Day: May 13, 2019

Smallest pixels ever created, a million times smaller than on smartphones, could light up color-changing buildings

Posted on by Robin Edgar

The smallest pixels yet created—a million times smaller than those in smartphones, made by trapping particles of light under tiny rocks of gold—could be used for new types of large-scale flexible displays, big enough to cover entire buildings. The colour pixels, developed by a team of scientists led by the University of Cambridge, are compatible Read more about Smallest pixels ever created, a million times smaller than on smartphones, could light up color-changing buildings[…]

‘Seasteader’ Now on the Run For His Life from Thai Authorities who overran their seastead

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An American bitcoin trader and his girlfriend became the first couple to actually live on a “seastead” — a 20-meter octagon floating in international waters a full 12 nautical miles from Thailand. Long-time Slashdot reader SonicSpike shared this article from the libertarian Foundation for Economic Education describing what happened next: [W]hile they got to experience Read more about ‘Seasteader’ Now on the Run For His Life from Thai Authorities who overran their seastead[…]

New study shows scientists who selfie garner more public trust

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The study builds on seminal work by Princeton University social psychologist Susan Fiske suggesting that scientists have earned Americans’ respect but not their trust. Trust depends on two perceived characteristics of an individual or social group: competence and warmth. Perceptions of competence involve the belief that members of a particular social group are intelligent and Read more about New study shows scientists who selfie garner more public trust[…]

New Intel firmware boot verification bypass enables low-level persistent backdoors

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Researchers have found a new way to defeat the boot verification process for some Intel-based systems, but the technique can also impact other platforms and can be used to compromise machines in a stealthy and persistent way. Researchers Peter Bosch and Trammell Hudson presented a time-of-check, time-of-use (TOCTOU) attack against the Boot Guard feature of Read more about New Intel firmware boot verification bypass enables low-level persistent backdoors[…]

Over 275 Million Indian Personal Records Exposed by Unsecured MongoDB Database

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A huge MongoDB database exposing 275,265,298 records of Indian citizens containing detailed personally identifiable information (PII) was left unprotected on the Internet for more than two weeks. Security Discovery researcher Bob Diachenko discovered the publicly accessible MongoDB database hosted on Amazon AWS using Shodan, and as historical data provided by the platform showed, the huge cache Read more about Over 275 Million Indian Personal Records Exposed by Unsecured MongoDB Database[…]