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Researchers Discover Major Jurassic Fossil Site In Argentina

Paleontologists in Argentina have announced the discovery of a major Jurassic-era fossil site four years after it was first discovered. The site, which spans 23,000 square miles (60,000 square kilometers) in Patagonia, southern Argentina, came to light this week with the publication of a report in the journal Ameghiniana. “No other place in the world […]

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Biological Supercomputers Powered By ATP Could Be A Reality Some Day

hypnosec writes: Our cells are powered by Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and according to a new study, they could be a power source for the next generation of biological supercomputers capable of processing information very quickly and accurately using parallel networks in the same way that massive electronic super computers do. Published in the Proceedings of […]

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Microsoft Unhappy With Beta Testers, Demands Answers

Freshly Exhumed writes: Microsoft has mandated that the feedback functionality built into Windows Insider Preview beta be switched on — a change from earlier when testers could block questions from the company about what users thought of specific features. Starting with Build 14271 and newer, the frequency in which Windows 10 will ask for your […]

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IoT Devices Are Secretly Phoning Home

An anonymous reader writes: A popular internet-enabled security camera “secretly and constantly connects into a vast peer-to-peer network run by the Chinese manufacturer of the hardware,” according to security blogger Brian Krebs. While the device is not necessarily sharing video from your camera, it is punching through firewalls to connect with other devices. Even if […]

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Chinese ISPs Caught Injecting Ads And Malware In Their Network Traffic

Chinese Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have been caught red-handed for injecting advertisements as well as malware through their network traffic. Three Israeli researchers uncovered that the major Chinese-based ISPs named China Telecom and China Unicom, two of Asia’s largest network operators, have been engaged in an illegal practice of content injection in network traffic. Chinese […]

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Rubio, Cruz Try To Kill Neutrality On 1 Year Rule Anniversary

An anonymous reader writes: Presidential hopefuls Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz have joined six other Senators in pushing the new Restoring Internet Freedom Act, which would dismantle the rules, walk-back the FCC’s Title II reclassification of ISPs as common carriers, and prevent the FCC from trying to pass net neutrality rules in the future. In […]

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Are CEOs Overpaid? Not Compared With College Presidents

schwit1 writes: For outrageous executive earnings, don’t look to Wall Street — look to academia. High pay for CEOs attracts annual attention and recitations about the immorality of capitalism, but when the focus is on average CEO pay, they make less than half the annual earnings of college presidents, according to CBS News. The average […]

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Airbus Patents Adjustable Seats, In-Seat Storage For Aircarft

AmiMoJo writes: Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer, has recently applied for a pair of airplane seat patents that simultaneously look to increase customer comfort while stripping away what little room remains. The first patent is for a “Re-Configurable Passenger Bench Seat,” which allows seat belts and arm rests to be moved to accommodate different size […]

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John McAfee: NSA’s Back Door Has Given Every US Secret To Enemies

John McAfee, American computer programmer and contributing editor of Business Insider, explains how the NSA’s back door has given every U.S. secret to its enemies. He begins by mentioning the importance of software, specifically meta- software, which contains a high level set of principles designed to help a nation survive in a cyberwar. Such software […]

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Pentagon Research Could Make ‘Brain Modem’ A Reality

schwit1 writes: The Pentagon is attempting what was, until recently, an impossible technological feat — developing a high-bandwidth neural interface that would allow people to beam data from their minds to external devices and back. That’s right — a brain modem. One that could allow a soldier to, for example, control a drone with his […]

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