Collaborate Disseminate
Zack Whittaker reports: GPS tracking firm Hapn exposed the names of thousands of its customers due to a website bug, TechCrunch has learned. A security researcher alerted TechCrunch in late November to customer names and affiliations — such as the name… Continue reading Tracker firm Hapn spilled names of thousands of GPS tracking customers
Zack Whittaker reports: GPS tracking firm Hapn exposed the names of thousands of its customers due to a website bug, TechCrunch has learned. A security researcher alerted TechCrunch in late November to customer names and affiliations — such as the name… Continue reading Tracker firm Hapn spilled names of thousands of GPS tracking customers
The Washington Post visits one of over 100 tide-tracking stations around the U.S. — Georgia’s Fort Pulaski tide gauge:
Since 2010, the sea level at the Fort Pulaski gauge has risen by more than 7 inches, one of the fastest rates in the country,… Continue reading Sea Levels are Already Rising in America’s Southeast. A Preview of the Future?
The ESP32 is s remarkably powerful microcontroller, where its dual-core processor and relatively high clock speed can do some impressive work. But getting this microcontroller designed for embedded systems to …read more Continue reading Dog Plays Chess on ESP32
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: MUT-1244 targeting security researchers, red teamers, and threat actors A threat actor tracked as MUT-1244 by DataDog researchers has been targeting acade… Continue reading Week in review: MUT-1244 targets both security workers and threat actors, Kali Linux 2024.4 released
Vintage hi-fi gear can be very attractive, particularly compared to modern stuff. However, when this stuff starts getting into its third or fourth decade after production, things start to wear …read more Continue reading Vintage Audio Amp Gets LED Lighting Upgrade
“From the moment GPT-4 came out in March 2023, OpenAI has been working on GPT-5…” reports the Wall Street Journal. [Alternate URL here.] But “OpenAI’s new artificial-intelligence project is behind schedule and running up huge bills. It isn’t clear wh… Continue reading OpenAI’s Next Big AI Effort GPT-5 is Behind Schedule and Crazy Expensive
While you tend to think of diamonds as ornamental gemstones, diamonds also have many important industrial uses, and many of those diamonds are now synthetic polycrystalline diamonds. How are they …read more Continue reading Inside a Diamond Plant
The world’s first nuclear-powered battery — a diamond with an embedded radioactive isotope — could power small devices for thousands of years, according to scientists at the UK’s University of Bristol.
Long-time Slashdot reader fahrbot-bo… Continue reading Scientists Build a Nuclear-Diamond Battery That Could Power Devices for Thousands of Years
I’m in a country where WhatsApp is "default" messaging app.
I am thinking about deleting my WhatsApp account completely and sticking to the cell calls and SMS.
I, of course, understand that WhatsApp claims to have end-to-end encr… Continue reading Whatsapp vs SMS+cell calls