California researchers aimed for a high-profile but secretive multimillion-dollar experiment involving saltwater spraying to dim sunlight across a vast area of 3,900 square miles. This project, backed by affluent philanthropists,…
Summary Huawei has unveiled its new CloudMatrix 384 AI computing system, showcasing impressive capabilities that challenge Nvidia’s top products. Debuting at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, this…
Postdocs get more equipment time when applications are anonymized In a recent study at an Australian facility, the anonymisation of applications for scientific equipment significantly increased the success rate for…
Summary The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has suffered a breach, with attackers gaining access to its unclassified Acquisition Research Center (ARC) website. Officials state no classified data was compromised; however,…
Google Will Help Scale ‘Long-Duration Energy Storage’ Solution for Clean Power Google has partnered with Energy Dome to support the scaling of their CO2 battery technology, which can store renewable…
Did a Vendor’s Leak Help Attackers Exploit Microsoft’s SharePoint Servers? The article discusses concerns from the head of threat awareness at Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative regarding a recent security…
Summary A Chinese mega-constellation of communications satellites, aiming to rival SpaceX’s Starlink, is encountering significant delays. Currently, only 90 satellites have been launched for the Qianfan network, well below the…
Summary The article discusses the impact of the AOHell tool, created by Koceilah Rekouche (aka Da Chronic), which was the first phishing tool developed in 1995. Rekouche, a high school…
Norway plans to become Europe’s carbon dumping ground, with liquefied CO2 transported to the North Sea for long-term storage. The government is covering the majority of project costs, with support…
The article discusses concerns raised by Aaron French about generative AI tools like ChatGPT potentially hindering critical thinking among users. It explores how reliance on AI for cognitive tasks might…
