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Aug 25, 2021

Hundreds of thousands of Realtek-based devices under attack from IoT botnet

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

A dangerous vulnerability in Realtek chipsets used in hundreds of thousands of smart devices from at least 65 vendors is currently under attack from a notorious DDoS botnet gang.

The attacks started last week, according to a report from IoT security firm SAM, and began just three days after fellow security firm IoT Inspector published details about the vulnerability on its blog.

Tracked as CVE-2021–35395, the vulnerability is part of four issues IoT Inspector researchers found in the software development kit (SDK) that ships with multiple Realtek chipsets (SoCs).

Aug 25, 2021

Discovery that TRPV4 gene regulates cartilage growth might yield future therapies for joint repair

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical

New information from a study reported in Stem Cells might result in more effective treatments for osteoarthritis and other cartilage diseases, as well as hereditary disorders affecting cartilage development. Their findings might also point to a new way to accelerate stem cell differentiation for bioengineering cartilage, the researchers say.

Aug 25, 2021

Dubai Now

Posted by in categories: business, finance

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These cloned camels were created with cells from a ‘zoo’ of frozen specimens. The cell bank could one day be used to help preserve endangered species.

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Aug 25, 2021

Stingray refuels Advanced Hawkeye in latest aerial trials

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

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The Boeing-owned test Stingray, MQ-25 T1, passed fuel to an E-2D airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) receiver aircraft flown by the US Navy’s (USN’s) Air Test and Evaluation Squadron VX-20 during the event the day prior to the announcement.

“During a test flight from MidAmerica St Louis Airport on 18 August, pilots from VX-20 conducted a successful wake survey behind MQ-25 T1 to ensure performance and stability before making contact with T1’s aerial refuelling drogue. The E-2D received fuel from T1’s aerial refuelling store during the flight,” Boeing said.

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Aug 24, 2021

Why Lebanon’s healthcare system is on the brink of collapse

Posted by in category: energy

UN says 4 million will lose access to water in coming days as fuel crisis worsens.

Aug 24, 2021

China Reportedly Working on “Ultra-Large” Spacecraft That’s Miles Across

Posted by in category: space travel

First, scientists will have to figure out if it’s even feasible.

Aug 24, 2021

Dust-sized supercapacitor packs the same voltage as a AAA battery

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology

The scientists behind the new device were working within the realm of nano-supercapacitors (nBSC), which are conventional capacitors but scaled down to the sub-millimeter scale. Developing these types of devices is tricky enough, but the researchers sought to make one that could work safely in the human body to power tiny sensors and implants, which requires swapping out problematic materials and corrosive electrolytes for ones that are biocompatible.

These devices are known as biosupercapacitors and the smallest ones developed to date is larger than 3 mm3, but the scientists have made a huge leap forward in terms of how tiny biosupercapacitors can be. The construction starts with a stack of polymeric layers that are sandwiched together with a light-sensitive photo-resist material that acts as the current collector, a separator membrane, and electrodes made from an electrically conductive biocompatible polymer called PEDOT: PSS.

Aug 24, 2021

Odd thunderstorm cycle over Michigan for next 6 days

Posted by in category: climatology

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Hot and humid weather, combined with upper-air disturbances, will put Michigan in a thunderstorm pattern over the next week. The interesting part is the thunderstorms won’t come at the likely time of the day.

Normally summer thunderstorms flare up in the heat of the afternoon and early evening, and then diminish overnight. The recent thunderstorm pattern has a bit of a different life cycle. The thunderstorms have been developing overnight, lasting about 12 hours and diminishing to nothing during the morning.

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Aug 24, 2021

A New Chip Cluster Will Make Massive AI Models Possible

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Cerebras says its technology can run a neural network with 120 trillion connections—a hundred times what’s achievable today.

Aug 24, 2021

Meet the wealthy Indonesian scions giving the country a tech boost

Posted by in categories: economics, finance

Michael is also part of a group of wealthy Indonesian scions that have in the past decade dabbled in the country’s vibrant tech sector by investing in home-grown giants and start-ups, be it in the form of money, resources, know-how, or access.


Industry stakeholders say family-owned corporate venture capital firms have played an important role in growing the country’s US$44 billion digital economy.