Users cry foul after AMD stripped memory crypto from its consumer CPUs
A decade ago, AMD added a protection to its high-end CPUs to protect them against cold boot attacks and other types of physical exploits that siphon sensitive data out of…
Americaâs Time Capsule includes fabric from the Wright Brotherâs plane, whale bone, poker chips, and more
Americaâs Time Capsule has officially been sealed. The custom-made, âzombie-proofâ box includes letters, artifacts, records, and objects selected to help tell the story of the United States at its Semiquincentennial.…
Good newsâwe have extra time before the Sun ends life on Earth
Itâs a bit worrying when a scientific paper begins, âHow long will life on Earth survive?â But in this caseâa study by Jacob HaqqâMisra of Blue Marble Space and Eric…
Did a medieval flying monk spot Halley’s comet, twice? It’s complicated
Early in the 11th century, a young Benedictine monk named Eilmer jumped from the 150-foot tower of his abbey in the small English town of Malmesbury, wearing a pair of…
How to find free movies on YouTube
You can find just about anything on YouTube. From DIY projects to CEO interviews, from music videos to meditation guidance, from daredevil stunts to nature documentaries, all of life is…
How can self-driving cars see better? Make their sensors more human.
Modern autonomous vehicles are getting pretty darn good at seeing the world around them. That is, assuming that lighting conditions are ideal. Once rain, snow, or sudden bursts of bright…
8 captivating photos of Delaware Bayâs annual horseshoe crab spawn
Few creatures wear the mantle of deep time as visibly as Limulus polyphemus, better known as the Atlantic horseshoe crab. To walk through the gravelly shores of the Delaware Bay…
Threads of underground fungal networks are long enough to reach beyond the Solar System
Hidden underground around the world lie 110 quadrillion kilometers of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networksâwebs of ultra-thin threads that, if connected in a single line, would stretch almost a billion times…
PeopleSoft 0-day affecting hundreds of organizations steals gigabytes of data
One of the worldâs most active ransomware groups exploited a critical vulnerability in Oracleâs PeopleSoft software suite and used it to target about 100 customers and extort at least one…
Have politics finally come for the National Academies of Science?
Founded during the US Civil War to provide advice to the government, the National Academies of Science have become one of the most prestigious scientific organizations. Its primary function is…