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Why redesigning the humble yeast could kick off the next industrial revolution

In the future we won’t edit genomes—we’ll just print out new ones.…

White House, UK blame Russian military for NotPetya wiper worm

Enlarge / White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders issued a statement today declaring that Russia would face “international consequences” for releasing the NotPetya malware worm. (credit: Getty Images)

Following form with a finding by the government of the United

VINCI Highways and CARFIT Partner To Strengthen Safety On Motorways

CARFIT partners with VINCI Highways

As a specialist in predictive maintenance applied to the automotive sector CARFIT announces a partnership with VINCI Highways. Our latest product, CARFIT PULS, is a new connected vibration sensor marketed with a toll transceiver from VINCI Highways, to allow drivers …

FedEx customer data left online for anyone to rifle through

Enlarge / A redacted copy of data FedEx employees left on a publicly accessible Amazon bucket. (credit: Kromtech Security Center)

Passports, driver licenses, and other sensitive documentation for thousands of FedEx customers were left online, possibly for years, in

A potent botnet is exploiting a critical router bug that may never be fixed

A Dasan Networks router similar to this one is under active exploit by the potent Satori botnet. (credit: Dasan Networks)

A fast-moving botnet that turns routers, cameras, and other types of Internet-connected devices into potent tools for theft and

SpaceX’s satellite broadband nears FCC approval and first test launch

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SpaceX’s satellite broadband plans are getting closer to reality. The company is about to launch two demonstration satellites, and it is on track to get the Federal Communications Commission’s permission to offer satellite

“We’re in a diversity crisis”: Black in AI’s founder on what’s poisoning the algorithms in our lives

Microsoft researcher Timnit Gehru looks around the AI world and sees almost no one who looks like her. That’s a problem for all of us.…

Critical Telegram flaw under attack disguised malware as benign images

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Makers of the Telegram instant messenger have fixed a critical vulnerability that hackers were actively exploiting to install malware on users’ computers, researchers said Tuesday.

The flaw, which resided in the Windows version of the

Salon to ad blockers: Can we use your browser to mine cryptocurrency?

Enlarge / Salon’s new message for ad-blockers. (credit: Salon)

Salon.com has a new, cryptocurrency-driven strategy for making money when readers block ads. If you want to read Salon without seeing ads, you can do so—as long as you let

Trump’s infrastructure plan has no dedicated money for broadband

Enlarge / President Donald Trump unveils his infrastructure plan in the State Dining Room at the White House February 12, 2018 in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla )

President Trump’s new 10-year plan for “rebuilding infrastructure in