The platypus returns to Australian national park after half a century

A team led by researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia has established a new platypus colony in the Royal National Park on the banks of the Hacking River outside of Sydney for the first time in more than half a century.Con… Continue reading The platypus returns to Australian national park after half a century

This Week in Security: Platypus, Git.bat, TCL TVs, and Lessons From Online Gaming

Git’s Large File System is a reasonable solution to a bit of a niche problem. How do you handle large binary files that need to go into a git repository? It might be pictures or video that is part of a project’s documentation, or even a demonstration dataset. Git-lfs’s solution …read more

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Nvidia Warns Windows Gamers of GeForce NOW Flaw

Both Nvidia and Intel faced severe security issues this week – including a high-severity bug in Nvidia’s GeForce NOW. Continue reading Nvidia Warns Windows Gamers of GeForce NOW Flaw

Swordfish tender will be able to travel above or below the waves

More than 10 years ago, François-Alexandre Bertrand came up with a concept for a novel above/below watercraft that he naturally named the Platypus. The first Blue Ocean edition was sold last year and now his company has launched a new version, the Plat… Continue reading Swordfish tender will be able to travel above or below the waves

Novel above/below Platypus watercraft navigates from dream to reality

Ten years ago, François-Alexandre Bertrand had an idea for a novel watercraft that cruised to a site and then lowered its passengers below the water to have a look around. We got to see the first renders in 2011, a working prototype followed … Continue reading Novel above/below Platypus watercraft navigates from dream to reality

New Mac cryptominer distributed via a MacUpdate hack

A new Mac cryptocurrency miner, called OSX.CreativeUpdate, was being distributed from the MacUpdate website, in the guise of known apps such as Firefox.
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