After cybersecurity lab wouldn’t use AV software, US accuses Georgia Tech of fraud
Enlarge (credit: Georgia Tech) Dr. Emmanouil “Manos” Antonakakis runs a Georgia Tech cybersecurity lab and…
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Microsoft to host security summit after CrowdStrike disaster
Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg) Microsoft is stepping up its plans to make Windows more resilient to…
COVID shot now or later? Just getting it at all is great, officials respond.
Enlarge / A 13-year-old celebrates getting the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Hartford, Connecticut, on May…
Dual-screen laptops make more sense with this spiral notebook-like hinge
On the left is Screen B, on the right is Screen A. [credit: Scharon Harding…
Android malware uses NFC to read payment card data, then sends it to attacker
Enlarge (credit: d3sign) Newly discovered Android malware steals payment card data using an infected device’s…
‘Doomsday glacier’ won’t collapse the way we thought, new study suggests
‘Doomsday glacier’ won’t collapse the way we thought, new study suggests
Just 10 minutes of mindfulness per day enhances mental health and motivates healthier habits
In a new study published in the British Journal of Health Psychology, researchers from the…
Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel
Here’s the Keyboard control panel from Windows NT 4.0. [credit: Andrew Cunningham ] With an…
Labor board confirms Amazon drivers are employees, in finding hailed by union
Enlarge (credit: Jaroslaw Kilian | iStock Editorial / Getty Images Plus) Amazon may be forced…
US sues RealPage, claims rental-pricing algorithm used by landlords is illegal
Enlarge / US Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC,…
32 truly bizarre deep-sea creatures
From worms with squid-like tentacles to fish with teeth on their tongues, here are some…
Toxoplasma gondii: Why a brain parasite could be the key to treating neurological diseases
Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. But researchers may have found…
Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
Enlarge (credit: Amazon) In September of 2023, Amazon announced the Echo Show 8 Photos Edition.…
MIT scientists build hair-size batteries that can power cell-sized robots
An internal power source could enable the development of tiny robots for applications like drug…
Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic”
Enlarge / Artist’s conception of Randy Pitchford surveying the Epic Games Store landscape years after…
Women experience men’s orgasm as a femininity achievement, new study suggests
In a recent study published in the journal Sex Roles, researchers explored how women’s feelings…
As EV sales slump, Volkswagen scales back battery factories buildout
Enlarge / A VW worker on the assembly line at Emden in Germany. (credit: Volkswagen)…
Some bacteria can flourish in microwave ovens
Swabs of 30 microwave ovens in different settings identified over 100 bacterial species, some of…
Evolution: Facts about the processes that shape the diversity of life on Earth
Discover interesting facts about how evolution works, the different patterns that can emerge from evolution,…
As NASA nears major decision on Starliner, here’s what we know and what we don’t
Enlarge / NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, seen in their Boeing flight suits.…
From recycling to food: Can we eat plastic-munching microbes?
Enlarge (credit: Olga Pankova/Moment via Getty Images) In 2019, an agency within the U.S. Department…
Metal gives the teeth of Komodo dragons their super strength
Komodo dragon teeth are ironclad. For real. These animals — the largest living lizards —…
Meet LUCA, the 4.2 billion-year-old cell that’s the ancestor of all life on Earth today
New research gives insight into when the ancestor of all living things lived, and it’s…
What is the ‘tree of life’?
The tree of life maps out the relationships between all living things, and it’s in…
