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Monthly Archives: April 2022
The scientist who co-created CRISPR isn’t ruling out engineered babies someday
JD: It doesn’t really make sense to me, [but] I’m pleased that we have our 45 issued patents, our 40 pending patents, all in the US. And our 30 European patents are unaffected by the ruling. And honestly, look, I’m carrying on with my research. AR: I always thought the origin of the patent fight […]
Five Eyes: Expect more cyberattacks as the Ukraine conflict drags on
Peter Griffin, Editor. 26 April 2022, 11:46 am Russian aligned cybercrime groups are moving into top gear to support their government as the war in Ukraine rages, according to the Five Eyes intelligence and security alliance. A join cybersecurity advisory from the Five Eyes Nations’ cybersecurity agencies, including New Zealand’s National Cyber Security Centre, warns […]
Global Cloud Ecosystem Index 2022
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The Download: Questions over a clean fuel startup, and Chinese lockdown censorship
Quote of the day “What else can we do? It’s just the state of life now.” —Galina, a plumbing saleswoman from Ivano-Frankivsk, a city in the west of Ukraine, tells The Guardian why she signed up for sessions teaching women how to handle a gun. The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s […]
This $1.5 billion startup promised to deliver clean fuels as cheap as gas. Experts are deeply skeptical.
The process The process breaks down into four main stages, according to Prometheus’s investor materials. In step one, industrial fans draw in air and blow it through a mix of water and other compounds, which McGinnis says could include sodium carbonate. That then readily reacts with carbon dioxide molecules in the air, shifting much of […]
Can the blockchain reduce student loan debt?
“Even so, it’s really up to the end user, the developer, and the borrower or lender to really assess the stability and riskiness of the smart contract,” says Reid Cuming, Compound’s vice president and general manager. “I think we’re still in a state where there’s a lot of room for improvement here.” Anyone who knows […]
WeChat wants people to use its video platform. So they did, for digital protests.
According to someone familiar with the matter, the original video uploaded by the creator racked up 5 million views before it was taken down. Given how many times it was reuploaded, the video could have easily reached millions more Chinese people that night. Yet every single version, as well as sympathetic stories that comment on […]
Hackers are exploiting 0-days more than ever
Enlarge / VPNfilter had a total of nine modular tools discovered thus far by researchers, potentially turning thousands of routers into a versatile attack platform. reader comments 6 with 6 posters participating Share this story Previously unknown “zero-day” software vulnerabilities are mysterious and intriguing as a concept. But they’re even more noteworthy when hackers are […]