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Nov 13, 2021

Video-level computer vision advances business insights

Posted by in categories: business, computing

Determine which video-level computer vision task you need to perform based on the insights you want to gain.

Nov 13, 2021

Snoopy to fly on NASA’s Artemis I mission in one-of-a-kind spacesuit

Posted by in category: space travel

The intrepid space explorer, who in 1969 became the world’s first beagle to land on the lunar surface — at least in the Peanuts comic strips drawn by the late Charles M. Schulz — is set to fly for real aboard NASA’s first Artemis mission in 2022. Snoopy, in plush form, will serve as the “zero-g indicator” on the Artemis I Orion spacecraft as it loops around the moon.

Snoopy made a similar journey more than 50 years ago, flying with “Charlie Brown” as the call signs for the lunar and command modules that flew astronauts on a final dress rehearsal before the first moon landing.

“I will never forget watching the Apollo 10 mission with my dad, who was so incredibly proud to have his characters participate in making space exploration history,” Craig Schulz, son of cartoonist and producer of “The Peanuts Movie,” said in a statement. “I know he would be ecstatic to see Snoopy and NASA join together again to push the boundaries of human experience.”

Nov 13, 2021

The Station Crew Welcomed Four New Members

Posted by in category: space travel

Running more than 30 minutes ahead of schedule, the SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts docked to the International Space Station at 6:32 p.m. EST Thursday, Nov. 11, less than 24 hours after launching from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer opened the hatch of their Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance at 8:25 p.m. and participated in a welcome ceremony with their new Expedition 66 crewmates at 9 p.m.

On board to welcome them were fellow astronaut Mark Vande Hei, Expedition 66 Commander Anton Shkaplerov and Flight Engineer Pyotr Dubrov of Roscosmos. Joining the welcome ceremony from Earth were Kathy Lueders, NASA associate administrator for Space Operations, NASA and Josef Aschbacher, ESA director-general.

The newest crew to the microgravity laboratory is the agency’s third crew rotation mission with SpaceX and will remain on board until April 2022 as a part of Expedition 66.

Nov 13, 2021

MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD edges closer

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Phase 3 clinical trials of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are currently underway in the USA, Canada, and Israel.

These trials, led by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), are the last step in figuring out if this treatment is safe and effective enough for MDMA to be legally prescribed to treat PTSD.

If there’s a positive result from the trials, this could happen in the USA as soon as 2022.

Nov 13, 2021

Montauk Monster: Dogfighting Washout?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, government, internet

The Montauk Monster is a pit bull, a dogfighting washout who washed up a Long Island beach. You heard it here first.

Or maybe you heard it elsewhere first. Even with Google Alert, it’s not easy to keep track of the rumors, speculation and rare pieces of actual news concerning the odd-looking corpse found in late July on a beach near Montauk, New York.

First described on pop culture rag Gawker under the apotheosis-of-hipster subheading “Good Luck With Your Hell Demons,” the Montauk Monster hit the internet like a match tossed on lighter fluid. Was it the handiwork of mad government scientists at the nearby Plum Island Animal Disease Center? A member of some miraculously undiscovered species, giving silent testimony to the power of Nature, so exhaustively explored and encroached upon, to surprise?

Nov 13, 2021

Argeo selects Eelume autonomous snake robot for underwater inspection

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

It reduces the operational carbon footprint while making inspections more efficient and cost-effective.

Nov 13, 2021

TrickBot Operators Partner with Shathak Attackers for Conti Ransomware

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

A team of TrickBot operators joins forces with Shatak attackers to launch Conti Ransomware.

Nov 13, 2021

Researchers uncover a new cyber mercenary hacker-for-hire group that has been conducting cyber espionage and data theft since 2015

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

Researchers are warning of a new evolving botnet that has been spotted in the wild and has worm-like spreading capabilities to infect Linux systems.

Nov 13, 2021

Hackers Exploit macOS Zero-Day to Hack Hong Kong Users with new Implant

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

Researchers uncover a new cyber mercenary hacker-for-hire group that has been conducting cyber espionage and data theft since 2015.


Researchers have uncovered details of a watering hole attack carried out via websites in Hong Kong, and exploited a zero-day vulnerability in macOS.

Nov 13, 2021

Researchers Uncover Hacker-for-Hire Group That’s Active Since 2015

Posted by in category: futurism

Researchers uncover a new cyber mercenary hacker-for-hire group that has been conducting cyber espionage and data theft since 2015.