At the “Oscars of Science,” attendees ranged from Mark Zuckerberg to Marissa Mayer, and from Rachel McAdams to Orlando Bloom. …read more Source:: CNet

Google wants NASA to help it prove quantum supremacy within a matter of months, MIT Technology Review reported Monday, citing the Space Act Agreement. From the report: Quantum supremacy is the idea, so far undemonstrated, that a sufficiently powerful quantum computer will be able to complete certain mathematical calculations that classical supercomputers cannot. Proving it…

A buffer overflow bug could silence online stations. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Security experts frantically facepalming at stupid design Fundamental flaws in the encryption system used by popular solid-state drives (SSDs) can be exploited by miscreants to easily decrypt data, once they’ve got their hands on the equipment.… …read more Source:: Register

As hackers, our goal is to reuse something in a way in which it was not intended and [Rulof Maker] is a master at this. From his idyllic seaside location in Italy, he frequently comes up with brilliant underwater hacks made of, well, junk. This time he’s come up with a wind-powered pump to move…

Social network says the ad violated its rules against “sensational content.” …read more Source:: CNet

Don’t judge a Mars mission by its landscape. …read more Source:: CNet

Good dog. …read more Source:: CNet

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Social network says ad violated its rules against “sensational content.” …read more Source:: CNet