Everything within reach on oversized phones Samsung has embarked on a tasteful overhaul of how its phones look and work.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Built from the bottom up, synthetic cells and other creations are starting to come together and could soon test the boundaries of life. From a report: Researchers have been trying to create artificial cells for more than 20 years — piecing together biomolecules in just the right context to approximate different aspects of life. Although…

By teaming up to address key technical and organizational issues, information and operational security teams can improve the resiliency and safety of their infrastructure systems. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Oh, and IETF standards got sloshed this week Cisco admins, you thought your week was over, right? Sorry: if you have kit that runs Adaptive Security Appliance software or the Firepower Extensible Operating System, there’s one more item on the task list: updating your certificate.… …read more Source:: Register

YouTube wants to recommend things people will like, and the clearest signal of that is whether other people liked them. From a report: Pew found that 64 percent of recommendations went to videos with more than a million views. The 50 videos that YouTube recommended most often had been viewed an average of 456 million…

The Russian space program experienced its first serious incident on a manned mission in 35 years when Soyuz MS-10 failed during ascent on October 11th, 2018. The abort system worked as designed, and crew members Aleksey Ovchinin and Nick Hague landed safely approximately 430 km from the launch site in Baikonur. Beyond being put through…

Physicians call for increased use of tech for outpatients in England The pressures the NHS in England and Wales is under, with creaking IT systems that aren’t fit for purpose but which are facing the increasing tightening of purse-strings, have been laid bare in two reports.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

A number of readers have shared this report: Tens of thousands of people fled a fast-moving wildfire Thursday in Northern California, some clutching babies and pets as they abandoned vehicles and struck out on foot ahead of the flames that forced the evacuation of an entire town and destroyed hundreds of structures. “Pretty much the…

That’s the best savings you’ll find anywhere on these memory-foam beds, which come with an unmatched 365-day trial period. …read more Source:: CNet

To elevate this device beyond gimmick territory, Samsung will need to find some killer apps. …read more Source:: CNet