In a collaboration with Retro Report, Open Sourced by Vox looks at how today’s heated political…
Month: November 2020
A Bluetooth attack can steal a Tesla Model X in 90 seconds
Tesla is introducing a patch for the vulnerabilities after a researcher demonstrated problems in the car’s…
Dave Prowse: Darth Vader actor dies aged 85
The former bodybuilder was also given an MBE for his long-running role as the Green Cross…
Finally! The ROM You Wished Your Sinclair Spectrum Had!
If there is one thing that Sir Clive SInclair was famous for, it was producing electronic…
Scientists Propose a Brand New Periodic Table, And It’s a Trip
The periodic table of the elements, principally created by the Russian chemist, Dmitry Mendeleev (1834-1907), celebrated…
Scientists accidentally discover Australian marsupials glow in the dark
A glow up for some of Australia’s most unique creatures. Read more at CNET…
New CRISPR Cancer Treatment Is Very Promising
I first wrote about CRISPR here in 2017. We are used to medical hyperbole and hype…
2.920050977316 – Numberphile
Dr James Grime is discussing a new prime-generating constant. Read more at YouTube…
Security researcher accidentally discovers Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 zero-day | ZDNet
The vulnerability was discovered while the security researcher was working on a Windows security tool. Read…
The Black Hole Information Paradox Is Just About Solved
Good news: If you fall into a black hole, you’ll (probably) come back out. Read more…
High-Speed Spectrometer Built With Cheap Linear CCD
If you’ve ever dreamed of building a proper spectrometer, it looks like the ESPROS epc901 CCD…
LidarPhone attack converts smart vacuums into microphones | ZDNet
LidarPhone attack works by converting a smart vacuum’s LiDAR navigational component into a laser microphone. Read…
Study of 111 ‘exceptional’ cancer patients yields clues to better drug treatments
Mutations and other changes in tumors appear to explain rare success stories Read more at Science…
Chromosomes Don’t Look The Way You Think. We Now Have a 3D Image of The Real Thing
If you’ve ever studied any chemistry or biology, there’s a very good chance you’ve come across…
Cerebras’ wafer-size chip is 10,000 times faster than a GPU
Cerebras Systems said that the company’s CS-1 system is more than 10,000 times faster than a…
Pre-symptomatic detection of COVID-19 from smartwatch data
Analysis of physiological and activity data from consumer smartwatches enables real-time detection, often before symptom onset,…
As Obesity Soars, a Mayo Clinic DNA Study May Have Cracked The Cause
Called phenotyping, this bespoke mapping of each human on a subcellular level has allowed Acosta to…
A68 iceberg on collision path with South Georgia
If the world’s biggest iceberg grounds at South Georgia island, it could devastate local wildlife. Read…
New tool automates phishing attacks that bypass 2FA | ZDNet
Trust in two-factor authentication has slowly eroded in the last month after release of Amnesty International…
A hunk of Earth’s surface lies 400 miles under China – Futurity
A piece of Earth’s lithosphere deep below China offers clues about the fate of tectonic plates…