An anonymous reader writes “In the process of standardizing the SHA-3 competition winning algorithm Keccak, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may have lowered the bar for attacks, which might be useful for or even initiated by NSA. ‘NIST is proposing a huge reduction in the internal strength of Keccak below what went…

Major Gav looks back to a time when a 16V hot hatch made his 17-year-old self weak at the knees…….

An anonymous reader writes “A group of Montreal MBA students took home this year’s million-dollar Hult Prize, winning a competition for socially innovative business ideas that calls itself ‘one of the planet’s leading forces for good.’ But now the ethics of the winners and the prize committee are being called into question. McGill PhD researcher…

In ‘Beautiful Lego,’ Mike Doyle has assembled a stunning collection of photos of art made using the famous toy bricks. CNET talked to Doyle about the project…….

CNET visits Citi Field to get a sneak peek at MLB.com’s location-based services powered by Apple’s iBeacon and Bluetooth LE…….

Dawn Kawamoto writes “IBM reached a settlement with the Justice Department over allegations it posted discriminatory online job openings, allegedly stating a preference for H-1B and foreign student visa holders for its software and apps developer positions. The job openings were for IT positions that would eventually require the applicant to relocate overseas. IBM agreed…

jrepin writes “Which day could be better suited for publishing a set of Hurd package releases than the GNU project’s 30th birthday? These new releases bundle bug fixes and enhancements done since the last releases more than a decade ago; really too many (both years and improvements) to list them individually, The GNU Hurd is…

Super slo-mo shots of super speedy shots……

Will actually start investigating annnnnyyyy day now……

Some mediums just don’t seem to suit Chipzilla……