Technology News
Hands-on with special edition Apple Watch Sport Loop Pride bands
9 to 5 Mac - 26 May 2022 21:36
Earlier this week, Apple revealed the latest additions to its annual collection of in-house Pride Watch bands. Delivering two new styles to your wearable, the bands are now available via Apple Stores and the first orders...
Paradise Burned to the Ground. Now It's Another Hot Housing Market
Motherboard - 26 May 2022 15:00
The California town was almost totally destroyed in a 2018 wildfire in which 85 people died. Now, as the rebuilding process continues, its housing prices are rising faster than anyone predicted.
Hackers Increasingly Using Browser Automation Frameworks for Malicious Activities
The Hacker News - 26 May 2022 12:49
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a free-to-use browser automation framework that's being increasingly used by threat actors as part of their attack campaigns. "The framework contains numerous features w...
SpaceX launches Transporter-5 dedicated smallsat rideshare mission
Space News - 26 May 2022 13:52
SpaceX launched several dozen payloads on its fifth dedicated rideshare mission May 25, illustrating the continued demand for such missions even as dedicated small launch vehicles emerge. The post SpaceX launches Transpo...
Tails OS Users Advised Not to Use Tor Browser Until Critical Firefox Bugs are Patched
The Hacker News - 26 May 2022 11:08
The maintainers of the Tails project have issued a warning that the Tor Browser that's bundled with the operating system is unsafe to use for accessing or entering sensitive information. "We recommend that you stop using...
Mysterious Ancient Eggs Traced to 'Demon Ducks of Doom' - CNET
CNET - 26 May 2022 01:09
Thanks to DNA sequencing, we now know that a prehistoric bird gang is responsible for decades of scientific debate.
Coronal mass ejections: What are they and how do they form?
SPACE.com - 26 May 2022 13:05
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are colossal expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the sun's corona. Explore CMEs in more detail here in our guide.
Harnessing the immune system to treat traumatic brain injury in mice
Science Daily - 26 May 2022 17:27
Researchers have designed a targeted therapeutic treatment that restricts brain inflammation. The effectiveness of this approach in improving outcomes was demonstrated following brain injury, stroke or multiple sclerosis...
Experts Warn of Rise in ChromeLoader Malware Hijacking Users' Browsers
The Hacker News - 26 May 2022 13:24
A malvertising threat is witnessing a new surge in activity since its emergence earlier this year. Dubbed ChromeLoader, the malware is a "pervasive and persistent browser hijacker that modifies its victims' browser setti...
These Leon speakers are brilliantly hidden and designed to work with Sonos
Pocket-lint - 26 May 2022 10:47
Leon is a manufacturer of design-led audio systems and its latest products ensure that your speakers can be hidden with style.The Ente SoundTiles look
Cockroach-eaten Apollo 11 moon dust goes up for auction
SPACE.com - 26 May 2022 20:35
For sale: One small sample of the moon brought back to Earth in 1969 by the Apollo 11 astronauts. Condition: Well-traveled and once digested.
The Google app's search suggestion UI gets a nifty redesign in new Android 13 beta
Android Central - 26 May 2022 11:59
Google appears to be testing a new look for the search suggestion list on the Google app in keeping with its Material You design.
Watch Boeing's Starliner capsule land at end of crucial test mission
Digital Trends - 26 May 2022 01:34
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has returned to Earth at the end of a crucial test mission, landing in New Mexico on Wednesday.
NASA Hopes Its Tissue Box-Sized Satellite Can Set a New Laser Speed Record
Gizmodo - 26 May 2022 17:02
A tiny gold-coated satellite lifted off from Earth on Wednesday with a rather large goal in mind for NASA: beam down data at the fastest rate ever achieved by space lasers.
iPhone 14 Pro: This might be our best look at Apple's unreleased smartphone
BGR - 26 May 2022 13:31
The iPhone 14 might be more than three months away, but the smartphone is not exactly a secret. We saw a variety of reports that detailed Apple's four 2022 handsets, including the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Max, iPhone 14 Pro,...
Critical Vulnerabilities Found in Open Automation Software Platform
SecurityWeek - 26 May 2022 13:09
Cisco's Talos research and threat intelligence unit revealed on Wednesday that one of its employees discovered several critical and high-severity vulnerabilities in the Open Automation Software Platform.
The Mystery of China's Sudden Warnings About US Hackers
Wired - 26 May 2022 13:00
The Chinese government recently began saber-rattling about American cyberespionage. The catch? It's all old news.
Cybergang Claims REvil is Back, Executes DDoS Attacks
Threatpost - 26 May 2022 12:30
Actors claiming to be the defunct ransomware group are targeting one of Akami's customers with a Layer 7 attack, demanding an extortion payment in Bitcoin.
NASA-funded CAPSTONE moon mission seeks to go where no cubesat has gone before
SPACE.com - 26 May 2022 12:00
CAPSTONE, which will launch no earlier than June 6, aims to verify the stability of the lunar orbit that will be used by NASA's Gateway space station.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney Calls Apple's App Store a 'Disservice to Developers'
Mac Rumors - 26 May 2022 10:35
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has called Apple's App Store, which has helped app makers earn over $260 billion since its launch, a "disservice to developers" that forces them to treat their apps as "sub-par." Sweeney made t...
Researchers May Have Found the Missing Link Between Alzheimer's and Vascular Disease
Neuroscience News - 26 May 2022 00:41
The FMNL2 gene links cerebrovascular disease and Alzheimer's disease, a new study reports. Changes of activity in the FMNL2 caused by cerebrovascular disease prevent the efficient cleaning of toxic proteins in the brain,...
Strange New Worlds Went Full Star Trek Disaster Movie, and It Ruled
Gizmodo - 26 May 2022 19:30
So far, so Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has given us a really solid formula between riffing on classic Trek premises and taking one of its main characters for a little deeper dive along the way. This week is no exceptio...