Portugal Proposed Law Tries To Sneak in Biometric Mass Surveillance
Whilst the European Parliament has been fighting bravely for the rights of everyone in the EU to exist freely and with dignity in publicly accessible spaces, the government of Portugal is attempting to push their country in the opposite direction: on.....»»
The 50 best movies on Netflix right now (October 2024)
The best movies on Netflix include It: Chapter Two, Escape Plan, Evil Dead Rise, American Gangster, Black Mass, The Garfield Movie, Rebel Ridge, and more......»»
Wastewater Offers an Early Alarm System for Another Deadly Virus
A surveillance system proven during Covid-19 is now being used to track outbreaks of RSV......»»
A new tool for faster, more in-depth analysis of nuclear properties and mass data
A significant advancement in nuclear-data analysis has been achieved, which is relevant for several key areas, ranging from particle and nuclear physics to clean energy and health care. Researchers have developed a new tool to process nuclear data in.....»»
Elon Musk claims victory after judge blocks Calif. deepfake law
Parody video creator joined Musk in “war” to block California deepfake law. Upholding the First Amendment, a senior US district judge has blocked California's deepfakes law, A.....»»
Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction
Ants learned to work with fungi back in a world where only fungi could thrive. We tend to think of agriculture as a human innovation. But insects beat us to it by millions of year.....»»
Logic with light: Introducing diffraction casting, optical-based parallel computing
Increasingly complex applications such as artificial intelligence require ever more powerful and power-hungry computers to run. Optical computing is a proposed solution to increase speed and power efficiency but has yet to be realized due to constrai.....»»
AuthenticID Velocity Checks detects fraudulent activities
AuthenticID released Velocity Checks, a new tool that integrates with its comprehensive identity verification and fraud prevention platform. The solution leverages biometric and document analysis to detect multiple identities for fraudulent activitie.....»»
What’s new on Peacock in October 2024
Peacock's October 2024 lineup includes Teacup, Despicable Me 4, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Asteroid City, the season premiere of Law & Order, and more......»»
A Lawsuit From Backers of a ‘Startup City’ Could Bankrupt Honduras
The country faces a wave of claims after it repealed a law allowing for special economic zones. Chief among them is an American company looking to build a semi-autonomous “startup city” called Próspera......»»
Facing backlash, EU moves to delay deforestation rules
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed to delay by a year a ban on imports of products driving deforestation that has faced pushback from countries around the world......»»
“Extreme” Broadcom-proposed price hike would up VMware costs 1,050%, AT&T says
Broadcom "preventing some vendors from selling products to us," AT&T alleges. Broadcom quoted AT&T a 1,050 percent price hike for VMware offerings, AT&T has claimed in legal docum.....»»
Critical Zimbra RCE vulnerability under mass exploitation (CVE-2024-45519)
Attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2024-45519, a critical Zimbra vulnerability that allows them to execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable installations. Proofpoint’s threat researchers say that the attacks started on September 28 – s.....»»
4 new LockBit-related arrests, identities of suspected Evil Corp members, affiliates revealed
The third phase of Operation Cronos, which involved officers from the UK National Crime Agency (NCA), the FBI, Europol and other law enforcement agencies, has resulted in the arrest of four persons for allegedly participating in the LockBit ransomwar.....»»
“Extreme” Broadcom-proposed price hike would up VMware costs 1,050%, AT&T says
Broadcom "preventing some vendors from selling products to us," AT&T alleges. Enlarge (credit: Getty) Broadcom quoted AT&T a 1,050 percent price hike for VMware offerings, AT&T has claimed in legal documents. AT&T sued B.....»»
New leaks suggest AMD’s RDNA 4-based GPUs will launch early 2025
AMD’s next-gen lineup of RDNA 4-based graphics cards are now expected to launch in 2025, according to sources close to YouTube channel Moore’s Law Is Dead......»»
Q&A: UN security council needs major changes—permanent seats for African countries is just one
Recently, the US ambassador to the United Nations announced America's support for the creation of two new permanent UN security council seats for African states. Gary Wilson, a scholar of international law and relations—specifically issues related.....»»
John Wick returns to theaters for 10th anniversary, will feature Ballerina sneak peek
For its 10th anniversary, John Wick is returning to theaters in a special two-night event, which includes an exclusive sneak peek of Ballerina......»»
Scientists discover planet orbiting closest single star to our sun
Using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), astronomers have discovered an exoplanet orbiting Barnard's star, the closest single star to our sun. On this newly discovered exoplanet, which has at least half the mass of.....»»
Road rage suspect tried to run over multiple people during wild rampage in Mass. town, police say
Road rage suspect tried to run over multiple people during wild rampage in Mass. town, police say.....»»
Verizon customers face mass-scale outage across the US
More than 100,000 reports appeared on Downdetector. Enlarge / A Downdetector map showing where Verizon outages are reported. (credit: Downdetector) Wireless customers of Verizon and AT&T have found that they cannot make.....»»