Collaborate Disseminate
Lucy Clarke-Billings reports: The Ministry of Justice has said it is aware of a data breach affecting prisons in England and Wales. Confidential prison layouts had been leaked onto the dark web in the past two weeks, according to The Times. A former pr… Continue reading UK: Prison layouts reportedly leaked on dark web
Bill Toulas reports: Russian state hackers APT28 (Fancy Bear/Forest Blizzard/Sofacy) breached a U.S. company through its enterprise WiFi network while being thousands of miles away, by leveraging a novel technique called “nearest neighbor attack…. Continue reading Hackers breach US firm over Wi-Fi from Russia in ‘Nearest Neighbor Attack’
Neuralink, the brain chip startup founded by Elon Musk, says it has received approval to launch its first clinical trial in Canada for a device designed to give paralysed individuals the ability to use digital devices simply by thinking. Reuters report… Continue reading Neuralink Receives Canadian Approval For Brain Chip Trial
Drilling holes can be quite time consuming work, particularly if you have to drill a lot of them. Think about all the hassle of grabbing a part, fixturing it in …read more Continue reading Drilling Rig Makes Accurate Holes In Seconds
A team of undergraduate students from the University of Southern California’s Rocket Propulsion Lab set multiple amateur spaceflight records with their rocket, Aftershock II. “The student-made missile soared 90,000 feet (27,400 meters) beyond the previ… Continue reading Student-Built Rocket Breaks Multiple 20-Year Spaceflight Records
Vehicles that change their shape and form to adapt to their operating environment have long captured the imagination of tech enthusiasts, and building one remains a perennial project dream for …read more Continue reading Transforming Drone Drives and Flies
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VICE: It’s early on a Sunday morning in late 1994, and you’re shuffling your way through Fitzrovia in Central London, bloodstream still rushing after a long night at Bagley’s. The sun comes up as you come down. … Continue reading Remembering Cyberia, the World’s First Ever Cyber Cafe
As we move through the Sixth Extinction, it can be beneficial to examine what caused massive die-offs in the past. Lystrosaurus specimens from South Africa have been found that may …read more Continue reading Mammalian Ancestors Shed Light on The Great Dying
Longtime Slashdot reader mspohr shares a report from Gizmodo: Hackers for the Chinese government were able to deeply penetrate U.S. telecommunications infrastructure in ways that President Joe Biden’s administration hasn’t yet acknowledged, according t… Continue reading China Wiretaps Americans in ‘Worst Hack in Our Nation’s History’
Longtime Slashdot reader Geoffrey.landis writes: Economist Phillip Kobernick makes the case that the emphasis on fast-charging stations for electric vehicles in the U.S. is misplaced. According to an article from CleanTechnica, he argues that, from an … Continue reading Economist Makes the Case For Slow Level 1 EV Charging