Category: Hardware
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Two years ago, researchers in the Netherlands discovered an intentional backdoor in an encryption algorithm baked into radios used by critical infrastructure–as well as police, intelligence agencies, and military forces around the world–that made any communication secured with the algorithm vulnerable to eavesdropping. When the researchers publicly disclosed the issue in 2023, the European Telecommunications…
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Most adhesives can’t stick to wet surfaces because water and other fluids disrupt the adhesive’s bonding mechanisms. This problem, though, has been beautifully solved by evolution in remora suckerfish, which use an adhesive disk on top of their heads to attach to animals like dolphins, sharks, and even manta rays. A team of MIT scientists…
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TL;DR: A lifetime license for Microsoft Visual Studio Pro plus coding training courses is now only $55.97. Learning to code is one of the most practical ways to open new career paths, and having the right tools and training from the start can make the process a lot smoother. If you want to find the tools and the training…
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TL;DR: For a limited time, you can grab this 10.4-inch onn. tablet for less than $70. It comes with 64GB of storage, an octa-core processor, and Android 13. Need a solid, no-frills tablet for streaming, light gaming, or web browsing? This onn. Gen 3 Tablet Pro is a reliable Android option — and right now, you can grab a refurbished unit for…
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TL;DR: A lifetime license for Microsoft Visual Studio Pro plus coding training courses is now only $55.97. Learning to code is one of the most practical ways to open new career paths, and having the right tools and training from the start can make the process a lot smoother. If you want to find the tools and the training…
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TL;DR: For a limited time, you can grab this 10.4-inch onn. tablet for less than $70. It comes with 64GB of storage, an octa-core processor, and Android 13. Need a solid, no-frills tablet for streaming, light gaming, or web browsing? This onn. Gen 3 Tablet Pro is a reliable Android option — and right now, you can grab a refurbished unit for…
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Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today’s Mini Crossword is the longest of the week, and it was a bit tough, too. Lots of long answers, so it…
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James Lovell, a member of humanity’s first trip to the moon and commander of NASA’s ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, has died at the age of 97. Lovell’s death on Thursday was announced by the space agency. “NASA sends its condolences to the family of Capt. Jim Lovell, whose life and work inspired millions of people across…
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Crocs are an infamously ugly shoe style that was once named to Time’s list of the 50 worst inventions. Clippy is an annoying animated paperclip from Microsoft that once made that same list. So maybe it’s fate that the two much-mocked products are teaming up for a pair of limited-edition Crocs the wearer can deck…
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When a Spinosaurus attacked a T. rex in Jurassic Park III, both giant carnivores tried to finish the fight with one powerful bite of their bone-crushing jaws. The Spinosaurus won, because when the movie was being made back in the early 2000s, fossil discoveries suggested it was the largest carnivorous dinosaur that ever lived. But…