Credit to Author: Emily Mullin, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:51:59 +0000
DNA-testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, which means the future of the company’s vast trove of customer data is unknown. Here’s what that means for your genetic data.
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Credit to Author: John Pavlus| Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000
The security system that underlies the internet makes use of a curious fact: You can broadcast part of your encryption to make your information much more secure.
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Credit to Author: Sharon Lemac-Vincere| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000
As more and more infrastructure is deployed in space, the risk of cyber attacks increases. The US military wants to team up with the private sector to protect assets everyone relies on.
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Credit to Author: Nathaniel Peutherer| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Contract seafarers in Ukraine are turning to online whisper networks to keep themselves from being hired into Russia’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet.
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Credit to Author: Hannah Singleton| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 18:51:48 +0000
Drought-stricken hydro dams have led to daily electricity cuts in Ecuador. As weather becomes less predictable due to climate change, experts say other countries need to take notice.
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Credit to Author: Emily Mullin| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 19:13:46 +0000
China’s brain-computer interface technology is catching up to the US. But it envisions a very different use case: cognitive enhancement.
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Credit to Author: Madison Goldberg| Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2024 13:00:00 +0000
Two researchers have improved a well-known technique for lattice basis reduction, opening up new avenues for practical experiments in cryptography and mathematics.
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Credit to Author: Julie Charnet| Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000
Think US health data is automatically kept private? Think again.
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Credit to Author: Daniel Oberhaus| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 21:34:42 +0000
The US has operated an extensive network of missile warning systems for over half a century, but next-generation missiles will put it to the test.
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Credit to Author: Daniel Oberhaus| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 00:11:50 +0000
Iran is no longer abiding by many of the restrictions in the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, but that doesn’t mean it’s about to build a bomb, either.
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