threat actors look to stolen credentials
- + OAuth (Open Authorization)
- + Apple iPhone security alert renews spyware concerns
- + 5G networks and biometric breakthroughs: Navigating opportunities and risks
- + Executive interview: Balancing AI with human creativity
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- + Hacked Oscilloscope Plays Breakout, Hints at More—You know things are getting real when the Dremel is one of the first t...
- + Raspberry Pi Scanner Digitizes On the Cheap—Its pretty important in 2024 to be able digitize documents quickly and...
- + Source Code to the 1999 FPS Game Descent 3 Released—On April 16th of this year, [Kevin Bentley] released the source code t...
- + FLOSS Weekly Episode 779: Errata Prevention Specialist—This week Jonathan Bennett and Dan Lynch sit down with Andy Stewart to...
- + This Go-Kart Rides on a Pallet—Many beginner woodworkers, looking to offset the introductory costs of...
- + Compiling and Running Turbo Pascal in the Browser—When a friend of [Lawrence Kesteloot] found a stack of 3.5 floppy disk...
- + VCF East 2024 Was Bigger and Better Than Ever—I knew something had changed before I even paid for my ticket to this ...
- + Custom Dog Door Prevents Culinary Atrocities—Riley, an 8 lb pug, has more beauty than brains, and a palate as unref...
- + Human-Interfacing Devices: HID over I2C—In the previous two HID articles, we talked about stealing HID descrip...
- + Getting Started with Radio Astronomy—There are many facets to being a radio hobbyist, but if youve ever had...
- + A ROG Ally Battery Mod You Ought To Try—Todays hack is an unexpected but appreciated contribution from members...
- + Cyberpunk Guitar Strap Lights Up with Repurposed PCBs—Sometimes, whether we like it or not, ordering PCBs results in extra P...
- + Still Up and Coming: Non-Planar FDM 3D Printing With 3 or 6 Axes—Most of the time FDM 3D printing involves laying down layers of thermo...
- + More Microwave Metal Casting—If you think you cant do investment casting because you dont have a sa...
- + Recycling Wires for Breadboarding—It is easy to take things for granted, but if you work with students, ...
- + The Next Evolution Of The Raspberry Pi Recovery Kit—At Hackaday, the projects we cover are generally a one-off sort of thi...
- + Microsoft Killed My Favorite Keyboard, And I’m Mad About It—As a professional writer, I rack up thousands of words a day. Too many...
- + Fail of the Week: Can an Ultrasonic Cleaner Remove Bubbles From Resin?—[Wendy] asked a very good question. Could putting liquid resin into an...
- + Linux Fu: Stupid Systemd Tricks—Last time, I gave a whirlwind introduction to a very small slice of sy...
- + Why Pulse Current Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries Extends Their Useful Lifespan—For as much capacity lithium-ion batteries have, their useful lifespan...
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- + Senate Now Considering Section 702 Re-Up With A Dangerous Amendment Attached To It—For a little while, it looked as though Section 702 surveillance might...
- + Kansas Reflector Mostly Admits That Meta’s Blocking Of Their Site Wasn’t Deliberate—Not every bad mistake is evil. Not every poor decision is deliberate. ...
- + The Motion Picture Association Doesn’t Get To Decide Who The First Amendment Protects—Twelve years ago, internet users spoke up with one voice to ...
- + Chemtrail Legislation Is The New Normal In A Severely Abnormal America—Its enough to make you want to shoot yourself in the face in embarrass...
- + Daily Deal: The Complete MATLAB Programming Master Class—MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, im...
- + Will Elon Sue? NBC News Finds, Yet Again, That ExTwitter Has ‘Verified’ Neo-Nazi Accounts, With Ads Appearing Next To Their Content—Elon Musk does not seem to like it much when reports point out that Ex...
- + The GOP Is Blocking A Last Ditch Effort To Bring Cheap Broadband To Poor Americans—The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), part of the 2021 infr...
- + Bell Canada, After Nixxing Most Hardware DVR, Changes Cloud PVR Recording Retention—Weve written about Bell Canada plenty over the years and not typically...
- + Roku Eyes Patent That Would Inject Ads Into… Everything—When last we checked in with our friends at Roku, they had made the un...
- + Techdirt Podcast Episode 387: Abolishing Section 230 Would Abolish Wikipedia—Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee had a hearing all a...
- + Internet Child Safety Laws Will Lead To Helpful Sites Being Blocked; Just Look At Schools—Various states and the federal government are proposing and passing a ...
- + Congress Decides To Give FBI Another Free Pass On Section 702 Abuses—It looks like were headed to several more years of the same old abuse....
- + Daily Deal: The Award-Winning Luminar Neo Bundle—Luminar Neo is an easy-to-use photo editing software that empowers pho...
- + Blame Silly Politicians For Google Starting To Block News Sites In California—That thing is happening again, where politicians are pushing a bad law...
- + Telecoms To Get $45 Billion In Taxpayer Broadband Subsidies, But Are Whining Because They Might Have To Deliver Affordable Broadband To A Few Poor People—The 2021 infrastructure bill is throwing more than $42 billion at Amer...
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- + Pundit Predicts Apple AI Will Be Bound to iPhone, Analysts React—Following a prediction that Apple’s AI features in iOS 18 will be proc...
- + How To Leverage Gen AI Without Losing the Corporate Shirt—As technologies like ChatGPT exemplify, generative AI is rapidly evolv...
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- + Capella Space Joins Space ISAC as Founding Member
- + Starlink and Jackery: the perfect match for high-speed internet anytime, anywhere - even on off-road adventures in the desert
- + From Miles Above, Satellite Data Helps Spot Hazardous Trees and Reduce Wildfire Risk
- + SATLANTIS AND ENCINO ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ANNOUNCE ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS FOR SATELLITE-BASED METHANE DETECTION AND SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF SECOND METHANE SATELLITE
- + Sierra Space Unveils the Revolutionary Eclipse Satellite Bus Line: Introducing Velocity, Horizon, and Titan
- + Muon Space Redefines LEO Satellite Constellations with the release of Muon Halo� and over $60M in new contracts for 10 Muon Halo Spacecraft and Integrated Mission Services
- + Terran Orbital's Tyvak International Secures European Defense Agency Contract for Pioneering VLEO Satellite Project
- + Asia-Pacific Satellite and Spacecraft Subsystem Industry Research 2023-2033: Growing Developments for Cislunar Programs, Rising Demand for Satellite-Based Downstream Services
- + Rocket Lab Prepares to Launch Mission for KAIST and NASA to Deploy Satellites to Two Separate Orbits
- + AERKOMM and Nasdaq-Listed IX Acquisition Corp. Announce Merger Agreement and US $35 Million Private Placement
- + Eutelsat OneWeb Services Activated for Enterprise and Maritime in Australian and New Zealand through Sat One Partnership
- + Fixed Satellite Services Market Poised for Growth with High-Speed Internet Demand and Technological Advancements from 2024 to 2029
- + Space Semiconductor Market to Reach $4,813.8 million, Globally, by 2032 at 8.8% CAGR: Allied Market Research
- + Auden Unveils a Comprehensive Satellite Communication Solution at the Satellite 2024
- + MDA SPACE ANNOUNCES AURORA AS THE NAME OF ITS NEW SOFTWARE-DEFINED SATELLITE PRODUCT LINE
- + Sidus Space, Inc. Founder and CEO Carol Craig to Present at Satellite 2024
- + Comtech Appoints John Ratigan as Interim Chief Executive Officer
- + Comsat Architects and Ubotica Technologies Join Forces to Bring AI to Space
- + Sierra Space Axelerator� Unveiled: Pioneering the Future of Defense Technology with Groundbreaking Innovations
- + Lynk Successfully Deploys Two More Orbital 'Cell Phone Towers in Space'
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- + Trump to return to New York courtroom as jury selection continues in hush-money trial—Former President Donald Trump is back in a New York courtroom Thursday...
- + World Bank announces plan to provide electricity access to 300M Africans—The World Bank has announced a partnership with its African counterpar...
- + China denounces U.S. shipbuilding probe as politically motivated 'mistake'—China late Wednesday called on the United States to end its investigat...
- + On This Day, April 18: Ireland declares independence from Britain—On April 18, 1949, the Republic of Ireland formally declared itself in...
- + Los Angeles officer who fatally shot 14-year-old girl in 2021 will not be charged—No charges will be filed against the Los Angeles police officer who sh...
- + Man gets 47 years to life for kidnapping 9-year-old girl from New York park—A 47-year-old man from New York has been sentenced to 47 years to life...
- + NASA welcomes Switzerland, Sweden as countries sign Artemis Accords—The United States welcomed Switzerland and Sweden as the latest countr...
- + Biden seeks to level economic playing field with China, promises to protect U.S. Steel—President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he doesn't want conflict with Ch...
- + Veteran NPR editor resigns after accusing network of liberal bias—National Public Radio editor Uri Berliner, who accused the network of ...
- + Feds accuse Florida man of interstate sex trafficking, coercing a minor—Federal prosecutors say a Florida man assaulted victims and forced the...
- + Arizona House Republicans block effort to repeal 1864 abortion law—An effort to repeal the state's 1864 abortion law by Arizona House Dem...
- + Whistleblowers tell Senate committees: Boeing officials hurried production, hid safety dangers—Boeing is producing unsafe aircraft and hiding the extent of dangers, ...
- + United States to reimpose sanctions on Venezuelan oil over unfair elections—The United States on Wednesday announced that it will be reimposing sa...
- + Seven suspects likely to face charges for Michigan State University assaults—Michigan State University police on Tuesday identified seven suspects ...
- + Senate dismisses both impeachment charges against Homeland Security's Alejandro Mayorkas—The senate on Wednesday dismissed both charges brought by House Republ...
- + Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts donates $500,000 to abortion ban ballot initiative—Nebraska's Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts has donated $500,000 to a pla...
- + House Speaker Johnson moving forward with aid plan for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan—House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., revealed three foreign aid bills We...
- + State Department invites 22 countries for some hip-hop diplomacy—The State Department is doing some hip-hop diplomacy through April 26 ...
- + Nikki Haley joins conservative Washington-based think tank Hudson Institute—The Washington-based Hudson Institute this week said it will bring on ...
- + Alaska Airlines experiences hourlong ground stoppage over software issue—Alaska Airlines flights around the country were grounded for about an ...
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- + The Rise of the Carbon Farmer—Farmers around the world are reigniting the less intensive agricultura...
- + Google Fires 28 Workers for Protesting Cloud Deal With Israel—The fired workers included nine Google employees who were removed by p...
- + Delta Is an iOS Game Boy Emulator That (Likely) Won’t Get Taken Down—A new app called Delta that lets iPhone owners play old Nintendo games...
- + 60 Best Podcasts (2024): True Crime, Culture, Science, Fiction—Get your fix of tech, true crime, pop culture, or comedy with these au...
- + Google Workers Protest Cloud Contract With Israel's Government—Google employees are staging sit-ins and protests at company offices i...
- + US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’—A controversial bill reauthorizing the Section 702 spy program may for...
- + 17 Best Xbox Series X/S Games You Can Play Now (2024)—These are the titles that make the most of your big, burly Microsoft c...
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- + The Rise of the Carbon Farmer—Farmers around the world are reigniting the less intensive agricultura...
- + The Atlas Robot Is Dead. Long Live the Atlas Robot—Before the dear old model could even power down, Boston Dynamics unlea...
- + No, Dubai’s Floods Weren’t Caused by Cloud Seeding—Heavy rain has triggered flash flooding in Dubai. But those who blame ...
- + No, Dubai’s Floods Weren’t Caused By Cloud Seeding—Heavy rain has triggered flash flooding in Dubai. But those pointing t...
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