Anonymity No More? Age Checks Come To the Web
In response to mounting pressure from activists, parents and regulators who believe tech companies haven't done enough to protect children online, businesses and governments around the globe are placing major parts of the internet behind stricter dig.....»»
Uncrewed Artemis I mission to Moon pushed back
The first mission in NASA's program to take humans back to the Moon has been delayed until spring at the earliest, the US space agency said Wednesday, saying it needed more time to complete safety checks......»»
Nissan’s ‘smellmasters’ perform odor checks on new cars
Nissan employs professional "smellmasters" to ensure its new cars don't have a strange odor when the new owner climbs inside......»»
New telecom receiver system checks reliability of message components in real time
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented and demonstrated a novel scheme for substantially improving the detection accuracy of information transmitted in pulses of light through telecommunications systems.....»»
Why Is a Harvard Astrophysicist Working With UFO Buffs?
Science magazine checks in on the new "Galileo Project" from controversial Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb. It's searching for evidence of extraterrestrial technology, whether it's spotted deep in space by mountaintop observatories or by their network of.....»»
NASA planes fly into snowstorms to study snowfall
Scientists repeatedly check the weather forecasts as they prepare aircraft for flight and perform last-minute checks on science instruments. There's a large winter storm rolling in, but that's exactly what these storm-chasing scientists are hoping fo.....»»
Omicron’s wave is at least 386% taller than delta’s—and it’s crushing hospitals
Omicron wave's hospital admissions are 76% higher than delta's, CDC reports. Enlarge / Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) checks the vital signs of a COVID-19 patien while her husband rests in a bed next to her at Provid.....»»
Fabs stretched thin as chip shortage shrinks inventories to just 5 days
Relief appears to be months, if not years, away. Enlarge / A worker checks a mainboard at a Vingroup production facility in Hanoi, Vietnam. (credit: NHAC NGUYEN/AFP) US chip supplies are close to the breaking point as a new su.....»»
Binance Kept Weak Money-laundering Checks Even as it Promised Tougher Compliance, Documents Show
In public, Binance -- by far the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange -- said it welcomes government oversight. At the same time, the firm was withholding information from regulators, maintaining weak checks on customers and acting against its own.....»»
China"s rover checks out that weird cube on the moon—surprise! It"s a rock.
Back in early December 2021, China's Yutu 2 rover made headlines when it spied what looked like a curious cube-shaped object on the moon's surface. Of course, speculations ran rampant. And it didn't help matters any when the China National Space Admi.....»»
Employee Background Check Errors Harm Thousands of Workers
Slashdot reader dcblogs writes: Criminal background checks that incorrectly identify an applicant as a thief or sex offender happen more often than many expect. This story reviewed more than 75 lawsuits against background checks firms, spoke with pla.....»»
This heavily discounted VPN is packed with advanced features but still easy to use
SAVE 86%: ZenMate VPN lets users connect an unlimited number of devices, meaning you can experience total anonymity with all of your tech. A three-year subscription to ZenMate VPN is on sale for £1.33 per month, and includes an extra three mont.....»»
Tor is under threat from Russian censorship and Sybil attacks
Tor Project leaders disconnect rogue nodes and call on volunteers to bypass censorship. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The Tor anonymity service and anticensorship tool has come under fire from two threats in recent weeks: The.....»»
A Third of All Dark Web Domains Are Now V3 Onion Sites
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Record: Throughout 2020 and 2021, the Tor anonymity network has gone through a major change as the Tor software team has released a new version of its software that updated how .onion domains look and work.....»»
James Webb Space Telescope suffers another launch delay
The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope has suffered another delay after an incident at the launch site that means more checks will have to be carried out......»»
How herpes checks into the nervous system for life
More than half of U.S. adults are carriers of HSV1 (herpes simplex virus type 1) which hibernates in the peripheral nervous system and can never be eradicated. A new study has uncovered herpes' sneaky strategy for infecting the nervous system, openin.....»»
AI-driven background check startup Intelligo raises $22M
Intelligo, which conducts AI-driven pre-investment, pre-hire background checks, has raised $22 million from Felicitas Global Partners. Intelligo, which conducts AI-driven pre-investment, pre-hire background checks, has raised $22 million from Fel.....»»
Apple agrees to pay workers $30 million to settle lawsuit over bag check policy
Apple has agreed to pay out $30 million to settle a lawsuit from employees who say they were forced to face security bag checks off the clock. This comes after over 8 years of back and forth in the case, which was first filed by employees against Ap.....»»
Anonymity No More? Age Checks Come To the Web
In response to mounting pressure from activists, parents and regulators who believe tech companies haven't done enough to protect children online, businesses and governments around the globe are placing major parts of the internet behind stricter dig.....»»
As the dust settles with Windows 11, Microsoft is readying the rollout of Windows 10 21H2
Between the strict system requirements and all the bugs and performance problems, Windows 11 isn’t a typical Microsoft OS release. For one, many people can’t upgrade their machines to it unless they bypass Microsoft’s compatibility checks. Then.....»»
Massachusetts gun-control legislation has had no effect on violent crime
Although many Americans favor expanding background checks for gun purchases, gun-control measures in Congress have failed to garner enough votes to pass. In contrast, some state legislatures have enacted measures to reduce gun violence in their commu.....»»