New NIST Method Precisely Measures Radioactivity in Tiny Samples Summary NIST researchers have demonstrated cryogenic decay energy spectrometry (DES) using transition-edge sensors (TES) to detect and measure radioactivity from extremely…
NIST and Partners Use Quantum Mechanics to Make a Factory for Random Numbers Summary Author take (punchy): This isn’t just another RNG. NIST and collaborators have turned a foundational quantum…
NIST Ion Clock Sets New Record for Most Accurate Clock in the World Summary Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have upgraded their trapped aluminium-ion optical…
New Technique for Measuring DNA Damage Could Improve Cancer Therapy and Radiological Emergency Response Summary NIST researchers have developed a nanopore-based method that detects radiation-induced DNA damage quickly and with…
In Quantum Sensing, What Beats Beating Noise? Meeting Noise Halfway Summary A NIST-led theory paper in Physical Review Letters describes a practical way to make entangled quantum sensors more robust…
Prosper Data Breach Impacts 17.6 Million Accounts Article Meta Article Date: 2025-10-17 Article URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/17/2322217/prosper-data-breach-impacts-176-million-accounts Article Image: https://a.fsdn.com/sd/topics/privacy_64.png Summary Hackers have breached Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace, and stolen personal…
Auction house Sotheby’s finds its data on the block after cyberattack Author note Punchy: A high-profile auction house has had sensitive data stolen — this isn’t just an IT headache,…
Chinese cyberspies snoop on Russian IT biz in rare east-on-east attack Summary Broadcom-owned Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team has identified a Chinese APT group known as “Jewelbug” (also tracked as REF7707…
Microsoft kills 9.9-rated ASP.NET Core bug – ‘our highest ever’ score Summary Microsoft has patched a critical vulnerability in ASP.NET Core’s built-in Kestrel web server that received a CVSS score…
Windows 11 update breaks localhost, prompting mass uninstall workaround Summary Microsoft’s October 2025 cumulative update (notably KB5066835, build 26100.6899) caused localhost connections to fail on many Windows 11 machines by…
