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Large hadron collider: A revamp that could revolutionise physics 1
Posted Monday, Apr 25, 2022 by Jeff Safire

By Pallab Ghosh, BBC News | Science The Atlas detector comprises 7,000 tonnes of metal, silicon, electronics, and wiring, intricately and precisely put together. It is now more powerful than ever. Deep underground amidst the Alps, scientists are barely able to contain their excitement. They whisper about discoveries that would radically alter our understanding…


Writing may be on the wall for sharing Netflix accounts 2
Posted Tuesday, Apr 19, 2022 by Jeff Safire

Netflix estimates that a huge amount of people watch the service thanks to account sharing By Jay Peters @jaypeters Apr 19, 2022   Netflix announced in March that it plans to crack down on password sharing, and in its first quarter earnings letter to shareholders (pdf), it gave a big clue as to why.…


A hacker stole $625 million from the blockchain behind NFT game Axie Infinity 3
Posted Wednesday, Apr 13, 2022 by Jeff Safire

One of the largest ‘decentralized finance’ hacks yet By Adi Robertson and Corin Faife Mar 29, 2022 Roughly $625 million worth of cryptocurrency has been stolen from Ronin, the blockchain underlying popular crypto game Axie Infinity. Ronin and Axie Infinity operator Sky Mavis revealed the breach on Tuesday and froze transactions on the Ronin…


Celebrating Two Tech Pioneers: John Roach and Stephen Wilhite 4
Posted Wednesday, Apr 6, 2022 by Jeff Safire

Nick deCourville This week the tech world lost two huge visionaries in the industry. John Roach, who helped pioneer the personal computer, and Stephen Wilhite, inventor of the animated GIF, have both passed away. Remembering John Roach Born John Vinson Roach II in November of 1938, his family was in the meat market industry…


This Seemingly Normal Lightning Cable Will Leak Everything You Type 5
Posted Tuesday, Sep 21, 2021 by Jeff Safire

It looks like a Lightning cable, it works like a Lightning cable, and I can use it to connect my keyboard to my Mac. But it is actually a malicious cable that can record everything I type, including passwords, and wirelessly send that data to a hacker who could be more than a mile…


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