Month: January 2020

In October 2018, several aurora enthusiasts who regularly photograph the shimmering lights noticed something unusual. Now, new research has found that these unusual displays are a new type of aurora, nicknamed “the dunes” because their appearance in the night sky resembles wind-sculpted ridges. Scientists say studying how these auroras form could help them better understand…

USA Today takes a look at what you need to know before clicking ‘I agree’ on that terms of service agreement or privacy policy. The problem? We needlessly put ourselves at risk by signing away all kinds of rights over what personal data an app or website collects, how they use it, with whom they…

The six-second video messaging app Vine has officially risen from the ashes under a new name: Byte and its launch was less than ideal. Over the weekend, users complained about receiving tons of bot-generated spam comments on their newly posted videos. Hofmann addressed the spam problem in a blog post on Sunday, promising a solution was in…

Adding a tiny amount of the silicon to boron carbide made bullet-resistant gear substantially more resilient to high-speed impacts. Researchers at Texas A&M University have formulated a new recipe that can prevent weaknesses in modern-day armor. By adding a tiny amount of the element silicon to boron carbide, a material commonly used for making body…

We’re closer to destruction than ever before… Each year, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a nonprofit group that sets the clock, decides whether the events of the previous year pushed humanity closer to or further from destruction. The clock “conveys how close we are to destroying our civilization with dangerous technologies of our own…

Matrox and NVIDIA will team on graphics cards for Next-Generation Video Walls. The new series of single-slot graphics cards based on the NVIDIA Quadro embedded GPUs will power up to four synchronized 4K displays per card, while OEMs, system integrators, and AV installers can combine multiple cards to drive up to 16 displays from one…

According to researchers, a new discovery may one day lead to a ‘one-size-fits-all’ cancer treatment. Scientists at Cardiff University say they’ve found a T-cell with a new type of receptor that can recognize and kill most cancers. For more, check out this USA Today story.

New devices medical devices that break down with light have been demonstrated. A variety of medical devices can be inserted into the gastrointestinal tract to treat, diagnose, or monitor GI disorders. Many of these have to be removed by endoscopic surgery once their job is done. However, MIT engineers have now come up with a…

Will your eye the next frontier for small screen tech? Someday when you walk down the street, an augmented user interface will appear like a floating screen above your real-life surroundings. You may discreetly see your heart rate, glucose reading, a weather forecast, real-time translation or map. Or maybe the name and title of the…

Crooks have a new target…retirement accounts. Cybercriminals today are “looking for any possible route into people’s financial transactions, and they are increasingly focusing their efforts outside financial institutions’ firewalls,” said Steven Silberstein, chief executive officer of Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, an industry consortium dedicated to reducing cyber-risk in the global financial system….