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Feb 17, 2024

China worries less about US cyberattacks, but frets over India

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, government, military

According to a Chinese security expert, a significant number of attacks actually originate from countries in South Asia.


One India-based group of hackers, known as ‘Bitter’, has used various methods to target government, military and nuclear sectors.

Feb 17, 2024

SpaceX moves incorporation from Delaware to Texas post legal setbacks

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, law, space travel

SpaceX relocates incorporation to Texas amid legal challenges, reflecting Elon Musk’s strategic vision for growth and innovation.


Elon Musk’s SpaceX moves to Texas, signaling a strategic shift in corporate strategy amidst legal battles.

Feb 17, 2024

AI-power: NVIDIA value surpasses Google-parent Alphabet, Amazon in days

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The AI chipmaker is the fourth most valuable company in the world.


Chip giant Nvidia is worth more than Google owner Alphabet, a day after surpassing Amazon in value.

Feb 17, 2024

Microsoft, OpenAI reveal state-sponsored cybercrime tactics using AI

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, robotics/AI

The fourth group is Curium, an Iranian group that has used LLMs to generate phishing emails and code to evade antivirus detection. Chinese state-affiliated hackers have also used LLMs for research, scripting, translations, and refining their tools.

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Microsoft and OpenAI say they have not detected any significant attacks using LLMs yet, but they have been shutting down all accounts and assets associated with these groups. “At the same time, we feel this is important research to publish to expose early-stage, incremental moves that we observe well-known threat actors attempting, and share information on how we are blocking and countering them with the defender community,” says Microsoft.

Feb 17, 2024

Ecosystem Under Siege: An Alien Invasion That Could Trigger Catastrophic Changes Is Underway Across North America

Posted by in categories: evolution, sustainability

An alien invasion capable of triggering catastrophic changes is underway across North America. At least 70 imported earthworm species have colonized the continent, and represent a largely overlooked threat to native ecosystems, according to a new study by researchers at Stanford University, Sorbonne University, and other institutions.

The analysis, recently published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, provides the largest-ever database of such earthworms and warns of the need to better understand and manage the invaders in our midst.

“Earthworms tell the story of the Anthropocene, the age we live in,” said study senior author Elizabeth Hadly, the Paul S. and Billie Achilles Professor in Environmental Biology in the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences. “It is a story of global homogenization of biodiversity by humans, which often leads to the decline of unique local species and the disruption of native ecosystem processes.”

Feb 17, 2024

“Wonder Material” Graphene Verified Safe in Groundbreaking Human Study

Posted by in categories: health, nanotechnology

A revolutionary nanomaterial with huge potential to tackle multiple global challenges could be developed further without acute risk to human health, research suggests. A revolutionary nanomaterial with huge potential to tackle multiple global challenges could be developed further without acute ri.

Feb 17, 2024

Extraterrestrial Life in Space. Plasmas in the Thermosphere: UAP, Pre-Life, Fourth State of Matter

Posted by in category: alien life

PDF | Plasmas up to a kilometer in size, behaving similarly to multicellular organisms have been filmed on 10 separate NASA space shuttle missions, over… | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate.

Feb 17, 2024

SwRI scientists identify water molecules on asteroids for the first time

Posted by in category: space

SOFIA’s FORCAST instrument found water on dry asteroids.

Feb 17, 2024

NASA Telescopes Are Unlocking the Secrets Behind Mysterious Deep Space Signals

Posted by in categories: energy, space

Using two of the agency’s X-ray telescopes, researchers were able to zoom in on a dead star’s erratic behavior as it released a bright, brief burst of radio waves.

What’s causing mysterious bursts of radio waves from deep space? Astronomers may be a step closer to providing one answer to that question. Two NASA X-ray telescopes recently observed one such event – known as a fast radio burst – mere minutes before and after it occurred. This unprecedented view sets scientists on a path to better understand these extreme radio events.

While they only last for a fraction of a second, fast radio bursts can release about as much energy as the Sun does in a year. Their light also forms a laser-like beam, setting them apart from more chaotic cosmic explosions.

Feb 17, 2024

Bizarre “Alien-Faced” Multi-Legged Forest Dwellers Discovered in Remote African Jungle

Posted by in category: futurism

Researchers have uncovered a new genus and five new species of millipedes in remote African jungles – and say the many-legged creatures could hold important clues to whether woody vines are choking or protecting the world’s forests.

University of the Sunshine Coast Professor Andy Marshall said they found the millipedes – with heads that look somewhat like Star Wars characters – among forest litter and loose soil while researching tree and vine growth in the Tanzania’s remote Udzungwa Mountains.

The new genus and species were officially described recently in the European Journal of Taxonomy in a paper titled “A mountain of millipedes,” with six international collaborators including lead author Professor Henrik Enghoff of the University of Copenhagen.

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