Engineer Devises "UFO Patents" For US Navy
Paul Ratner writes via Interesting Engineering: Theoretical inventions known as the "UFO patents" have been inflaming worldwide curiosity. A product of the American engineer Dr. Salvatore Cezar Pais, the patents were filed during his work for the U.S.....»»
Rivian Automotive"s chief engineer returns to McLaren
Charles Sanderson, who joined Rivian nearly five years ago, has returned to McLaren Automotive as chief technical officer. Rivian has been losing top executives as it struggles with vehicle manufacturing......»»
How two-step phishing attacks evade detection and what you can do about it
Phishing attacks have become increasingly prevalent and sophisticated, making it more difficult for individuals to protect themselves from these scams. In this Help Net Security video, Ofek Ronen, Software Engineer at Perception Point, discusses two-.....»»
After Musk’s mass layoffs, one engineer’s mistake “broke the Twitter API”
Twitter's paid-API project had "only one site reliability engineer," report says. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Thomas Trutschel ) When Elon Musk blamed Twitter's outage yesterday on code that "is extremely brittle for.....»»
She was weeks away from maternity leave at Twitter. Then Elon Musk took over
Bim Ali was early in her first pregnancy when billionaire Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter, where she worked as an engineer on the Redbird core technologies team. During the months of intense uncertainty that followed, Ali stuck with the company, atte.....»»
Ford files patent for system that could remotely repossess a car
Ford says it has no plans to deploy such a system; it just files a lot of patents. Enlarge (credit: USPTO) A rather dystopian if somewhat expected use for connected cars started doing the rounds this week with the discov.....»»
FTX"s Nishad Singh pleads guilty to fraud charges
Former FTX engineer says he is 'unbelievably sorry' for his role in the alleged crypto scheme......»»
LastPass says DevOps engineer’s hacked computer led to security breach in 2022
The popular password manager LastPass faced a major attack last year that compromised sensitive data of its users, including passwords. Back in December, the company shared a statement confirming that attackers obtained such data and that users shou.....»»
GM patents system to automatically clean touchscreen smudges
GM hasn't said how, when or whether elf-cleaning technology might make its way into a vehicle......»»
President Biden upholds potential Apple Watch ban
President Biden has decided not to block a possible Apple Watch import ban which can go ahead if AliveCor can overturn a previous ruling that its patents in question are invalid.AliveCor has told AppleInsider that it has been informed that the Intern.....»»
Two endangered pink dolphins rescued from shallow Colombia river
Two pink river dolphins, a mother and her calf, were rescued from a Colombian river where the endangered mammals were trapped in shallow water, the navy said......»»
US Apple Watch ban unlikely as Apple fights patent claim
President Biden will be called on to back or block a ban on Apple Watch sales in the US over patent infringement — but not until after appeals, and not if Apple gets those patents overturned.Back in December 2022, the International Trade Commission.....»»
How dangerous was the Ohio chemical train derailment? An environmental engineer assesses the long-term risks
Headaches and lingering chemical smells from a fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, have left residents worried about their air and water—and misinformation on social media hasn't helped......»»
Introducing the book – Threats: What Every Engineer Should Learn From Star Wars
Adam Shostack, the author of “Threat Modeling: Designing for Security”, and the co-author of “The New School of Information Security”, recently launched his new book – “Threats: What Every Engineer Should Learn From Star Wars”. In t.....»»
This may be the strangest iPhone mod we’ve ever seen
Watch this engineer build an iPhone 12 Mini with both a lightning and a USB-C port ahead of Apple's iPhone 15 launch......»»
Researchers engineer spinal cord-like tissue with drug-guiding function for spinal cord injury repair
In a recent study published in Science Advances, a research team led by Profs. Dai Jianwu and Zhao Yannan at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences demonstrated a strategy for covalent conjugatio.....»»
This engineer made a dual-port iPhone with Lightning and USB-C (our worst nightmare)
The iPhone 15 coming this fall is widely rumored to make the switch to USB-C for the first time. One engineer, however, has taken matters into their own hands and created what might very well be all of our worst nightmare: a dual-port iPhone with bo.....»»
Engineer makes dual-port iPhone by adding USB-C
In the presence of rumors that Apple could switch from Lightning to USB-C for a future iPhone release, an engineer has gone one further, and added a USB-C port to an iPhone 12 mini.A dual-port iPhone mod [YouTube]Apple has long been the subject of sp.....»»
Musk fired top engineer for explaining why his tweet views are down
Twitter employees shared data showing Musk's engagement declining. Enlarge (credit: Alexi Rosenfeld / Contributor | GC Images) Earlier this month, when Twitter CEO Elon Musk locked his Twitter account to personally test.....»»
Here’s how the creator of the first USB-C iPhone future-proofed AirPods Pro [Video]
Robotics engineer Ken Pillonel was the first to transform iPhone to work with a USB-C port in 2021. Since then he created a way to do the same for the AirPods case and even open-sourced his process. Now Ken is back with the first USB-C AirPods Pro......»»
How the world of the end-Triassic extinction was similar to today—and how it differed
Past environmental crises let us reverse-engineer how our planet works. Enlarge (credit: Victor Leshyk) The end-Triassic extinction, which happened 201 million years ago, was Earth’s third most severe extinction event.....»»