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Apr 16, 2022

Critical VMware Cloud Director Bug Could Let Hackers Takeover Entire Cloud Infrastructure

Posted by in category: futurism

Critical RCE bug in vmware cloud director could let attackers takeover entire cloud infrastructure.


The app rolled out today in several markets, including the US, but it might be hard to find.

Apr 16, 2022

Google Releases ‘Switch to Android’ App on iPhone

Posted by in categories: climatology, mobile phones

Way back in 2015, Apple released its very first app in the Google Play Store. It was called Move to iOS, and it helped people switch from Google’s platform to Apple’s. Turnabout is fair play, and Google has finally made its own switching app. With the predictable name “Switch To Android,” the app helps iPhone owners export their data for use on an Android phone. The app rolled out today in several markets, including the US, but it might be hard to find.

The current mobile dichotomy has been in place for over a decade at this point. Upstarts like Palm and Windows Phone tried and failed to create a third platform, but instead we’ve all become more entrenched with Android and iOS. After years and years using one platform, it can be imposing to move it someplace else. Apps like Apple’s Move to iOS and the new Switch To Android can make it a bit easier by automating the process, or at least pointing you to the right settings.

After installing the Switch To Android app on an iPhone, you’ll have the option to grab the basics like your contacts, calendar events, photos, and videos. Most of this data should plug into Google’s ecosystem without issue. You might notice some strange errors in contact data, but the app connects to Google Photos to salvage all your iCloud media. This all happens wirelessly, so you won’t have to worry about finding a cable to connect your Android phone’s USB-C port to the aging Lightning port on even the latest iPhones.

Apr 16, 2022

Ukrainian startup Promin Aerospace tests engine for new ‘self-devouring’ rocket

Posted by in category: futurism

The company has been making progress despite the Russian invasion.


Over the past few months, Promin Aerospace has proven its concept of a unique self-burning rocket, an idea based on autophagic, or “self-devouring,” technology.

Apr 16, 2022

CISA orders agencies to fix actively exploited VMware, Chrome bugs

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added nine more security flaws to its list of actively exploited bugs, including a VMware privilege escalation flaw and a Google Chrome zero-day that could be used for remote code execution.

The VMware vulnerability (CVE-2022–22960) was patched on April 6th, and it allows attackers to escalate privileges to root on vulnerable servers due to improper permissions in support scripts.

A Chrome zero-day was also included in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, a bug tracked as CVE-2022–1364 and allowing remote code execution due to a V8 type confusion weakness.

Apr 16, 2022

Ax-1, Israel and the ‘New Space’ revolution: Q&A with Israel space chief Uri Oron

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, satellites

Israel punches above its weight in space science and exploration, as it does in most other arenas.

For example, the country developed its own line of orbital rockets, the Shavit (“Comet”) series, which has lofted a number of satellites over the years. And in April 2019, Israel’s Beresheet (“In the Beginning”) mission attempted to put a robotic lander down on the moon, something achieved only by the United States, the USSR/Russia and China — and nearly succeeded.

Apr 16, 2022

Why AI Counts as the Biggest Factor Behind Metaverse growth?

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Role of AI in Metaverse helps provide a different vision to the data science in Metaverse which led to Metaverse growth. Artificial Intelligence can help Metaverse making way for evolution of Web 3.0.

Apr 15, 2022

Horizon Worlds Trailer

Posted by in category: virtual reality

Check out this new look at the rebranded Horizon Worlds!

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Apr 15, 2022

Origami-Inspired Robotic Crawlers Are Inching Their Way Into Your Next Colonoscopy

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

They’re poised to go where no human has gone before.

Apr 15, 2022

Metaverse: How Companies like Amazon Are Innovating With Unique Ways in The Virtual World

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, evolution, virtual reality

This article has been sponsored by Amazon India.

M etaverse has been touted to be the next big thing to bring about a global evolution, not just in technology but in almost every sector.

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Apr 15, 2022

Brain Implant Allows Completely Locked-In Patient To Communicate

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, neuroscience

A man left in a completely locked-in state by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been able to communicate with his family and carers thanks to an implant. The device helped the patient, who was unable to move any muscles or even open his eyes, contact the outside world using only his brain activity.

Rapid neurodegeneration

In the last decade, combinations of brain implants and brain-computer interfaces (BCI) have enabled people with severe brain injuries or neurodegeneration to regain communicative ability. The new study, published in Nature Communications by an international research team, is the first to be used successfully in a patient with such severe neurodegeneration.