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Jul 12, 2022

First images from the James Webb Space Telescope

Posted by in category: space

Following several months of testing and configuration, the first suite of images has been released from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), successor to the Hubble Space Telescope.

Jul 12, 2022

Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals

Posted by in category: transportation

A leaked trove of confidential files has revealed the inside story of how the tech giant Uber flouted laws, duped police, exploited violence against drivers and secretly lobbied governments during its aggressive global expansion.

The unprecedented leak to the Guardian of more than 124,000 documents – known as the Uber files – lays bare the ethically questionable practices that fuelled the company’s transformation into one of Silicon Valley’s most famous exports.

The leak spans a five-year period when Uber was run by its co-founder Travis Kalanick, who tried to force the cab-hailing service into cities around the world, even if that meant breaching laws and taxi regulations.

Jul 12, 2022

New ‘Luna Moth’ hackers breach orgs via fake subscription renewals

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

A new data extortion group has been breaching companies to steal confidential information, threatening victims to make the files publicly available unless they pay a ransom.

The gang received the name Luna Moth and has been active since at least March in phishing campaigns that delivered remote access tools (RAT) that enable the corporate data theft.

Jul 12, 2022

Microsoft July 2022 Patch Tuesday fixes exploited zero-day, 84 flaws

Posted by in category: futurism

Today is Microsoft’s July 2022 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability and a total of 84 flaws.

Jul 12, 2022

Gods & Monsters: Space as Lovecraft Envisioned it

Posted by in categories: futurism, space

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Jul 12, 2022

Webb Telescope’s first images are out — here’s the science hiding in the 5 pictures

Posted by in categories: science, space

The first full-color images from the James Webb Telescope are gorgeous, but they’re also full of substantial science.


Images of galaxy clusters, deep fields, dying stars, birthing stars, and exoplanet spectra electrified the astronomy community Tuesday.

Jul 12, 2022

NYC Prepares for the ‘Big One’ With Nuclear Attack PSA Video

Posted by in category: existential risks

In the event of a nuclear disaster, would you know what to do? If you’re a New York City resident, there’s a YouTube video for that.

The city’s Department of Emergency Management released a public service announcement video outlining the three steps that residents should take in case of a nuclear attack.

Jul 12, 2022

The Webb Space Telescope Will Rewrite Cosmic History. If It Works

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The James Webb Space Telescope has the potential to rewrite the history of the cosmos and reshape humanity’s position within it. But first, a lot of things have to work just right.

Jul 12, 2022

German supplier claims to have a “wear-free” electric motor good for towing, performance EVs

Posted by in category: sustainability

Mahle claims the motor can run continuously at 90% of its max output, with durability assured by a new integrated oil-cooling technique.

Jul 12, 2022

Giant sunspot threatens Earth as solar flare may cause blackouts

Posted by in category: futurism

The Sun is expected to explode any day now.

Solar researchers have their eye on a massive sunspot dubbed AR3055, which measures more than 6,100 miles wide. These regions, which appear as dark moles on the surface of the Sun, are concentrations of relatively cooler temperatures caused by a magnetic flux.

“There is an incredible-looking sunspot crossing the center of the solar disk and a new large dark core has just appeared on the limb,” astronomer Apollo Lasky said in a Monday statement published on SpaceWeather.com.