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Jul 13, 2019

New CRISPR platform expands RNA editing capabilities

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The new system, dubbed RESCUE, allows RNA edits to be made that were not previously possible.

Jul 13, 2019

New Phishing Scam Targets Amazon Users Just Before Prime Day

Posted by in category: security

Security researchers at McAfee say that hackers have released a do-it-yourself kit that allows people to easily put together phishing scams targeting Amazon users – just in time for Prime Day next week.

McAfee first noticed the so-called 16Shop phishing kit in action in November, when it was being used to create fake emails, supposedly from Apple, trying to gain access to people’s Apple accounts. The scam let hackers create a realistic-looking Apple sign-in page to steal your login credentials.

Starting in May, 16Shop expanded to target Amazon users, McAfee wrote on Friday, July 12. The new version allows would-be hackers to create their own realistic-looking Amazon login page that would give them your username and password — pretty much everything they would need to log into your account. Here’s what it looks like:

Jul 13, 2019

Artificial intelligence conquers world’s most complex poker game

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

The automated machine could help improve Wall Street trading or cybersecurity.

Jul 13, 2019

The biological computer is an implantable device that is mainly used for tasks like monitoring the body’s activities or inducing therapeutic effects

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, computing, mathematics

The biological computer is an implantable device that is mainly used for tasks like monitoring the body’s activities or inducing therapeutic effects, all at the molecular or cellular level. This is made up of RNA, DNA and proteins and can also perform simple mathematical calculations.


DNA computing is a branch of computing which uses DNA, biochemistry, and molecular biology hardware, instead of the traditional silicon-based computer technologies. Research and development in this area concerns theory, experiments, and applications of DNA computing.

https://www.wired.com/…/finally-a-dna-computer-that-can-ac…/

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Jul 13, 2019

Will Your Next Job Be On Mars?

Posted by in categories: innovation, space

Mars recruitment is underway. No longer science fiction, the job opportunities will be abundant, diverse and highly innovative. Ready to apply?

Jul 13, 2019

Next Generation Lunar Retroreflectors Should Fly Soon

Posted by in category: space

Next generation of retroreflectors will be delivered to Moon’s surface using commercial lunar payloads.

Jul 13, 2019

Self-driving Hyundai

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

Yandex unveils Sonata.

Jul 13, 2019

Amazon to spend $700 million to train 100,000 workers for digital age

Posted by in categories: education, robotics/AI, transportation

Amazon is a global leader in the use of artificial intelligence and robots – but first on “CBS This Morning,” the company is revealing a major plan to invest in its human workforce, too. The online giant will spend more than $700 million to provide 100,000 employees with new skills for the digital age by 2025.


At Amazon’s 125,000 square foot facility just outside Denver, it looks like robots are running the show. But behind each of these roughly 800 devices is a skilled employee like Nicole Bayer, who manages the daily flow of traffic at this center as a floor control specialist. Bayer said more robots means higher package volume. As a result, she said, “we need more associates to package our volume, not less.”

Before coming to Amazon a few years ago, Bayer said she’d been out of the workforce for years. She credited the company’s employee programs for relaunching her career. “I got a lot of technical skills out of it that helped me get promoted,” she said.

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Jul 13, 2019

Does the world need a 3D-printed rocket?

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, transportation

That’s all a way of saying that behind every successful launch is a tremendous amount of labor and a vast network of suppliers working in concert to assemble each vehicle. By streamlining the supply chain, Relativity hopes to sharply cut production time.

But this goal of printing Terran 1’s more than 100-foot-tall (30-meter) exterior and fuel tank comes with an additional challenge: creating printers that can accomplish the task. “Building a rocket company is hard, building a 3D-printing company is hard, and building both together at the same time is borderline nuts,” says Ellis, Relativity’s CEO. “But while it’s the hardest part of the job, it is also the secret sauce that will make Relativity a world-changing company.”

There’s still a way to go before doing any world changing, though. “We’re not going to fly a rocket unless we get these metal 3D-printing technologies developed,” Ellis admits. “So that provides quite a bit of existential kick in the butt to figure it out, because this is the only way we ’ re going to actually make it to our goal.”

Jul 12, 2019

China’s cleanest province shows what the country’s future could hold

Posted by in category: futurism

Lessons from Qinghai.

🔎 Learn more about China’s solar capacity: https://wef.ch/2Jd7ooq #amnc19