Archive for the ‘futurism’ category: Page 142
Aug 18, 2022
Transframer is a general-purpose generative framework that can handle many image and video tasks in a probabilistic setting
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in category: futurism
New work shows it excels in video prediction and view synthesis, and can generate 30s videos from a single image: https://dpmd.ai/dm-transframer 1/
Aug 18, 2022
Fast-acting T-Cells Provide Powerful Protection Against Stroke
Posted by Nicholi Avery in category: futurism
40 second video:
Abstract: Neuroprotection against ischemic stroke requires a specific class of early responder T cells in mice https://www.jci.org/articles/view/157678
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Aug 18, 2022
Help Star Trek’s Lieutenant Uhura in This Probability Puzzle
Posted by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes in category: futurism
In honor of the actor and activist Nichelle Nichols, this month’s puzzle imagines a Star Trek adventure in which her character, Lieutenant Uhura, faces a life-and-death conundrum.
Aug 18, 2022
Experts Claim to Have Deciphered a Mysterious Ancient Script
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
A mysterious writing system dubbed Elamite that remained undeciphered for centuries has finally been translated by experts.
Aug 17, 2022
Cold brew coffee—pew, pew, pew—brewed with lasers!
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
A new laser technology creates cold brew coffee in minutes. Even better: it tastes just as good and may be coming to a coffee shop near you.
Aug 17, 2022
“More is different”: why reductionism fails at higher levels of complexity
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: futurism
We cannot deduce laws about a higher level of complexity by starting with a lower level of complexity. Here, reductionism meets a brick wall.
Aug 16, 2022
Exploit out for critical Realtek flaw affecting many networking devices
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
Exploit code has been released for a critical vulnerability affecting networking devices with Realtek’s RTL819x system on a chip (SoC), which are estimated to be in the millions.
The flaw is identified as CVE-2022–27255 and a remote attacker could exploit it to compromise vulnerable devices from various original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), ranging from routers and access points to signal repeaters.
Aug 16, 2022
Malicious browser extensions targeted almost 7 million people
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
Almost 7 million users have attempted to install malicious browser extensions since 2020, with 70% of those extensions used as adware to target users with advertisements.
The most common payloads carried by malicious web browser extensions during the first half of 2022 belonged to adware families, snooping on browsing activity and promoting affiliate links.
This finding is based on telemetry data collected by Kaspersky, which reports over 1,300,000 attempts by users to install malicious extensions throughout H1 ‘22, an increase compared to last year’s figures.
