September 2024

Scientists demonstrate X-rays as a way to zap asteroids out of Earth’s path 2024-09-24 at 11:46 By Lindsay Clark Lab-based proof-of-concept shows how radiation creates explosive plumes to deflect menacing space rocks US scientists have demonstrated that potentially dangerous asteroids destined for Earth could be deflected from their trajectory using X-rays.… This article is an

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Telegram Agrees to Share User Data With Authorities for Criminal Investigations 2024-09-24 at 11:01 By In a major policy reversal, the popular messaging app Telegram has announced it will give users’ IP addresses and phone numbers to authorities in response to valid legal requests in an attempt to rein in criminal activity on the platform.

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Cloudflare tightens screws on site-gobbling AI bots 2024-09-24 at 10:31 By Thomas Claburn When robots.txt just ain’t cutting the mustard Cloudflare on Monday expanded its defense against the dark arts of AI web scrapers by providing customers with a bit more visibility into, and control over, unwelcome content raids.… This article is an excerpt from

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Look! About chest high! Is it a pallet? Is it a drone? No, it’s a Palletrone 2024-09-24 at 09:46 By Thomas Claburn And it’s here to carry your not-very-heavy stuff Researchers from South Korea suggest their Palletrone flying platform may someday be useful for light hauling scenarios.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Xen to RISC-V port progresses with foundational efforts 2024-09-24 at 08:46 By Simon Sharwood But work on big ticket items needed to make the combo a contender is yet to commence The effort to bring the Xen hypervisor to the RISC-V instruction set architecture has advanced – a little – but big jobs that would

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Vietnam finds a formula – C = SET + 1 – to grow its semiconductor industry to $100bn 2024-09-24 at 07:46 By Laura Dobberstein It only adds up to being as big as Nvidia today, in 2050 The Vietnamese government claims to have found a magical mathematical formula that will elevate its semiconductor industry to

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Revolutionizing public safety and criminal justice through AI 2024-09-24 at 07:16 By Artificial Intelligence is rapidly transforming public safety, criminal justice and security by fundamentally changing how crimes are committed, investigated and prevented.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Some US Kaspersky customers find their security software replaced by ‘UltraAV’ 2024-09-24 at 04:16 By Iain Thomson Back story to replacement for banned security app isn’t enormously reassuring Some US-based users of Kaspersky antivirus products have found their software replaced by product from by a low-profile entity named “UltraAV” – a change they didn’t ask

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Telegram will now hand over IP addresses, phone numbers of suspects to cops 2024-09-24 at 01:16 By Iain Thomson Maybe a spell in a French cell changed Durov’s mind In a volte-face, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced that the made-in-Russia messaging platform will become a lot less cozy for criminals.… This article is an excerpt

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‘Cybersecurity issue’ takes MoneyGram offline for three days – and counting 2024-09-24 at 00:46 By Jessica Lyons Still no ‘R’ word, but smells like ransomware from here A “cybersecurity issue” has shut down MoneyGram’s systems and payment services since Friday, and the fintech leader has yet to update customers as to when it expects to

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Necro malware continues to haunt side-loaders of dodgy Android mods 2024-09-24 at 00:46 By Connor Jones 11M devices exposed to trojan, Kaspersky says The Necro trojan is once again making a move against Android users, with up to eleven million individuals thought to be exposed to infected apps.… This article is an excerpt from The

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