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Researchers Successfully Produce A Silicon-less CPU
One of the biggest driving factors behind the advancement in computers has undoubtedly been the silicon chip. It is, however, even today, still a remarkably difficult technology to work with. While improvements are possible (particularly with smaller node designs) it is costing companies insane amounts of money to produce (relatively…
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Researchers Find 1.5BN Sensitive Files are Exposed On the Internet
Internet Security Researchers Find 1.5BN Sensitive Files are Exposed Online The remit of internet security has probably never been more prominent than in recent years. With the number of companies who chose to trade online, it is becoming something of a regular occurrence to reporting on mass data breaches. It…
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Researchers Catch Cyber-Espionage Groups After Hackers Infect Their Own Systems
A cyber-espionage group who is believed to be tied to the Iranian Government, and has targeted over 1,600 defense officials, diplomats, researchers, journalists and more, may have just landed themselves in their own hacking trap. The group known as “Rocket Kitten” has been going since 2014, and for quite some…
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Hackers Can Now Use Square Reader to Act as a Credit Card Skimmer
The Square Reader device has been a popular and cheap alternative to point of sale devices. However, as you know where everything is heading nowadays, what can be used to make transactions can also be used to hack your accounts too. A few grad students seem to have managed to…
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Oculus Rift Team Working on New Face Tracking Technology
Virtual reality technology hasn’t even hit the market yet, but that won’t stop the Oculus Rift team from developing new technology it seems. Word is that the Facebook-owned company is now looking into a way to capture and display your facial expressions in real-time. Oculus already provides a way for…
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Largest Ever Email Study Reveals That We All Are Very Predictable
Researchers from Yahoo labs are said to have examined more than two million users exchanging about 16 billion messages in search of patterns. In order to conduct the study, they are said to have tracked the identities of senders and recipients, the time of day emails were sent, email length,…
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Optical Nanotechnology Sensor Claimed to be as Good as a Dog’s Nose
Researchers for the Oregon State University have created a new technology by combining optical tech with nanocomposite thin-films to develop a new type of cheap sensor, which is said to be fast, highly sensitive and able to detect and analyse a wide range of gases. The sensor is said to…
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Rose Petals Inspire New Generation of Stretchable Circuits
Researchers have always turned to nature in order to find solutions to the most complex problems. This time, they turn to rose petals in order to get inspiration for a new generation of stretchable circuitry. The race to find a way to make circuits stretch as much as possible has…
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New ‘Super Black’ Material Developed By British Researchers
Hearing of a new material that can perform in ways that push the boundaries of what is actively known is typically heard from the heavily invested teams over at NASA, however a team from Surrey (not too far away from my home in the UK as it happens) known as Surrey…
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