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Jun 20, 2023

How to Stay Cool Without Air-Conditioning

Posted by in category: futurism

Tell summer to go to … Well, at least keep from overheating indoors—or outdoors—with the right tips and gear.

Jun 20, 2023

6 harmful ways ChatGPT can be used by bad actors, according to a new study

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

For all of the good things you can do with OpenAI’s new chatbot, you also need to be aware of the ways it could be used by people with malicious intent.

Jun 20, 2023

SaaS in the Real World: How Global Food Chains Can Secure Their Digital Dish

Posted by in category: futurism

Protecting your QSR against SaaS threats requires a comprehensive approach. Learn how an SSPM can help manage data separation, detect misconfiguration.

Jun 20, 2023

Lucky accident shows how immune system can beat MRSA without antibiotics

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Researchers have accidentally found that blocking caspase enzymes can make mouse immune responses more robust.

Jun 20, 2023

Lego Poised to Enter The Quantum Computer Market

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

Disregarding an ever-increasing number of modalities and approaches and indifferent to the intense competition from savvy startups and techno giants, Lego could enter the race to build a quantum computer.

Well, at least one Lego fan designer is readying the Denmark-based toy company for the quantum era.

In a product suggestion, a Lego user pitched creating IBM Quantum Computer System in Lego Ideas, a site that allows users to submit suggestions for future logo sets.

Jun 20, 2023

New Nano-Tattoos Don’t Need Batteries or Wires

Posted by in category: nanotechnology

While it has biosensor potential, the ink could be sprayed on almost anything.

Jun 20, 2023

Astronauts that hibernate on long spaceflights are not just for sci-fi. We could test it in 10 years

Posted by in category: space travel

“Of course, we need to finetune everything before we can apply it to humans. But I would say that 10 years is a realistic timeline,” Ngo-Anh said.

This fine-tuning is already underway. First studies have shown that it’s possible to induce torpor in otherwise non-hibernating animals, such as rats, and bring them safely back to life a few days later. The process of triggering hibernation is rather intricate and involves reduced exposure to daylight and a period of intense feeding followed by a strict fast.

Jun 20, 2023

How to apply for your share of Facebook’s $725 million settlement in privacy suit

Posted by in category: futurism

Facebook users have until August to claim their share of a $725 million class-action settlement of a lawsuit alleging privacy violations by the social media company, a new website reveals.

The lawsuit was prompted in 2018 after Facebook disclosed that the information of 87 million users was improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica.

People who had an active U.S. Facebook account between May 2007 and December 2022 have until Aug. 25 to enter a claim. Individual settlement payments haven’t yet been established because payouts depend on how many users submit claims and how long each user maintained a Facebook account.

Jun 20, 2023

Tiny area of brain may be ‘engine of consciousness’, scientists suggest

Posted by in category: neuroscience

A recent study on monkeys found that stimulating a certain part of the forebrain wakes monkeys from anesthesia.

Jun 20, 2023

Moore’s law: further progress will push hard on the boundaries of physics and economics

Posted by in categories: computing, economics, physics

Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel who died earlier this year, is famous for forecasting a continuous rise in the density of transistors that we can pack onto semiconductor chips. James McKenzie looks at how “Moore’s law” is still going strong after almost six decades, but warns that further progress is becoming harder and ever more expensive to sustain.