Russia’s main security agency detained a former Russian freelancer for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, accusing the man of treason and claiming he allegedly communicated with Ukrainian intelligence. The Federal Security Service (FSB) did not identify the man, saying only he was born in 1960 and was detained in the Siberian region of Chita. The agency…
A synthetic biologist looks to the future, probing the promise and peril of “artificial biological intelligence” Source link
Amazon has agreed to pay more than $11.5 billion to expand its satellite constellation by about two dozen units with the acquisition of Globalstar. But it’s more about the underlying technology that Amazon hopes will help it catch Elon Musk’s Starlink. The Bezos behemoth announced its purchase of venerable mobile satellite services (MSS) operator Globalstar…
Donald Trump weighed in on a recent White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting incident by pointing to what he called enhanced security measures at the White House. The former president’s comments, shared through the Breaking911 news account, specifically referenced a construction project that he says would have prevented the incident. In his statement about the WHCD…
Black Hat Asia Developers of rented internet of things infrastructure – stuff like public EV chargers and shared e-bikes – are prioritizing user convenience over security, and leaving themselves exposed to wide-scale denial of service attacks on their services. That frightening thesis was the subject of a Friday talk at the Black Hat Asia conference,…
SOCORRO, NM – 1999: These twenty-seven moveable antennas, known as the Very Large Array (VLA), take in radio signals, some extremely faint, from throughout the cosmos, 1999 near Socorro, New Mexico. The VLA is a radio telescope built by the National Science Foundation that came on line in 1980. This facility has enabled scientists to…
Tehran says it has collected tolls from ships in order to navigate freely through the strait, with Hamidreza Haji Bababei, deputy speaker of Iran’s Parliament, last week claiming the first toll revenue had been deposited with the country’s Central Bank. Source link
Birdfy has announced a new version of its camera-equipped metal feeder with an upgraded camera to make you feel even closer to nature while staring at your phone from the sofa. The Birdfy Feeder Metal 2 has a similar design to the original, using metal panels that animals like squirrels can’t chew through to access…
Iran War Live Updates: Tehran Appears to Cast Doubt on a Deal as Trump Makes New Threats Source link
Chelsea interim boss Calum McFarlane says team news leaks “need to stop” but insists the issue has been “addressed” going into their FA Cup semi-final against Leeds. McFarlane, 38, was placed in temporary charge after Liam Rosenior was sacked midweek following Tuesday’s 3-0 defeat at Brighton. The absences of Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer from…