Month: February 2024
Bionic limbs
Modern-day replacement arms and legs are made of silicone and carbon fibre, and increasingly they are bionic. The assistive devices landscape is littered with products that, while impressive, can cost many times an average yearly salary. That puts most devices out of reach for many disabled people who statistics show are more likely to be
Cyber Attacks differ in Intensity
Ransomeware attackers can encrypt the hypervisor – locking up multiple systems and programs in one go. In a situation where a hypervisor is running many programs critical to business operations, the impact is more significant and in some cases can actually impact the underlying infrastructure that the organisation would use to be able to get
Gmail is “shutting down”
Gmail is the world’s most popular email service, with more than 1.5bn active users worldwide, In 2023 alone, Google killed its Stadia gaming service, its Snapchat-like YouTube Stories feature, and it began closing old and inactive Gmail accounts. It has has announced plans to close Google Podcasts, though this functionality has effectively been supplanted by
Ukraine weighs unpopular plan in the war against Russia
Russia’s population is more than three times as large as Ukraine’s, and President Vladimir Putin has shown a willingness to force men to the front if not enough volunteers. The lack of soldiers isn’t Ukraine’s only predicament it is also desperate for Western military aid, which has been harder to come by as the war
Moscow Strategic goal in Ukraine
In order to achieve its overall strategic objective of Ukraine’s total subjugation, Moscow will try to cripple the country’s war effort along three fronts. First, Russia will continue to apply pressure along the entire front to drain Ukraine’s munitions and troop reserves. Ukraine would need to cede all of the territory already taken during the
Cellular outage in the US
Users in major cities, including San Francisco, Houston, Atlanta, and Chicago, reported outages. It was not immediately clear what caused the service disruptions. A cellular outage affected thousands of users across the United States on Thursday. More than 73,000 customers reported outages, service providers AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon, T-Mobile and other networks were affected, though
The Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle is an urban legend focused on a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of planes and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The idea of the area as prone to disappearances arose in the mid-20th century. Do you think that is Bermuda
The first Neuralink brain-chip Implant into human being
Musk said Neuralink is now trying to get as many mouse button clicks as possible from the patient. Neuralink successfully implanted the ‘Telepathy’ chip on the patient last month, after receiving approval for human trial recruitment in September. Neuralink’s tech uses a robot to surgically place a brain-computer interface implant in a region of the
China condemns US veto on Gaza war
China has sharply criticised the US for vetoing a United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The White House said the Algerian-proposed resolution would “jeopardise” talks to end the war. The US has proposed its own temporary ceasefire resolution, which also warned Israel not to invade the city of Rafah.More
Yulia Navalnaya’s Suspended on X
Yulia Navalnaya’s account on X – formerly Twitter – was briefly suspended a day after she used the platform to vow to continue her husband’s campaigning. A post on the site’s official safety account read: “Our platform’s defense mechanism against manipulation and spam mistakenly flagged @yulia_navalnaya as violating our rules.In a video message posted the