Spanish multinational security firm Prosegur has been hit by Ryuk ransomware, the notorious Trojan virus that encrypts files on a compromised device and typically demands payment in Bitcoin to decrypt them. As a result of the attack, the company, which reportedly employs 170,000 people across the globe, has shut down its IT network and its employees were reportedly…
Technological innovations such as mobile devices and biometrics to capture an entire population’s vital events from birth to death are accelerating progress towards the SDGs, according to the findings of a series of case studies released last week. The case studies from Armenia, Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan, Namibia, Netherlands and Peru show that digital civil registration and identity systems…
TLDR: Check out 10 Cyber Monday bargains that are already available now at savings up to almost 70% off. As any experienced veteran of the holiday shopping wars will tell you, Black Friday may be legendary…but don’t sleep on Cyber Monday, either. While the day after Thanksgiving gets all the press, it’s often the stealthy,…
Capturing carbon dioxide from smokestacks, and even removing it directly from air, might be the only way to avert the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Engineers at MIT have now created a device to trap carbon dioxide that is much less energy-intensive and costly than today’s technologies. The device, reported in the journal Energy and…
TLDR: Black Friday might be behind us, but it’s not too late to get some rock-bottom savings. Let’s be real: Retailers aren’t going to limit their revenue driving discounts to just ONE day in November. As long as the sales keep generating money, they’ll keep running well into the weekend and even past Cyber Monday.…
Electric cars could make a huge dent in the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. But they still make a tiny 2 percent of cars on the road today. A big speed bump they face is the hour or so it takes to charge. That could change, thanks to a new discovery by Pennsylvania State University researchers.…
TLDR: Black Friday might be behind us, but it’s not too late to get some rock-bottom savings. Let’s be real: Retailers aren’t going to limit their revenue driving discounts to just ONE day in November. As long as the sales keep generating money, they’ll keep running well into the weekend and even past Cyber Monday.…
Brazilian and US scientists have developed a glasses-based biosensor capable of measuring blood glucose levels through a person’s tears, offering a less invasive test for diabetics. Glucose levels need to be frequently monitored in people with diabetes, a disease that affects 62 million people in the Americas and 380 million worldwide. According to the World Health Organization…
TLDR: Black Friday isn’t just gifts and gadgets. Each of these 10 fantastic BF deal packages can help launch new opportunities and new careers, all at over 90 percent off. Black Friday deals are perfect for checking loads of names off your holiday shopping list. They’re also great for helping you pick up a few…
Amazon beefed up its Fire TV Cube with a few new hardware upgrades, refreshing it for the 2019 market. It’s undoubtedly better — but the changes are so incremental that if you have the original, it might not be worth your money to upgrade. Everything Tristan said about the original Fire Cube in his review still holds true — it’s…
