Monthly Archives: Febbraio 2018
Wire bank transfer – malware phishing scam hits SWIFT banking system
Hackers are becoming persistent in phishing scams against banking and cryptocurrency exchanges since they are lucrative targets.
In the last couple of years, hackers have tricked several...
Hackers Compromise Tesla Cloud Server to Mine Cryptocurrency
It is 2018 and the easiest way to make quick money at someones else’s expense is mining cryptocurrency.
This time, however, researchers have found two...
Reportage : Active satellites orbiting the Earth as of 2017
There are approximately 1,500 active satellites currently orbiting the Earth. Modern society is heavily dependent on satellite technology, which is used for television and...
Israeli researchers grow mini-brain in a test tube
Weizmann Institute's study of brain wrinkling opens way for future research into disorders such as microcephaly, epilepsy and schizophrenia
https://youtu.be/A6ugi8K2a7c
An Israeli research team has discovered...
Hackers Exploite Tegra Chipset Flaw to Run Linux OS on Nintendo Switch
The exploit is unpatched putting Nintendo Switch devices at risk.
Usually, hackers compromise a gaming console to be able to play pirated versions or cracked...
Brain Aging May Begin Earlier Than Expected
Physicists have devised a new method of investigating brain function, opening a new frontier in the diagnoses of neurodegenerative and ageing related diseases.
This new...
Therapeutic antibodies protected nerve–muscle connections in a mouse model of Lou Gehrig’s disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, causes lethal respiratory paralysis within several years of diagnosis. There are no effective treatments...
New microfluidic devices help athletes and enhance physical rehab
Northwestern University professor John A. Rogers is collaborating with a broad collection of partners including Gatorade, the Seattle Mariners, the U.S. Air Force and...
Japanese researchers develop ultrathin, highly elastic skin display
A new ultrathin elastic display that fits snugly on the skin can show the moving waveform of an electrocardiogram recorded by a breathable, on-skin...
MeltdownPrime and SpectrePrime: Researchers nail exploits
Research from authors with affiliations that include Princeton and NVIDIA has drawn interest with their paper, "MeltdownPrime and SpectrePrime:
Automatically-Synthesized Attacks Exploiting Invalidation-Based Coherence Protocols,"...
Student research team accelerates snow melt with ‘Melt Mat’
Snow storms often leave behind reminders of their presence for days - sometimes weeks - after warmer and sunnier weather returns.
Snowbanks, often created by...
Sensor tech for commercial lithium-ion batteries finds they can be charged five times faster
Researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick have developed a new direct, precise test of Lithium-ion batteries' internal temperatures and their electrodes potentials...
Penn drones navigate on their own, could save people from peril
The flying robots called drones were used in a dramatic light show for the Olympics opening ceremonies in South Korea, executing elaborate routines that...
Arm’s Project Trillium announcement looks at processors for AI
Arm on Tuesday announced its new direction in "the industry's most scalable, versatile ML compute platform."
They are talking up their new platform called Project...
New chip reduces neural networks’ power consumption by up to 95 percent
Most recent advances in artificial-intelligence systems such as speech- or face-recognition programs have come courtesy of neural networks, densely interconnected meshes of simple information...
