Sneakerheads, not hypebeasts: Defining a sneaker-driven sub-culture
Sneakers can be about style, history and even community. A new study reveals that for "Sneakerheads," sneakers are an important facet of their identities, particularly for African-American men who grew up in the 1970s and '80s coveting sneakers popul.....»»
Resecurity unveils new AI-driven Fraud Prevention Platform
Resecurity unveiled its advanced AI-driven Fraud Prevention Platform. This versatile solution is engineered to combat fraud across banking, virtual asset service providers (VASPs), gambling, e-commerce, and online marketplaces, providing a robust def.....»»
"Wake-up call to humanity": Research shows the Great Barrier Reef is the hottest it"s been in 400 years
The Great Barrier Reef is vast and spectacular. But repeated mass coral bleachings, driven by high ocean temperatures, are threatening the survival of coral colonies which are the backbone of the reef......»»
“Archeology” on the ISS helps identify what astronauts really need
Regular photography shows a tool shed and more isolated toilet would be appreciated. Enlarge / Jessica Watkins gets to work on the ISS (credit: NASA) “Archeology really is a perspective on material culture we use as ev.....»»
China cracks down on "fan culture" during the Olympics, arresting a woman for social media posts
China cracks down on "fan culture" during the Olympics, arresting a woman for social media posts.....»»
Dungeons & Dragons Is Shedding ‘Race’ in Gaming. Here’s Why It Matters
The nerd culture powerhouse is rebranding its elves, dwarfs and orcs, previously referred to as races, and moving towards use of the term species.....»»
How the Olympics Are Saving Athletes from Heat Stress
Climate change-driven heat endangers Olympians. Here’s how the Games are helping competitors cool down.....»»
Disaster plant pathology: Solutions to combat agricultural threats from disasters
An often-overlooked component of natural and human-driven disasters is their potential to affect plant health and thus food security at domestic and international scales. Most disasters have indirect effects on plant health through factors such as di.....»»
Most existing heat wave indices fail to capture heat wave severity, experts report
Even though climate change is bringing more frequent and severe heat waves, there is no standard, global way to measure heat-wave severity, and existing indices have different thresholds for defining dangerous heat-stress conditions......»»
Elastic automates SIEM data onboarding with Automatic Import
Elastic is accelerating the adoption of AI-driven security analytics by automating SIEM data onboarding with Automatic Import. This new feature — the only one of its kind for a security analytics or SIEM solution — automates the development of cu.....»»
Novel machine learning-based cluster analysis method that leverages target material property
In materials science, substances are often classified based on defining factors such as their elemental composition or crystalline structure. This classification is crucial for advances in materials discovery, as it allows researchers to identify pro.....»»
New "game-changing" discovery for light-driven artificial intelligence
In a paper, titled "Partial coherence enhances parallelized photonic computing," published in Nature, researchers from the University of Oxford, along with collaborators from the Universities of Muenster, Heidelberg, and Ghent, report that replacing.....»»
Q&A: How do presidential candidates embody ideas about race and national identity, including views of Latinos?
J. David Cisneros, a professor of communication and an affiliate of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researches social movements and public rhetoric about race, culture and citizenship......»»
Cado platform enhances SOC efficiency with AI-driven workflow automation
Cado Security has unveiled that the Cado platform now enables customers to dramatically streamline the effectiveness of their SOC using end-to-end workflow investigation automation capabilities. Through the infusion of AI-guided investigations and da.....»»
Why CISOs face greater personal liability
In this Help Net Security interview, Christos Tulumba, CISO at Veritas Technologies, discusses the key factors contributing to increased personal liability risks for CISOs. These risks are driven by heightened cybersecurity threats, evolving regulati.....»»
Apple Intelligence vs Grammarly -- AI powered text tool showdown
Apple Intelligence provides iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia users with new AI-driven tools to improve their writing. Here's how it compares against the current market favorite, Grammarly.Apple Intelligence's Writing Tools [left], Grammarly logo [right]It's.....»»
7 best millennial movies, ranked
Some movies from the late '90s and early 2000s played a huge role in shaping millennials' culture, from the magical Harry Potter to the iconic Mean Girls......»»
The world experienced 36 conflict contexts in 2023, the highest number in ten years
The UAB School for a Culture of Peace (Escola de Cultura de Pau, ECP) publishes its Alert 2024! Report on conflicts, human rights and peacebuilding, a study analyzing the state of conflicts and peacebuilding around the world in 2023. Among its conclu.....»»
New study simulates gravitational waves from failing warp drive
Imagine a spaceship driven not by engines, but by compressing the spacetime in front of it. That's the realm of science fiction, right? Well, not entirely. Physicists have been exploring the theoretical possibility of "warp drives" for decades, and a.....»»
New data-driven map reveals extensive peatlands in Amazon Basin
A consortium of researchers led by the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and Charles University, Prague have developed a new data-driven map which predicts substantially more peatland area in the Amazon basin than previously estimated. The high-res.....»»
Whitepaper: DevSecOps Blueprint
In the DevSecOps Blueprint whitepaper, GitGuardian outlines a robust foundation for building an automated and technology-driven DevSecOps Program that addresses every aspect of the SDLC. Learn how your organization can embed security at every layer:.....»»