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Apr 13, 2023

PERSPECTIVE: A Practical Framework to Prepare for the Post-Quantum Future

Posted by in categories: mapping, quantum physics

Decide: mapping a path forward

Once you have put your organization in context and understood exposure to risk, the third step is making suggestions toward a response plan.

Apr 13, 2023

Lie Detector Firm Lobbies CIA, DOD on Automated Eye-Scanning Tech

Posted by in category: futurism

Converus is pitching EyeDetect to defense and intelligence agencies. But experts say eye movements are not reliable indicators of deception.

Apr 13, 2023

AI tools like ChatGPT likely to empower hacks, NSA cyber boss warns

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

While much-debated AI tools will not automate or elevate every digital assault, phishing scheme or hunt for software exploits, NSA’s Rob Joyce said April 11, what it will do is “optimize” workflows and deception in an already fast-paced environment.

“Is it going to replace hackers and be this super-AI hacking? Certainly not in the near term,” Joyce said at an event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank. “But it will make the hackers that use AI much more effective, and they will operate better than those who don’t.”

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Apr 12, 2023

Common dietary supplement proven to combat breast cancer

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

In recent years, cancer therapies have often fallen short of expectations, with tumors developing resistance to medication. One such example is alpelisib, a drug approved for use in Switzerland as a treatment for advanced breast cancer.

However, a research group at the Department of Biomedicine of the University of Basel has made a breakthrough in understanding the reasons behind this resistance, publishing their findings in the journal Cell Reports Medicine.

For patients suffering from advanced and metastatic breast cancer, effective treatment options are limited. The PI3K signaling pathway is frequently overactive in breast cancer due to mutations that encourage tumor growth.

Apr 12, 2023

NASA discovers ultra-rare ‘double quasar’ about to collide into an unbelievably massive black hole

Posted by in category: cosmology

After 33 years, the Hubble Space Telescope is still uncovering new cosmic surprises. The venerable instrument recently added to its extensive catalog of finds when it spotted a rare double quasar blazing away in the distant reaches of the universe.

Researchers published a paper detailing the discovery on April 5 in the journal Nature (opens in new tab).

Apr 12, 2023

Black Hole Hurtling Through Space Leaves a Trail of Stars in Its Wake

Posted by in category: cosmology

Researchers theorize a stream of stars 200,000 light-years long came from a black hole ejected from its galaxy.

Apr 12, 2023

What It’ll Take To Upload Our Brains To A Computer

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, blockchains, computing, Elon Musk, ethics, life extension, neuroscience

As long as people have been alive, they’ve wanted to stay alive. But unlike finding the fountain of youth or becoming a vampire, uploading your brain to a computer or the cloud might actually be possible. Theoretically, we already know how to do it, and Elon Musk is even trying a brain implant with Neuralink. But technically, we have a long way to go. We explain the main technological advancements that we’ll need to make whole brain emulation a reality.

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Apr 12, 2023

Self-folding surgical tools fit through a catheter for minimally invasive surgical procedures

Posted by in category: 3D printing

A camel cannot go through the eye of a needle. But researchers at ETH Zurich have now achieved something that—figuratively speaking—comes quite close. They have developed a new approach to minimally invasive surgical instruments, allowing large objects to be brought into the body through a narrow catheter. Their demonstration study has been published in the journal Nature Communications.

This works as follows: The researchers disassemble such devices into individual parts and then slide them through the catheter in a row, like a string of pearls. At the end of the , the parts assemble themselves into a predefined shape thanks to built-in magnets.

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Apr 12, 2023

US Banks Abruptly Closing Innocent Customers’ Accounts Without Warning: Report

Posted by in category: finance

US banks are slamming the doors on innocent customers with zero notice, according to a new report.

Supposedly suspicious activity is triggering abrupt account closures, leading to customers to discover something is wrong then they try to spend their money, reports the New York Times.

One such member of Chase named Naafeh Dhillon tried to pay for dinner in December and had both his credit and debit cards declined.

Apr 12, 2023

Exclusive: Tesla is about to launch Powerwall 3

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

Tesla is preparing to launch Powerwall 3, the third generation of its home battery pack, according to information obtained by Electrek.

In 2015, when launching its Tesla Energy division, Tesla launched the first generation of the Powerwall, and it quickly became, by far, the most popular home battery pack in the residential market.

Shortly after, Tesla launched Powerwall 2, a new version of the residential battery pack with more energy and power capacity.