Russia is blocking more and more VPNs
The Russian government is increasingly blocking URLs linked to VPN services as part of its ongoing war efforts......»»
Smoke choking Canadians but cooling wildfires by blocking out sun
Wildfire smoke blanketing western Canada has triggered health warnings in several cities, but was also helping to cool blazes by blocking out a hot sun across hard-hit portions of the country Sunday......»»
TikTok creators sue Montana over app ban
A group of TikTok users has sued to overturn Montana's new statewide ban blocking the app, alleging that the law signed this week by Gov. Greg Gianforte violates the First Amendment......»»
Collaboration could prevent severe energy scarcity in Europe
Prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Europe sourced a great deal of natural gas from Russia. But as a result of EU sanctions on Russia, this supply is no longer there. European countries have scrambled to find and secure n.....»»
Ohio court restrains picketing at Ford, GM supplier plant struck by UAW
The Lucas County Court of Common Pleas issued a restraining order Friday to prevent pickets from blocking entrances and stopping vehicles from entering or exiting a Clarios battery plant where UAW workers have been on strike since May 8......»»
YouTube is testing blocking ad blockers
Ads make huge portions of the internet free to use while still letting creators be supported by those ads. However, there are ad blockers out there, and YouTube is now testing blocking users who have an ad blocker enabled. more… The post YouTube.....»»
Mechanisms for removal of strong, replication-blocking lesions generated by the human HMCES protein
Researchers at Nagoya University and Osaka University in Japan have found novel repair pathways of apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites of DNA. Repair of the base excision, which repairs AP sites, is an essential mechanism for cell survival. Its dysfunct.....»»
Rocket Report: China selling reusable engines; can SpaceX still raise money?
"We all know that China and Russia and others have been doing lots of flights." Enlarge / A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches the Viasat-3 mission on April 30, 2023. (credit: SpaceX) Welcome to Edition 5.36 of the Rock.....»»
Twitter just realized it was dumb to cut off automated public service tweets
Twitter reversed what may have been its least popular change yet under Musk. Enlarge (credit: CHANDAN KHANNA / Contributor | AFP) Of all the changes Elon Musk has made to Twitter, blocking emergency and public transit se.....»»
Pornhub shocks Utah by restricting access over age-verification law
State senator says he "did not expect adult porn sites to be blocked in Utah." Since Monday, Pornhub has begun blocking access for all Utah visitors, taking a strong stance against the state's recently passed age-verification.....»»
Pornhub blocks access in Utah over age verification law
Some of the internet's biggest adult websites, including Pornhub, are now blocking access to Utah users over a new age verification law that takes effect on Wednesday......»»
Russia reaffirms commitments to ISS through 2028
The past year and some months has been rocky for the International Space Station. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the subsequent response from the … The post Russia reaffirms commitments to ISS through 2028 appeared first on BGR......»»
NASA confirms ISS will host cosmonauts through 2028
Russia's long-term involvement in the ISS looked in doubt last year but NASA has confirmed cosmonauts will continue to visit the orbital outpost through 2028......»»
NordVPN deal gets you 59% off and 3 extra months for free
NordVPN is one of the best VPNs around and there's currently a fantastic deal to make it great value too......»»
Updated Google Earth images capture the scale of Russia’s destruction in Ukraine
Updated Google Earth images capture the scale of Russia’s destruction in Ukraine.....»»
Code42 adds real-time blocking capabilities to the Incydr IRM solution
At RSA Conference 2023, Code42 announced that it has added real-time blocking capabilities to the Incydr IRM solution. The enhancement allows security teams to prevent unacceptable data exfiltration without the management burden, inaccuracy, and endp.....»»
How Ukraine uses strategic communication to beat Russia on the information front
A defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskij proclaiming, "I need ammunition, not a ride"; a seemingly endless line of Russian trucks stuck outside of Kyiv; the bodies of a family killed in Irpin; an injured pregnant woman carried on a stretcher.....»»
Twitter stops labeling Russia’s RT and China’s Xinhua as “state-affiliated media”
NPR loses controversial tag, but state-controlled outlets had labels removed, too. Enlarge / RT's Twitter profile, no longer labeled as "Russia state-affiliated media." Twitter has removed "government-funded" and "state.....»»
Study shows human tendency to help others is universal
A new study on the human capacity for cooperation suggests that, deep down, people of diverse cultures are more similar than you might expect. The study, published in Scientific Reports, shows that from the towns of England, Italy, Poland, and Russia.....»»
Using social media activity to monitor and respond to population displacement in Ukraine
A new study by Oxford's Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science estimates that 5.3 million people in Ukraine were internally displaced in less than three weeks following Russia's invasion on 24 February 2022......»»
Ash from Russian volcano prompts Alaska flight cancellations
Alaska Airlines canceled about two dozen flights in its namesake state Thursday because of an ash cloud from a volcano in Russia, the Seattle-based airline said in a statement......»»