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Hackers demanding bitcoin payments for code held hostage from GitHub and GitLab
Digital Trends - 6 May 2019 03:42
Hackers extracted all the source code from certain GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket repositories, leaving behind a ransom note demanding bitcoin. It remains unclear how the hackers were able to access the accounts. The post...
Star Wars News: George Lucas Worked on the 'Rise of Skywalker' Story
Wired - 6 May 2019 15:00
J.J. Abrams and his team met with Lucas while working on the film.
Popular Online Tutoring Marketplace 'Wyzant' Suffers Data Breach
The Hacker News - 6 May 2019 21:37
Wyzant--an online marketplace that makes it easy for parents and students to connect with private tutors, in-person and online, in over 250 different subjects--has suffered a data breach exposing "certain personal identi...
Pigment-producing stem cells can regenerate vital part of nervous system
Science Daily - 6 May 2019 19:29
Neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS) affect millions of people worldwide and occur when parts of the nervous system lose function over time. Researchers have discovered that a type of skin-related stem...
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Mashable - 6 May 2019 18:11A Novel Technique That Uses Quantum Light to Measure Temperature at the Nanoscale
Medical Design Technology - 6 May 2019 17:15
News Being able to measure, and monitor, temperatures and temperature changes at miniscule scales--inside a cell or in micro and nano-electronic components--has the potential to impact many areas of research... Contribut...
Scanning Device Identifiers in the Operating Room
Medical Design Technology - 6 May 2019 16:00
Article Surgical workflow is demanding. Precision is critical in every process - from the surgeon's technique to the movements of OR staff in confined space, to availability and handling of instruments. There is a lot go...
Hundreds of Git Repositories Held for Ransom
SecurityWeek - 6 May 2019 10:20
Cybercriminals have been wiping GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket repositories and asking their owners to pay a ransom to recover the data. The impacted Git service providers believe the attackers have used compromised creden...
Microsoft unleashes Xbox One X consoles inspired by Godzilla and friends
Digital Trends - 6 May 2019 04:35
Microsoft created four exclusive Xbox One X consoles with designs based on Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah. No purchases are necessary to join the raffle for the consoles, while you await Godzilla's return to ...
Firefox broke add-ons because it let a security certificate expire
Slash Gear - 6 May 2019 03:44
What should have probably been an uneventful weekend, or a weekend spent watching Avengers: Endgame, turned out to be a mini-nightmare for the folks at Mozilla. The developers of the Firefox web browser spent the past tw...
Snake fights to escape alligator's jaw, photographs show: 'It was a hard fought battle'
Fox News - 6 May 2019 23:49
One snake's unsuccessful attempt to escape being an alligator's lunch was photographed in Florida on Saturday.
Researchers Develop Better Way to Determine Coastal Flooding Risk
Medical Design Technology - 6 May 2019 23:47
News Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new methodology for building computer models that paves the way to better understanding the flood risks faced by coastal communities... Contributed Author: ORE...
A Scary Scenario: Killer Asteroid Flattens New York In Simulation Exercise
Medical Design Technology - 6 May 2019 23:07
Blog Scientists have been simulating the effects of asteroids striking major cities worldwide. The latest simulaton has the asteroid causing catastrophic damage to New York City... Topics: MIL/AERO
Citizen scientists set new record for accelerating Alzheimer's research
Discover - 6 May 2019 22:26
A team of researchers at the Human Computation Institute and Cornell University seek to understand what causes a 30% reduction of blood flow to the brain in Alzheimer's patients. Preliminary findings from the Schaffer-Ni...
New molecule maps cerebrovascular system
Science Daily - 6 May 2019 22:07
A peptide is capable of binding to the blood-brain barrier that protects the central nervous system and could help create novel imaging tests to diagnose Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
External reference drug pricing could save medicare tens of billions
Science Daily - 6 May 2019 22:07
A new study found that prices for brand-name prescription drugs averaged 3.2 to 4.1 times higher in the US when compared with prices in the United Kingdom, Japan and the Canadian province of Ontario. The study also found...
How Atmospheric Sounding Transformed Weather Prediction
Medical Design Technology - 6 May 2019 21:45
News In the late 1950s, a scientist named Lewis Kaplan divined a new and groundbreaking way to calculate temperature in the atmosphere for weather forecasting: by measuring the vibration of molecules at different... Cont...
Bacteria-causing infections can be detected more rapidly
Science Daily - 6 May 2019 21:01
Chemists have developed a fluorescent probe, BacGo that can detect Gram-positive bacteria precisely and promptly. The research team used bacterial sludge from wastewater for the demonstration experiment. They successfull...
AI can detect depression in a child's speech
Science Daily - 6 May 2019 21:01
A machine learning algorithm can detect signs of anxiety and depression in the speech patterns of young children, potentially providing a fast and easy way of diagnosing conditions that are difficult to spot and often ov...
Huntington drug successfully lowers levels of disease-causing protein, study shows
Science Daily - 6 May 2019 21:01
An international clinical trial has found that a new drug for Huntington disease is safe, and that treatment with the drug successfully lowers levels of the abnormal protein that causes the debilitating disease in patien...
AT&T: FirstNet Connections Surpass 600K, Band 14 Covers Over Half of Nationwide Targets
Medical Design Technology - 6 May 2019 20:43
News AT&T on Monday publicized FirstNet progress, saying the dedicated first responder network now has more than 600,000 device connections and Band 14 rollouts are tracking ahead of schedule. Staff Author: Bevin Fletche...
Sinclair to Buy Fox RSNs for $9.8B, ACA Raises Objections
Medical Design Technology - 6 May 2019 20:39
News Sinclair Broadcast Group has struck a deal with Walt Disney to acquire 21 Fox regional sports networks (RSNs) for $9.6 billion. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Mergers and Acquisitions