March 7, 2024 Attack wrangles thousands of web users into a password-cracking botnet Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Attackers have transformed hundreds of hacked sites running WordPress software into command-and-control servers that force visitors’ browsers to perform password-cracking…
March 7, 2024 ‘Self-destruct’ chips could help combat a criminal plague that costs businesses billions every year — new technique could mitigate counterfeiting through electromigration Researchers at the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) have introduced a new technique involving ‘self-destruct’ chips. The technology was presented alongside several other…
March 7, 2024 A Half-Ton of ISS Space Station Trash Will Crash Into the Earth A 2.9-ton cargo pallet, once used for a critical battery upgrade mission on the International Space Station (ISS), is now approaching the end of…
March 7, 2024 NASA Is Still Fighting to Save Its Historic Voyager 1 Spacecraft For more than 45 years, the Voyager 1 spacecraft has been cruising through the cosmos, crossing the boundary of our solar system to become…
March 7, 2024 How to Get Better Framerates for PC Gaming Many of us grew up in the age when playing PC games at their highest settings required a hefty rig. For laptop users who…
March 7, 2024 Elon Musk’s SpaceX Under Investigation Over Russia’s Use of Starlink Russian troops in Ukraine have allegedly been using SpaceX’s Starlink terminals to get internet access during the ongoing war that has seen hundreds of…
March 7, 2024 Star Trek: Picard’s Final Season Almost Had Even More Voyager and DS9 Cameos Star Trek: Picard’s third and final season had a lot going on—and that’s even before you throw in half the regular cast of The…
March 7, 2024 I’ve been getting life advice from ‘Snoop Dogg’ AI, and man is he one smart dude, who is 100% not real Snoop Dogg reminded me the other day to “keep it real, homie,” and that I “gotta learn to chill, ya dig?” He also recommended…
March 7, 2024 Max’s Password Sharing Crackdown Is Coming This Year Max intends to follow both Netflix and Disney in stopping subscribers from sharing their passwords, according to a report from Variety on Thursday. The…
March 7, 2024 TikTok’s Campaign to Stop U.S. Ban ‘Backfires,’ Enraging Congress TikTok sent a push notification to United States users on Thursday morning asking them to call their local representative to “Stop a TikTok shutdown.”…