There are some huge problems though. Progress on this front is often slow, expensive, and — by and large — fails to transfer from a lab setting into the real world. But that’s not to say that there aren’t other organizations making huge strides in BCI tech for people with paralysis. This week saw a paper published by a German, Italian, Swiss, and American academic team looking at just that....
If your summer plans are taking you out on the road for the first time in a while, there are some points you’d do well to consider. One is giving some serious thought to upping your web security during your travels because web attacks are on the rise. Whether you’re planning a few weekend excursions, spending a few weeks with distant relatives, or scheduling a globe-trotting few months, you’ll want to safeguard the operation of their vital devices, no matter where you go....
According to a report by Yomi Kazeem for Quartz, these knock-off versions are not available on the app store. People download these “mods” from unofficial sources, or share them offline from device to device. [Read: Spotify’s new iOS design makes it easier to navigate] Kazeem noted that these alternative versions, such as GBWhatsApp and YoWhatsApp, are even more popular than Facebook and Messenger. They offer additional features including a password lock for selected conversations, a massive library of themes, a custom status message for specific contacts, and file previews....
One solution to the problem is adding an unusual ingredient to our diets: crickets. The insects have a high protein content and low environmental footprint that could provide a sustainable alternative to meat and fish. They might not have the most appetizing appearance, but looks can be deceiving: crickets are renowned for their subtle nutty flavor, crunchy texture, and exquisite astringency. At least, that’s what I’ve been told. My religious beliefs sadly forbid me from indulging in the delicacy — but that doesn’t mean you have to miss out....
What does the world look like at the quantum scale? What shape would our universe take if we were as large as a galaxy? What would it be like to live in six or even 60 dimensions? These are the problems that mathematicians and physicists are grappling with every day. To find the answers, mathematicians like me try to find patterns that relate complicated mathematical objects by making conjectures (ideas about how those patterns might work), which are promoted to theorems if we can prove they are true....
Nathan Wyatt, 39, was sent to the Eastern District of Missouri and appeared before US Magistrate Judge Shirley Padmore Mensah on December 18. He pleaded not guilty and was detained pending further proceedings. According to court records, Wyatt was a member of The Dark Overlord, a hacking group credited with accessing the computer networks of several US companies, obtaining sensitive records and information, and then threatening to publish the stolen data unless the companies paid a Bitcoin ransom....
The company confirmed the development to Reuters, and said it’s “supporting the affected employee who is in quarantine.” There are no details as to how operations in the building where the infected employee worked will be affected. However, the company has informed all co-workers who came in contact with the said employee. [Read: India’s apex court lifts the ban on Cryptocurrency trading] Last month, Samsung had to shut down its factory in South Korea for a few days as a floor worker was found to be infected by the coronavirus....
The findings were were disclosed separately by London-based mobile security firm Wandera and Slovakian security solutions provider ESET. Disruptive ad behavior ESET found at least 42 Android apps that were available on the Google Play store, which contained a new strain of adware called Ashas. The apps, installed more than eight million times since they first debuted in July 2018, have been traced back to a Vietnamese university student in Hanoi....
Today was the first day of the case in court, for a hearing. Everything up to now has been the two companies sniping at each other in legal filings, but now the two companies had to present themselves (virtually, of course) to Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. In summary, she didn’t alter her previous decision, in which she upheld Apple’s ban of Fortnite. So it looks like the game is staying off the App Store for the time being....
Rumors about the event started earlier today on Twitter with folks spotting a new hash flag. But now the company has made it official — the event will take place virtually at 10AM PT/1PM ET/ 7PM CET/10.30 PM IST. (Thanks to @wongmjane for this tool!) pic.twitter.com/4vydL8xFgd — ????? (@DylanMcD8) September 8, 2020 Earlier rumor suggests Apple will release four iPhone 12 models: two basic iPhones with a 5.4-inch and 6....
Fast-forward to the spring of 2022, and these apps today get little attention. In England in particular, now that living with COVID is the aim and isolation rules have been removed, the NHS COVID-19 app faces an uncertain future. How it fares could indicate what’s to come for the Scottish and Northern Irish apps too, as well as others around the world. A central component of the test-and-trace strategy in England and Wales, the NHS COVID-19 app was launched in September 2020 to monitor and manage the spread of COVID....
My colleagues and I now believe we have observed this process, providing some of the best indications yet of exactly what happens when a black hole forms. Our results are published in two papers in Nature and the Astrophysical Journal. Astronomers believe, on both observational and theoretical grounds, that most black holes form when the center of a massive star collapses at the end of its life. The star’s core normally provides pressure, or support, using heat from intense nuclear reactions....
But we know heavy elements were first produced not long after the Big Bang when the universe was really young. Back then, not enough time had passed for neutron star mergers to have even occurred. Thus, another source was needed to explain the presence of early heavy elements in the Milky Way. The discovery of an ancient star SMSS J2003-1142 in the Milky Way’s halo — which is the roughly spherical region that surrounds the galaxy — is providing the first evidence for another source for heavy elements, including uranium and possibly gold....
AT&T says it will be offering the payment method through cryptocurrency payment services provider BitPay. The mobile carrier will allow customers to pay their bills online in supported cryptocurrency, although it doesn’t say which. However, as the payment service is offered by BitPay, it’s likely all major coins will be catered for. It also claims it’s the first major US mobile carrier to provide a cryptocurrency payment options to customers....
Cloud storage feels like an always escalating, neverending arms race. From documents to photos to videos, the files you want to remove from your devices and save to the cloud just keep getting bigger and bigger. Before you know it, that previously giant 100GB cloud drive you got a few years ago now feels positively packed to the gills. Gradually moving from 100GB to 500GB to 1TB doesn’t really seem to be in Degoo’s DNA....
JPMorgan, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs have reportedly tested sites in London and the US recently, spreading staff between head offices and off-site locations to ensure a single coronavirus incident doesn’t cripple their ability to trade. [Read: Morgan Stanley’s $13B E-Trade buyout is the biggest bank deal since the financial crash] Citigroup has even gone so far as to install extra screens in employees’ homes so that they resemble a trading floor, FT’s sources said....
This means that Ryuk’s latest victims are stuck between a rock and a hard place. If they refuse to send their attackers Bitcoin, they’ll lose access to their data altogether, but if they pay, the hackers will provide them with a decryption tool that doesn’t work. Software company Emsisoft told Hard Fork that the attackers themselves are responsible for breaking their own encryption tool with an update. “Obviously, we’re hoping to get the word out about this as quickly and widely as possible so that affected organizations can avoid data loss,” said Emsisoft via email....
The thing most people remember about Spider-Man 3 is ’emo Spiderman’ — you know, that scene where Spidey gets a Fall Out Boy haircut and does some nearly-NSFW hip thrusts: It being 2021 and all, this entire clip is perfect meme fodder. Granted, people have been making Bully Maguire videos for years, starting by editing Tobey Maguire’s Spiderman into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But the meme seems to have really come into its own over the past year....
Board games are one of my favorite things in the world. There’s something about sitting around your cozy home or, even better, in a gorgeous pub and gaming for a few hours — especially considering how long we spend staring at screens these days. I’ve got nothing against playing video games, quite the opposite in fact, but a board game is so much more communal than everyone packed around a screen....
Have you ever spotted one of these people walking around town with a speaker in their backpack, obnoxiously bumping tunes nobody else in their vicinity likes? Well, for $20 bucks, you, too, can be that person. All joking aside, the Soundcore Motion B will be a welcome addition to any impromptu beach or backyard party. It’s fairly compact, boasts solid battery performance, and comes with Anker’s BassUp tech for deeper bass....
