Will Armed EPA Agents Come To Take Your Car Next?
Will Armed EPA Agents Come To Take Your Car Next?.....»»
China seizes two tonnes of smuggled pangolin scales
Customs agents in southwest China have seized 2.2 tonnes of pangolin scales and busted an endangered wildlife smuggling gang, state media reported......»»
Graphene for the protection of paintings: paving the way for novel methods in art preservation and restoration
The exposure of colors used in artworks to ultraviolet (UV) and visible light in the presence of oxidizing agents triggers color degradation, fading and yellowing. These degradation mechanisms can lead to irreversible alteration of artworks. Protect.....»»
Real estate tech startup Side raises $50M more at a $2.5B valuation as it preps for an IPO
Side, a real estate technology company that works to turn agents and independent brokerages into boutique brands and businesses, has raised “$50 million-plus” in a funding round that more than doubles its valuation to $2.5 billion. The latest fin.....»»
Microsoft Says New Breach Discovered In Probe of Suspected SolarWinds Hackers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Microsoft said on Friday an attacker had won access to one of its customer-service agents and then used information from that to launch hacking attempts against customers. The company said it had foun.....»»
A CCTV Company Is Paying Remote Workers In India To Yell At Armed Robbers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: In a short CCTV video, a clerk at a small convenience store can be seen taking a bottle of coffee from a cooler and drinking it. When he returns to the cash register, an unseen person's voice emit.....»»
Maker Spotlight: Ben Davidson
Name Ben Davidson Where are you located? Plymouth, WI What is your day job? Mechanical engineer www.Grabot.Tech What kinds of stuff do you make? I make two armed robots, that can be simply controlled with RC. How did yo.....»»
Oil spill drifts away from Corsica coast
Fears two oil slicks would pollute eastern Corsica's holiday beaches eased Saturday after French officials prepared for the worst and naval boats armed with clean-up equipment arrived off the Mediterranean island......»»
A new culprit in antibacterial resistance: Cysteine persulfide
Scientists have developed a new, highly sensitive analytical method that can detect degraded beta-lactam antibacterial agents used in the treatment of bacterial infections. With this method, researchers found that reactive sulfur species produced by.....»»
America"s FBI Withdraws Demand for IP Addresses of Readers of a Newspaper"s Story During a 35-Minute Window
UPDATE: America's Federal Bureau of Investigation has now "withdrawn a subpoena demanding records from USA TODAY that would identify readers of a February story about a southern Florida shootout that killed two agents and wounded three others," the n.....»»
FBI Demands IP Addresses for Readers of a Newspaper"s Story During a 35-Minute Window
The newspaper USA Today reports that it's "fighting a subpoena from the FBI demanding records that would identify readers of a February story" about a Southern Florida shooting that killed two of the investigative agency's agents and wounded three ot.....»»
Promising biological control agents detected faster with new method
Daily kill rates of predatory insect species and parasitoid species appear to be a useful criterion for determining which natural enemies are most effective in biological control of insect pests. That's the conclusion of a global research team led by.....»»
"Nothing looks good" preparing for summer wildfire season
Wearing soot-smudged, fire-resistant clothing and helmets, several wildland firefighters armed with hoes moved through a stand of ponderosa pines as flames tore through the underbrush......»»
How Contact Center Agents Benefit From In-the-Moment Guidance
Using Real-Time Interaction Guidance for improved customer experiences, customer satisfaction and employee satisfaction. Continue reading........»»
Sony is training "AI Agents" to play games with and against gamers
Sony has confirmed it is using patented artificial intelligence-based technology to make game experiences richer and more enjoyable on the PlayStation......»»
factory14 raises $200M to jump into the Amazon marketplace roll-up race
It doesn’t feel like a week goes by at the moment that another startup doesn’t emerge armed with a huge wallet of cash to pursue a strategy of consolidating and then scaling promising brands that have built a business selling on marketpla.....»»
Factory14 raises $200M to jump into the Amazon marketplace roll-up race
It doesn’t feel like a week goes by at the moment that another startup doesn’t emerge armed with a huge wallet of cash to pursue a strategy of consolidating and then scaling promising brands that have built a business selling on marketpla.....»»
In slow motion against antibiotic resistance
There are currently only a few synthetic agents that bind to and block the widespread membrane transport proteins, ATP-binding cassette transporters (ABC). Scientists at Goethe University and the University of Tokyo identified four of these macrocycl.....»»
Cell cytoskeleton as target for new active agents
Through a unique combination of computer simulations and laboratory experiments, researchers have discovered new binding sites for active agents - against cancer, for example - on a vital protein of the cell cytoskeleton. Eleven of the sites hadn't b.....»»
Cell cytoskeleton as target for new active agents
Through a unique combination of computer simulations and laboratory experiments, researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have discovered new binding sites for active agents—against cancer, for example—on a vital protein of the cell cytos.....»»
Apple’s new 12.9-inch iPad Pro has mini-LED backlighting. Here’s what that means
The new 12.9-inch Apple iPad Pro gets a new display armed with mini-LED backlight technology. Here's what that means and what it will bring to the new tablet......»»