Archive for the ‘futurism’ category: Page 613
Apr 17, 2021
Europe is building a digital twin of the planet
Posted by Muhammad Furqan in category: futurism
Apr 17, 2021
Researchers manipulate antimatter using laser for the first time
Posted by Jason Blain in category: futurism
Apr 17, 2021
Earth’s magnetic field flipped 42,000 years ago, study shows
Posted by Jason Blain in category: futurism
Apr 16, 2021
This Flying ‘Monkeydactyl’ Is The Only Known Pterosaur With Opposed Thumbs
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
A small, flying reptile glides beneath the canopy of an ancient forest, scouring the trees for tasty bugs. She spots a cicada buzzing in the boughs of a ginkgo tree, then swoops down to snatch it up in her beak. The bug flees; the reptile follows, grasping swiftly along the branches with her sharp claws until – snatch! – she grabs the bug with her opposable thumbs.
It’s not your typical picture of a pterosaur – those iconic, winged reptiles that lived through most of the Mesozoic era (from about 252 million to 66 million years ago).
But according to a new study published April 12 in the journal Current Biology, a newly-described Jurassic pterosaur appears to have lived its life among the trees, hunting, and climbing with the help of its two opposable thumbs – one on each of its three-fingered hands.
Apr 16, 2021
100 Million More IoT Devices Are Exposed—and They Won’t Be the Last
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
100 million more iot devices are exposed—and they won’t be the last.
The Name: Wreck flaws in TCP/IP are the latest in a series of vulnerabilities with global implications.
Apr 15, 2021
Measurement of the Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment to 0.46 ppm
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
Measurements of the muon magnetic moment strengthen a previously reported tension with theoretical predictions, ushering in a new era of precision tests of the standard model.
Apr 15, 2021
New JavaScript Exploit Can Now Carry Out DDR4 Rowhammer Attacks
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
Hackers can now use a JavaScript exploit to trigger Rowhammer attacks remotely on modern DDR4 RAM cards.
Apr 14, 2021
DuckDuckGo can now block the Google Chrome tracking method, FLoC
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
In an attempt to better track users and predict their search habits, Google Chrome has developed FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts). FLoC provides visibility into user data to any website that desires this information.
In fact, FLoC places each user in an ID group to help websites recognize and target individuals. In response, the alternative search engine DuckDuckGo has come out with an extension for Chrome that can block FLoC tracking. Furthermore, users now have the option of using either the DuckDuckGo application or extension to entirely opt out of FLoC monitoring.
Google first implemented FLoC in order to offer all users advertisements based on their demographic and search trends, but without including third-party cookies. However, the company waited only a short time before deciding the tracking method would apply to all Google Chrome users regardless of whether the user chose to opt in or not. Understandably concerned about privacy, many users have expressed wanting to learn more about alternative search engine options.