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Oct 21, 2024
Hackers steal information from 31 million Internet Archive users
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: internet, security
The digital library’s website was defaced earlier this month with a message boasting its theft of Internet Archive users’ sensitive records. The nonprofit said it’s working to bolster security.
Oct 21, 2024
Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: internet, security
The Internet Archive was breached again, this time on their Zendesk email support platform after repeated warnings that threat actors stole exposed GitLab authentication tokens.
Since last night, BleepingComputer has received numerous messages from people who received replies to their old Internet Archive removal requests, warning that the organization has been breached as they did not correctly rotate their stolen authentication tokens.
“It’s dispiriting to see that even after being made aware of the breach weeks ago, IA has still not done the due diligence of rotating many of the API keys that were exposed in their gitlab secrets,” reads an email from the threat actor.
Oct 20, 2024
All-optical switch device paves way for faster fiber-optic communication
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: internet
Modern high-speed internet uses light to quickly and reliably transmit large amounts of data through fiber-optic cables, but currently, light signals hit a bottleneck when data processing is necessary. For that, they must convert into electrical signals for processing before further transmission.
Oct 20, 2024
New wireless technology reaches record 1 Tbps data transmission speed
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: futurism, internet
Forward-looking: By combining different wireless techniques, UK researchers achieved record-breaking data transmission speeds. The technology achieved 1 Tbps in lab experiments. Now, it only needs to prove itself in commercially viable applications.
A University College London (UCL) team achieved a nearly one terabit per second data transfer speed over a wireless connection. The world record feat opens the doors to future improvements to high-speed wireless. The researchers used a wide range of frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum, achieving data rates thousands of times faster than typical UK download speeds over 5G networks.
The recently published study describes an ultra-wideband transmission over the air that combines electronic and photonic-assisted signal generation to send 938 Gbps over a 5-150GHz frequency range. The researchers point out that traditional wireless networks use radio frequencies operating below 6GHz, providing an average speed of 100 Megabits per second over 5G.
Oct 18, 2024
Did Elon Musk’s Neuralink Finally Perfect Its Brain Implant with the Second Patient?
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, Elon Musk, internet, neuroscience
Would you like to see more applications for Neuralink in the future? Share your thoughts in the comments.
Elon Musk’s brain technology startup, Neuralink, reported that its implant is functioning well in a second trial patient, identified as Alex. This implant is designed to help paralyzed patients control digital devices through thought alone. Unlike the first patient, Noland Arbaugh, who experienced thread retraction issues post-surgery, Alex has not faced similar problems. Neuralink implemented new measures to prevent such complications, including reducing brain motion during surgery. Both patients have been able to use the implant to perform tasks like playing video games, browsing the internet, and even designing 3D objects.
Oct 17, 2024
AI misinformation detectors can’t save us from tyranny—at least not yet
Posted by Arthur Brown in categories: information science, internet, robotics/AI
AI-powered misinformation detectors—artificial intelligence tools that identify false or inaccurate online content—have emerged as a potential intervention for helping internet users understand the veracity of the content they view. However, the algorithms used to create these detectors are experimental and largely untested at the scale necessary to be effective on a social media platform.
Oct 17, 2024
Inhibition of IL-11 signalling extends mammalian healthspan and lifespan
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: genetics, internet, life extension
To support the data generated in Il11ra1-deleted mice on a mixed C57BL6/129 genetic background30 and to more deeply dissect age-related effects, we studied young (3-month-old) and aged (2-year-old) female mice with deletion of Il11 (Il11−/−) on a C57BL6/J background31.
Immunoblots confirmed IL-11 up-regulation across tissues in old age in this additional strain (Fig. 1m). Old female Il11−/− mice had lower body weights and fat mass and preserved lean mass (Fig. 2a–c). The frailty score15 of old female Il11−/− mice was lower than that of old wild-type mice and their body temperatures were mildly increased (Fig. 2d and Extended Data Fig. 5a). Lower frailty scores were largely driven by improvements in tremor, loss of fur colour, gait disorders and vestibular disturbance (Supplementary Table 1). Muscle strength was higher in both young and old Il11−/− mice (a phenomenon that was observed for some other phenotypes) compared with age-matched controls (Fig. 2e and Extended Data Fig. 5b).
Chronic inhibition of mTORC1 with rapamycin can cause glucose intolerance owing to indirect inhibition of mTORC235. It was therefore important to more fully assess the effects of IL-11 inhibition on liver function, metabolism and glucose utilization in old mice. As wild-type mice aged, there were increases in serum AST, ALT, cholesterol and triglycerides, which were collectively mitigated in old Il11−/− mice (Fig. 2f and Extended Data Fig. 5c, d). Glucose tolerance test (GTT) and insulin tolerance test (ITT) profiles of old Il11−/− mice were similar to those of young wild-type mice, whereas GTTs and ITTs of old wild-type mice showed impairment (Fig. 2g and Extended Data Fig. 5e, f). Indexed skeletal muscle mass was greater in both young and old Il11−/− mice compared with the equivalent wild-type mice (Extended Data Fig. 5g).
Oct 16, 2024
Satellite Constellation Projects Ready For Takeoff
Posted by Robert Bosnjak in categories: internet, satellites
So, does anyone thinks that perhaps there are too many sats in orbit? what will be when they all deploy? Earth Sky 1956 clear of any sat at least of human origin and after that mayor astronomy problem with sats in orbit.
International competition is intensifying for the deployment of satellite constellations into orbit, notes Statista’s Katharina Buchholz.
Satellite constellations — the most well-known being SpaceX’s Starlink — are designed to provide high-speed global Internet access.
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