Get a fold-up phone charging stand for $13 or a handy USB-C-to-Lightning cable for $10. …read more Source:: CNet
Lazarus Group Shifts Gears with Custom Ransomware
The North Korea-linked APT group has developed its own ransomware strain to better conduct financial theft, researchers report. …read more Source:: DarkReading
Next Batman animated movie is an interactive film where you can kill Robin – CNET
Batman gets a Black Mirror: Bandersnatch twist. …read more Source:: CNet
‘I think the police are here…’ Feds reveal Skype, text chats of Canadian trio charged with $8m crypto-coin fraud
Boyfriend-girlfriend and housemate indicted in US on PlexCoin rap Two Canadian lovers and their housemate have been charged with fraud after allegedly netting $8m by selling a made-up cryptocurrency called PlexCoin to victims.… …read more Source:: TheRegister
Iter: World’s Largest Nuclear Fusion Project Begins Assembly
Thelasko writes: The world’s biggest nuclear fusion project has entered its five-year assembly phase. After this is finished, the facility will be able to start generating the super-hot “plasma” required for fusion power. The $23.5 billion facility has been under construction in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, southern France. Advocates say fusion could be a source of clean, unlimited…
Are We in an AI Overhang?
Andy Jones, a London-based machine learning researcher, writes: An overhang is when you have had the ability to build transformative AI for quite some time, but you haven’t because no-one’s realised it’s possible. Then someone does and surprise! It’s a lot more capable than everyone expected. I am worried we’re in an overhang right now….
Google Stadia experiments with gaming over 4G and 5G – CNET
You’ll more easily be able to play games on the go with Stadia’s experimental new feature. …read more Source:: CNet
Lawmakers want privacy protections included in coronavirus stimulus package – CNET
The bill would make it easier to trust contact tracing apps, a group of senators said. …read more Source:: CNet
Fastest US Supercomputer Enlisted in Fight Against Coronavirus
The fastest supercomputer in the U.S. is being put to work in the search for a vaccine to prevent the coronavirus and treat those infected by it. From a report: The Summit, housed in the U.S. Energy Department’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, is capable of 200,000 trillion calculations per second. It is being…
ESP32 Turned Open Source COVID-19 Contact Tracer
Over the past few months we’ve heard a lot about contact tracers which are designed to inform users if they’ve potentially come into close proximity with someone who has the virus. Generally these systems have been based on smartphone applications, but there are also hardware solutions that can operate independently for those who are unable…
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