Experian, You Have Some Explaining To Do
Security reporter Brian Krebs: Twice in the past month KrebsOnSecurity has heard from readers who had their accounts at big-three credit bureau Experian hacked and updated with a new email address that wasn't theirs. In both cases the readers used pa.....»»
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen explains how the algorithm is dividing Trevor Noah"s audience
Whistleblower and former Facebook employee Frances Haugen joined Daily Show host Trevor Noah to discuss concerning revelations about the company's impact on society which she famously leaked last year. Explaining how Facebook's algorithm prioritises.....»»
Explaining QD-OLED, Samsung’s display tech that’s wowing CES
Samsung's OLED tech brings new options for TVs and monitors in 2022. Enlarge / Samsung Display uses a blue light source for its QD-OLED panels, saying it's the strongest. (credit: Samsung Display) The Consumer Electronics Sho.....»»
Explaining QD-OLED, Samsung’s display tech that is wowing CES
Samsung's OLED tech brings new options for TVs and monitors in 2022. Samsung's 65-inch QD-OLED TV should be available this year. (credit: Samsung/CES) The Consumer Electronics Show, the country's largest tech exhibition, is a.....»»
Smokers gave a home to bacteria that now sicken people with cystic fibrosis
Explaining how M. abscessus was ready once CF patients started living longer. Enlarge (credit: Peter Dazeley / Getty Images) Smoking can really clog up the lungs, even for people who’ve never been near a cigarette. Turns out.....»»
Explaining the growing disillusionment with business as usual
The villainous boss memes, workday gripes, and big corporation throwdowns shoot fast and furious on the Reddit forum r/antiwork, which has become a viral post Howitzer. In one recent post, a Calm app tweet poses this well-meaning question: "What coul.....»»
"Fake HDMI 2.1" doesn"t really bother HDMI Licensing Administrator
Monitor-focused tech site TFT Central noticed a Xiaomi monitor with “HDMI 2.1*” in its specs despite only being 1080p (at 240Hz) and explaining in fine print it only has bandwidth matching the HDMI 2.0 specification......»»
Tropical fish… up north? How ocean physics alters water temperature and salinity
A study led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists is explaining why warm and salty water along with warm water fish species, such as the deep-sea dwelling Gulf Stream flounder and Black Sea bass, were found far inshore in New England in.....»»
Giving ugly food a chance
Explaining the value of misshapen vegetables—that they are as healthful as their picture-perfect counterparts and buying them helps reduce food waste—could help improve sales of "ugly" produce, new research suggests......»»
Want 20TB of NFTs? Head to this Pirate Bay-themed website
Explaining what NFTs are to those who know little about the technology isn't simple. Saying they are pieces of digital art that use the same blockchain tech as cryptocurrency transactions so buyers have proof of ownership (and the artists get paid) u.....»»
Physicists reveal non-reciprocal flow around the quantum world
A pair of theoretical physicists, from the University of Exeter (United Kingdom) and the University of Zaragoza (Spain), have developed a quantum theory explaining how to engineer non-reciprocal flows of quantum light and matter. The research may be.....»»
Rockstar Pulls "Grand Theft Auto: Definitive Edition" After Unintentionally Including Files
Shortly after Thursday's release of Grand Theft Auto: The Definitive Edition, the Rockstar Games Launcher on PC went down, leaving most Rockstar titles unplayable, reports PC Gamer. They also identified possible issues explaining why: Firstly, the.....»»
Simulations provide clue to missing planets mystery
Forming planets are one possible explanation for the rings and gaps observed in disks of gas and dust around young stars. But this theory has trouble explaining why it is rare to find planets associated with rings. New supercomputer simulations show.....»»
Oxford Scientists Find Gene That Doubles Risk of Dying From Covid-19
Scientists identified a specific gene that doubles the risk of respiratory failure from Covid-19 and may go some way to explaining why some ethnic groups are more susceptible to severe disease than others. From a report: Researchers from the Universi.....»»
Amazon’s New World faces down a world of wild glitches
Players spamming the game with giant sausages was the tip of the iceberg. A video explaining just some of the glitches New World has faced of late. Anyone who follows online gaming knows that new titles often have a few issues at launch a.....»»
Explaining Electronics
“People think of electronics as a field that changes fast, but the fundamentals don’t change,” said Charles Platt, author of Make: Electronics. “Everything is still made out of transistors; the only difference since 1975 is that.....»»
Valve publishes partial Steam Deck teardown, explaining why you shouldn"t do it
Valve is known to champion the open nature of PC gaming, and this video is no exception even though the Steam Deck is a device the company designed and built in a specific way. The beginning of the video explains that Valve thinks anyone who buys a S.....»»
UK authorities issue a new guidance to ensure advertisers don"t mislead consumers
To solve the issues brought by microtransactions, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) issued new guidance explaining how developers and publishers should present and advertise premium content and currencies for their games. This new guidance re.....»»
Regulator proteins or symphonies of genes: Statistical modeling points way toward unified theory for DNA folding
At more than 2 meters long, the human DNA molecule uses intricate folding patterns to fit into cells while locally unfolding to express genes. Such phenomena, however, are difficult to measure in experiments, and theoretical frameworks explaining the.....»»
LittleBigTrouble: Sony kills multiple games’ online service without notice
Yearlong mystery ends without devs explaining reason for service shutdown. Enlarge / Almost every LittleBigPlanet release just lost its online hub. (credit: Sony) After a year marked by targeted hacks and unexplained downtime, the online serv.....»»
Amazon"s MMO New World is delayed again, release date pushed one more month
The announcement was made on Twitter, where the development team wrote a letter to fans thanking them for participating in the closed beta and explaining why the release had to be pushed. The team will take players' feedback from the beta "to make Ne.....»»