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2023 Toyota Sequoia TRD Pro Review: Brash Enough To Eclipse A Land Cruiser
Slash Gear - 10 Mar 2023 23:16
The Toyota Sequoia TRD Pro is an off-road beast that's ready to tackle the tundra and doesn't feel like it's ready for the streets of suburbia.
Squid fishing is booming in unregulated parts of the ocean
New Scientist - 10 Mar 2023 21:00
To lure squid to the surface, fishing vessels often use bright lights than can be seen by satellites. This has allowed researchers to track squid fishing that occurs away from oversight
Malware infecting widely used security appliance survives firmware updates
Ars Technica - 10 Mar 2023 01:20
Update-resistant malware is part of a pattern by highly motivated threat actors.
SpaceX, NASA targeting March 14 for next cargo launch to space station
SPACE.com - 10 Mar 2023 17:30
SpaceX will launch its next cargo mission to the International Space Station next Tuesday (March 14), if all goes according to plan.
GitHub rolls out mandatory 2FA for loads of devs next week
The Register - 10 Mar 2023 01:30
Engineers who contribute to public projects told to enroll Microsoft's GitHub code hosting biz plans to begin requiring developers who contribute to public projects secure their accounts using two-factor authentication (...
Investigational Anti-amyloid Treatment Started Before Alzheimer's Symptoms Did Not Slow Memory Loss
Neuroscience News - 10 Mar 2023 01:15
Solanezumab, an investigational anti-amyloid treatment, does not significantly slow the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Get Tested for Hepatitis B at Least Once, CDC Says in New Advice
Gizmodo - 10 Mar 2023 00:35
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now advising people to get screened for hepatitis B at least once in their lives. Though the infection can be managed with antivirals and prevented with a highly effectiv...
Reddit is shutting down Reddit Talk, its Clubhouse clone
BGR - 10 Mar 2023 00:16
Reddit Talk, the company’s Clubhouse clone, is shutting down. In a post on its website, Reddit announced that it will be winding down Talk and … The post Reddit is shutting down Reddit Talk, its Clubhouse clone appea...
Could an Ancient Virus Be a Genetic Driver of Autism?
Neuroscience News - 10 Mar 2023 11:56
Genome and transcriptome analysis revealed BTBR autism mouse models have increased levels of endogenous retrovirus genes. BTBR/R models of ASD showed differences in the expression of a variety of genes that are indicativ...
Physicists Are Searching for Signs of a Second 'Dark' Big Bang to Solve a Major Mystery
Motherboard - 10 Mar 2023 16:00
Dark matter in the universe might be so mysterious because it has a completely different origin to the rest of the cosmos, a new theory proposes.
2023 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named
MIT - 10 Mar 2023 07:00
Professors Gabrieli, Gubar, Martin, and Sass are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching.
Starbucks sold 2,000 NFTs in 20 minutes -- coffee not included
The Verge - 10 Mar 2023 03:47
Image: Starbucks It's been more than a year since NFT sales peaked -- and then collapsed -- but that's not stopping enterprising multi-billion dollar corporations from trying to get in on the action. Starbucks launched i...
AT&T blames marketing bods for exposing 9M subscriber account records
The Register - 10 Mar 2023 00:30
Tells folks not to worry, it was very old and boring data AT&T has confirmed that miscreants had access to nine million of its wireless customers' account details after one of its vendor's networks suffered a security fa...
Another Norfolk Southern Train Derailed Just Hours Before Congressional Hearing
Gizmodo - 10 Mar 2023 00:18
A Norfolk Southern train traveling in Calhoun County, Alabama derailed early Thursday morning. Thirty-seven train cars jumped off the tracks around 6:50 a.m. ET, according to local news reports.
The Final Super Mario Bros. Movie Trailer Is Here and It's Simply Wild
Gizmodo - 10 Mar 2023 00:05
We're less than a month away from there being not one, but two Super Mario Bros. movies in existence. The Super Mario Bros. Movie opens on April 5 and comes from not only game creator Shigeru Miyamoto but also the minds ...
NASA, Canadian Space Agency to Assign Artemis II Moon Astronauts
NASA Breaking news - 10 Mar 2023 15:11Yellow iPhone 14 Unboxing Videos Shared Ahead of Next Week's Launch
Mac Rumors - 10 Mar 2023 14:48
Apple's iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus models in a new Yellow color will begin arriving to customers and launch in stores on Tuesday, March 14, following pre-orders starting later today. Ahead of time, several unboxing vid...
Chinese companies banned from buying US tech rent it instead
The Register - 10 Mar 2023 07:30
Local clouds reportedly offering surprisingly cheap access to their banned comrades Chinese companies named by the US as prohibited from acquiring certain technologies are reportedly renting them instead from local cloud...
Proposed FCC Rule Redefines Data Breaches for Communications Carriers
Dark Reading - 10 Mar 2023 03:32
If the proposed rule is approved, organizations would need to disclose all data breaches, even one that does not cause any harm, to affected customers.
Remarkable new enzyme can turn air into electricity
BGR - 10 Mar 2023 02:51
A group of scientists in Australia discovered something amazing. According to a new paper the researchers published in Nature, there is an enzyme that can … The post Remarkable new enzyme can turn air into electricity ...
Instagram Founders Want To Sprinkle AI Into Their Next Social Media App
Slash Gear - 10 Mar 2023 02:32
Instagram's co-creators are now back with some hot AI fuel in tow: Artifact is a social news reading app.
Was There Ever Life On Mars? Here's How AI Might Help Us Finally Find The Answer
Slash Gear - 10 Mar 2023 02:05
New research looked at life as it exists in remote places on Earth to get clues for what we should be searching for on other planets.