PGP Turns 30
prz writes: PGP just hit its 30th birthday. Before 1991, the average person had essentially no tools to communicate securely over long distances. That changed with PGP, which sparked the Crypto Wars of the 1990s. "Here we are, three decades later, an.....»»
Turns out people do actually use Apple Pay after all
Apple Pay is claiming more market share, with more dollars spent than Mastercard......»»
The double life of Sp1: A protein"s new role upends thinking about its impact on cancer
For four decades, Specificity Protein 1 (Sp1) has been cast solely as a transcription factor, a type of protein that binds DNA and turns genes on. But a Donnelly Center study has now revealed that Sp1 plays another unexpected role in gene regulation.....»»
Mafia turns 20: Why the series needs to look back to go forward
I learned that Mafia IV can learn a lot from previous games in the series by playing through Mafia: Trilogy......»»
Elon Musk seeks feedback — unless it"s negative
Tesla's CEO scolded a customer who posted videos showing that a new version of the Full Self-Driving system struggles with right turns and other basic tasks......»»
Musk seeks feedback — unless it"s negative
Tesla's CEO scolded a customer who posted videos showing that a new version of the Full Self-Driving system struggles with right turns and other basic tasks......»»
Pinocchio Soulslike Lies of P is more than an absurd Bloodborne imitation
Lies of P turns Pinocchio into Bloodborne, but don’t laugh just yet - it still kicked our butts at Gamescom......»»
Exploring how cells can be strong at the right place and time
Researchers from TU Delft and NWO institute AMOLF discovered how certain molecular bonds make living cells both flexible, in order to move, as well as strong, in order to withstand forces. Paradoxically, it turns out that these force-sensitive catch.....»»
Clip-on tech turns spectacles into smart audio glasses
BBC Click's Lara Lewington tries out audio glasses, a smart skipping rope and some other new technology......»»
Boiling heat and no water: taps run dry in southern Iraq
Younes Ajil turns on the tap in his home but nothing comes out: dozens of villages are without running water in drought-hit Iraq, surviving on sporadic tanker-truck deliveries and salty wells......»»
Digging deep for dark matter
It takes around half an hour to get to the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory. Thirty minutes may not sound like a long time, but that's half an hour spent plunging downwards in a truck as it twists and turns its way deeper into the pitch-black t.....»»
TikTok"s in-app browser can monitor your every click and keystroke
You know how some popular apps don't let you out of the app when you click on a link, opening said link in their own little in-app browser instead?As it turns out, this enables these apps to monitor what you do. And among the most popular apps that d.....»»
[Update: iOS 16 support] This adapter turns standard CarPlay into wireless, actually works
Do Wireless CarPlay adapters actually work? I bought two cars a few years ago. The Honda Civic came with wired Apple CarPlay. The Honda HR-V had a basic entertainment system that I upgraded with an . I really wanted Wireless CarPlay in the Civic, bu.....»»
Library’s prized Galileo manuscript turns out to be a clever forgery
All signs point to notorious 20th-century forger. Enlarge / Annotations recording Galileo's discovery of the four moons of Jupiter, from the single-leaf manuscript in the collection of the University of Michigan. The library recently d.....»»
Turns out Janet Jackson is the cybersecurity risk we never saw coming
1989 Janet Jackson hit Rhythm Nation could crash your computer and no, it did not grow musical taste......»»
Fruit fly study reveals a thermometer brain circuit promoting midday siesta on hot days
On the hottest summer days, you may find yourself dozing off in the middle of the day. In some parts of the world, it's a cultural norm to schedule "siestas" and shutter businesses during the warmest hours of the day. As it turns out, biology, not ju.....»»
Indigenous youth film project turns the lens on nutrition and food security
A unique initiative is helping Indigenous people in India exchange knowledge about locally available foods to improve dietary diversity—part of the UN Sustainable Development Goal related to food security and nutrition......»»
Tencent posts first ever revenue drop, turns to foreign markets as China"s gaming crackdown continues
Tencent missed both revenue and profit forecasts in its earnings report for the second quarter as revenue fell 3% year-on-year to $19.78 billion. It blamed the results on disruption caused by China's Covid Zero policy and strict gaming regulations......»»
New rare "hot sub-Neptune" exoplanet discovered
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new alien world. The newfound exoplanet, designated TOI-2196 b, turns out to be a type of a rare "hot sub-Neptune." The discovery was detai.....»»
GOP "message laundering" turns violent, extremist reactions into acceptable political talking points
After the FBI completed a lawful search of former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on Aug. 8, 2022, conservative politicians responded with one of three strategies: silence, circumspection and attack......»»
Intel turns to code translation to run old DirectX9 games on its newest GPUs
DirectX9 is still in relatively wide use, given that it's 20 years old. Enlarge / Team Fortress 2 is one of several still-popular games that use the DirectX9 API instead of a more modern version. (credit: Valve) Intel's graph.....»»