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Nov 10, 2019

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64 Core & 128 Thread CPU Leaks Out

Posted by in category: computing

AMD’s flagship Ryzen Threadripper 3990X monster HEDT CPU, featuring 64 cores and 128 threads has been leaked out by MSI.

Nov 10, 2019

Google’s cybersecurity project ‘Chronicle’ imploding

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

San Francisco, Nov 10 (IANS) Google’s cybersecurity project named “Chronicle” is imploding in trouble and some employees feel its management “abandoned and betrayed” the original vision, media reports said.

Chronicle’’s CEO and Chief Security Officer have already left and the Chief Technology Officer is leaving later this month while other key officials are eyeing an exit, according to the Motherboard.

In June this year, Chronicle lost its status as an independent entity when it formally joined Google to become part of its Cloud security offerings.

Nov 10, 2019

Major ASP.NET hosting provider infected by ransomware

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

SmarterASP.NET, a company with more than 440,000 customers, said it’s been hit by ransomware over the weekend.

Nov 10, 2019

Drones will swarm our skies when these 3 things happen

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, drones

Drone makers have to convince us that airborne burritos and transplant organs are worth the noise and privacy invasion.

Nov 10, 2019

Yes, hyena robots are scary. But they’re also a cunning marketing ploy

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

There’s something unsettling about a private firm making powerful autonomous machines – but what’s scarier is who’s building them, and why.

Nov 10, 2019

The transhuman future is here

Posted by in categories: augmented reality, biotech/medical, genetics, life extension, robotics/AI, transhumanism, virtual reality

The philosophy that we should merge with machines to expand our intelligence and extend life is gaining traction. Design, scientific and technological frontiers are being pushed to redefine nature through AI, AR, biotech, genetics, and VR.

Nov 10, 2019

Blood ‘cleaning’ treatment which pulls disease from body using magnets ready for human trials

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology

Deadly conditions like leukaemia, sepsis and malaria could be drawn from the body using magnets, after a British engineer designed a blood filtering system which sieves away disease.

Dr George Frodsham, came up with the idea while studying how magnetic nanoparticles can be made to bind to cells in the body, to allow, for example those cells to show up on scanners.

But he realised that if it was possible to magnetise cells for imaging, it should also be possible to then suck them out of the blood.

Nov 10, 2019

How a Trial Vaccine Helped Wipe Out a Woman’s Breast Cancer in 7 Months

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

After joining a Mayo Clinic trial, Lee Mercker is recovering well—thanks to a shot.

Nov 10, 2019

A natural biomolecule has been measured acting like a quantum wave for the first time

Posted by in categories: biological, quantum physics

Physicists have watched a chain of 15 amino acids interfere with itself, in an experiment that paves the way for a new era of quantum biology.

Nov 10, 2019

Will gene editing solve all our problems?

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics

Many purposes underlie all the genetic projects of our day. Are you aware of them?