Hackers Hijack npm Packages With 2 Billion Weekly Downloads in Supply Chain Attack Summary Attackers phished an npm package maintainer, took over their account and injected malware into multiple npm…
Can a bold ‘social contract’ make data sharing more palatable? Summary The authors — African bioethics and data-science researchers — argue that a combination of historical exploitation, power imbalances, poor…
All IT Work To Involve AI By 2030, Says Gartner Summary Analyst firm Gartner says that by 2030 every piece of work in IT departments will involve AI in some…
Rainer Weiss obituary: Nobel laureate who pioneered the technique that detected gravitational waves Summary Rainer “Rai” Weiss, a German–American physicist, showed in 1972 that laser interferometers could, in principle, detect…
Jaguar Land Rover Extends Shutdown After Cyber Attack Summary Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has extended the closure of several UK and international factories after a cyber attack forced the company…
Research misconduct: how the scientific community is fighting back Summary Episode two of the Nature podcast Self Correction examines research misconduct: why it happens, how hard it is to measure,…
Nova Launcher’s Founder and Sole Developer Has Left Summary Kevin Barry, the founder and sole developer of Nova Launcher, has left parent company Branch Metrics after reportedly being told to…
The surprising ways bridges resist collapse Summary Researchers tested a scale model of a steel truss bridge to destruction and identified six latent resistance mechanisms that can keep such bridges…
All 54 Lost Clickwheel iPod Games Have Been Preserved For Posterity Summary Classic iPod fans have completed a community-driven preservation project that makes all 54 official iPod clickwheel games available…
My blue is your blue: different people’s brains process colours in the same way Summary Neuroscientists used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and a simple machine-learning classifier to show that…
