Faizdog writes (edited for clarity): The BBC has a fascinating story about the struggle we are facing today as we work on finding ways to warn future generations about nuclear waste dumps. How does language or knowledge survive over 300,000 years? Even today, only about 6% of the world’s population recognizes the nuclear danger symbol,…

Capital One Financial Corp will pay an $80 million penalty to a U.S. bank regulator after the bank suffered a massive data breach one year ago. From a report: The fine, announced Thursday by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, punishes the bank for failing to adequately identify and manage risk as it…

Attackers that can compromise enough products such as smart ACs and heaters can tweak power demand in subtle ways for financial gain or to hurt market players, researchers at Black Hat say. …read more Source:: DarkReading

For most of us, electronic technology comes in the form of solid state devices. Transistors, integrated circuits, microcontrollers. But for the first sixty years or so of the field existing, these devices either hadn’t been invented yet or were at too early a stage in their development to be either cost-effective, or of much use….

NASA is ditching some of the unofficial names given to galaxies and nebulae as it works to be more inclusive. …read more Source:: CNet

The US Department of State announced today rewards of up to $10 million for any information leading to the identification of any person who works with or for a foreign government for the purpose of interfering with US elections through “illegal cyber activities.” From a report: This includes attacks against US election officials, US election…

Security researchers find 34 additional vendors, and 47 devices, affected by the widespread Ripple20 vulnerabilities. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Commentary: The new Galaxy Note 20 Ultra has the most ridiculous specs and features list of any phone currently available, and as an iPhone user, I’m jealous. …read more Source:: CNet

Weird-bundle alert! …read more Source:: CNet

The phones are less than a year old, but they’re no longer available for purchase in the Google Store. …read more Source:: CNet