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Prinker S Personalized Tattoo Device prints any design directly on your skin
The Gadget Flow - 26 May 2020 15:00
If you’re looking for a way to add some artwork to your body--temporarily-- look no further. The Prinker S Personalized Tattoo Device lets you choose from basically any design and prints it right on your skin. In fact,...
Next-gen laser facilities look to usher in new era of relativistic plasmas research
EurekAlert! - 26 May 2020 08:00
(American Institute of Physics) Chirped pulse amplification increases the strength of laser pulses in many of today's highest-powered research lasers, and as next-generation laser facilities look to push beam power, phys...
A nice day for a quantum walk
Phys.org - 26 May 2020 20:52
Researchers at the Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology at Osaka University used trapped ions to demonstrate the spreading of vibrational quanta as part of a quantum random walk. This work relies on their e...
Thai mobile operator database exposed 8 billion Internet records
Slash Gear - 26 May 2020 07:46
We implicitly trust our ISPs and carriers, often without a second thought that all our Internet-related activity passes through them. After all, they are bound by laws to ensure their customers’ safety and privacy thou...
Increased usability and precision in vascular imaging
Science Daily - 26 May 2020 21:15
Researchers have developed a new X-ray contrast agent. The contrast agent is easier to use and distributes into all blood vessels more reliably, increasing the precision of vascular imaging. This reduces the number of an...
This Was the Front Page of the Sunday Edition of the New York Times
Twisted Sifter - 26 May 2020 05:44
It marked a first in the publication's modern era
Twitter adds a warning label fact-checking Trump's false voting claims
TechCrunch - 27 May 2020 01:46
On the heels of a furor over his tweets accusing MSNBC host Joe Scarborough of murder, Twitter has quietly begun to fact-check the president. A new label prompting Twitter users to “Get the facts about mail-in ballots�...
The detective aboard NASA's Perseverance rover
Phys.org - 26 May 2020 22:18
Mars is a long way from 221B Baker Street, but one of fiction's best-known detectives will be represented on the Red Planet after NASA's Perseverance rover touches down on Feb. 18, 2021. SHERLOC, an instrument on the end...
Chirality-assisted lateral momentum transfer for bidirectional enantioselective separation
Phys.org - 26 May 2020 21:18
Light carrying photon momentum can push and pull microparticles through momentum exchange. This momentum exchange process generates optical forces, which either attracts (conventional optical tweezers), pushes (radiation...
Long hospital stays, high rates of ICU admission for US COVID-19 patients
EurekAlert! - 26 May 2020 08:00
(University of California - Berkeley) Hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the U.S. are enduring longer hospital stays and facing higher rates of intensive care unit (ICU) admission than patients in China, finds a new study...
Top UN Official Warns Malicious Emails on Rise in Pandemic
SecurityWeek - 26 May 2020 07:44
The U.N. disarmament chief warned Friday that cyber crime is on the rise, with a 600% increase in malicious emails during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Samsung's new security chip wants to make phones more secure, locked down
Slash Gear - 26 May 2020 07:25
As smartphones become more critical to people’s lives, they have also become more tempting in the eyes of hackers and criminals. Storing not just our personal information but also payment options, the need to protect s...
Massive study reveals most common coronavirus symptoms and four main risk factors
BGR - 26 May 2020 06:15
A new study from The BMJ highlights the most common coronavirus symptoms, with a cough and a fever being the top two. The study also found that there are four main risk factors that make coronavirus victims more likely t...
We should be learning about the PS5 and its launch games very soon
Android Central - 26 May 2020 22:19
With E3 out of the picture, Sony looks to do its own thing. There's been a rumored PlayStation 5 reveal event set to take place every month this year, and while nothing has materialized yet, that is set to change. Accord...
Facebook wallet for Libra digital coins renamed 'Novi'
Phys.org - 26 May 2020 21:40
Facebook's virtual wallet for yet-to-be-minted Libra digital coins was renamed "Novi" on Tuesday.
Silent Night: A New Malware-as-a-Service Banking Trojan Analyzed
SecurityWeek - 26 May 2020 20:10
Silent Night is a new sophisticated and heavily obfuscated Zloader/Zbot, ZeuS-derived banking trojan.
Over 40% of Republicans wrongly believe conspiracy theory about Bill Gates and COVID-19 vaccines - CNET
CNET - 26 May 2020 19:47
A survey finds a false conspiracy theory about vaccines implanting tracking microchips is popular among Fox News viewers, Republicans and Trump voters.
Unmanned drones to slash NHS delivery times to one-fifth of road 'n' rail transport
The Register - 26 May 2020 18:41
Scottish trial will courier PPE and COVID-19 tests to remote hospital Remote-control drones are to be used to deliver coronavirus testing kits to a remote Scottish hospital - and they're being flown outside of the operat...
New Android Flaw Affecting Over 1 Billion Phones Let Attackers Hijack Apps
The Hacker News - 26 May 2020 18:40
Remember Strandhogg? A security vulnerability affecting Android that malicious apps can exploit to masquerade as any other app installed on a targeted device to display fake interfaces to the users, tricking them into gi...
Qatar tracing app flaw exposed 1 mn users' data: Amnesty
Phys.org - 26 May 2020 18:39
A security flaw in Qatar's controversial mandatory coronavirus contact tracing app exposed sensitive information of more than one million users, rights group Amnesty International warned Tuesday.
Google's Voice Match will now help secure payments made with Assistant
Android Central - 26 May 2020 18:32
Voice Match will make your Assistant guided purchases more secure. What you need to know Google Assistant will now work with Voice Match to authenticate your orders. The feature is currently being tested. Voice Match aut...
Apple fixes bug that stopped iOS apps from opening
TechCrunch - 26 May 2020 18:29
Apple has now resolved the bug that was plaguing iPhone and iPad apps over the weekend, causing some apps to not launch at all. The issue was related to a bug with Apple’s Family Sharing system, it appears, as users re...