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Chinese espionage group deploys new rootkit compatible with Windows 10 systems

Posted by Raphael Ramos in computing, security

Oct 1
2021

At the SAS 2021 security conference today, analysts from security firm Kaspersky Lab have published details about a new Chinese cyber-espionage group that has been targeting high-profile entities across South East Asia since at least July 2020.

Named GhostEmperor, Kaspersky said the group uses highly sophisticated tools and is often focused on gaining and keeping long-term access to its victims through the use of a powerful rootkit that can even work on the latest versions of Windows 10 operating systems.

“We observed that the underlying actor managed to remain under the radar for months,” Kaspersky researchers explained today.

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Dr. Evelyne Bischof, MD — Advancing The Frontiers Of Preventative And Precision Longevity Medicine

Posted by Eithen Pasta in biotech/medical, genetics, life extension, robotics/AI

Oct 1
2021

(https://www.linkedin.com/in/evelyne-yehudit-bischof/) is an expert in internal medicine and oncology, with a focus on preventative and precision medicine, bio-gerontology, and geronto-oncology.

Dr. Bischof is deeply passionate about next-generation medical technology, and the applications of artificial intelligence for biomedical research and practice.

Dr. Bischof spent a decade practicing medicine and performing translational research in Switzerland, US, and China.

Dr. Bischof is a medical doctor with an MD from Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biology and Genetics, and interned at Columbia University, Harvard MGH, and Beth Israel Medical Deaconess.

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Preparing for Exascale: Argonne’s Aurora Supercomputer to Drive Brain Map Construction

Posted by Dan Kummer in neuroscience, supercomputing

Oct 1
2021

Using far more advanced imaging techniques than those of their earlier contemporaries, researchers at the DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory are working to develop a brain connectome — an accurate map that lays out every connection between every neuron and the precise location of the associated dendrites, axons, and synapses that help form the communications or signaling pathways of a brain.

Sept. 24 2021 — As part of the Aurora Early Science Program, Nicola Ferrier of Argonne National Laboratory is leading a project that will use exascale computing power to help advance efforts to develop a brain connectome.

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3 Benefits of Continuous Data

Posted by Dan Kummer in robotics/AI

Oct 1
2021

Continuous operational data is crucial for AI-powered automation—from implementation to routine use. But how do you overcome the existing data gap? https://bit.ly/3kXcNEi

As AI becomes more common, consistent continuous data is a necessity for smarter operations. See how automated sensing drives reliability and efficiency.

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What you should know about working with corporate venture investment committees

Posted by Gemechu Taye in business, finance

Oct 1
2021

With global corporate-venture-capital-backed (CVC) funding reaching $79 billion across 2,099 deals in the first half of 2,021 according to CB Insights, the chances are high that startups will find great opportunities with this growing investor set.

Entrepreneurs, however, are likely to discover that the investment process can be different for CVCs compared to private venture capital firms. While both types of investment firms tend to make decisions via an investment committee (IC), private VCs (inclusive of VCs with corporate backers that have an independent LPA structure) make up their ICs with firm partners and/or other venture-minded people.

But for CVCs investing off a corporate balance sheet, the IC can include corporate-minded people, such as the CEO or business unit leaders, who generally tend to be detached from the venture mindset and the requirements for operating in the VC world. As such, entrepreneurs will realize that a successful CVC investment decision tends to have different requirements compared to a private VC firm’s decision.

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Iron-Flow Batteries Could Knock Lithium-Ion Off of Its Number-One Spot

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in solar power, sustainability

Oct 1
2021

A solar farm in Spain has commissioned a series of iron-flow batteries to store excess energy. This could be the beginning of the end for lithium-ion.

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Scientists Watch Bacteria Fix Broken DNA in Real Time to See Exactly How It’s Done

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in biotech/medical, genetics

Oct 1
2021

Fixing breaks in genes with speed and perfection can be a matter of life and death for most organisms. Even the simplest changes in a sequence risk catastrophe, especially if the altered code is responsible for a critical function.

Over the past half a century, biologists have studied the mechanisms involved to piece together most of the major steps involved in making faithful repairs in DNA. Yet, one part of the process has remained frustratingly unclear.

By marking key enzymes and DNA with fluorescent tags and watching the repair process unfold in real-time in an Escherichia coli model, researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden have filled in missing details on how bacteria find the templates they rely on to keep genetic repairs error-free.

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This New EV Claims To Have The Longest Range For Any Electric Car Ever

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in sustainability, transportation

Oct 1
2021

The automobile industry has recently been inclining towards electrical vehicles and governments are doing everything to support this transition. Tesla has been a pioneer and an example in this field. It has launched smart vehicles and maintained the standard. However, no, the company has a rival, and it might be a threat to Tesla’s models.

Lucid Motors is another automobile company making electric vehicles. It just earned a rating of 520 miles (837 km) from the Environmental Protection Agency for the firm’s model of Air Dream Edition. This makes the Lucid Air the longest-range EV the EPA has ever rated, according to a recent press release.

However, EPA has very specific and low context settings for trials. Hence, the speed and other specifications will perform differently in real road scenarios. This model is the longest-range production EV so far. The company’s CTO and CEO Peter Rawlinson has scored a win as the Air Dream Edition exceeds Tesla’s longest-range vehicle, the Model S Long Range Plus, by a staggering 100 miles (161 km).

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