As much of the world works from home, an explosion of video conference calls has provided a playground not just for Zoombombers, phishermen and cybercriminals, but also for spies. Everyone from top business executives to government officials and scientists are using conferencing apps to stay in touch during the new coronavirus lockdowns and U.S. counterintelligence Read more about Foreign Spies Target Zoom, U.S. Intel Officials Say[…]
The solution, some propose, is to store energy chemically—in the form of hydrogen fuel—rather than electrically. This involves using devices called electrolyzers that make use of renewable energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gas. “Hydrogen is a very good carrier for this type of work,” says Wei Wang, who is the chief scientist Read more about Redox-Flow Cell Stores Renewable Energy as Hydrogen[…]
With just seven days left until it has to make a decision on the $1.13bn sale of the .org registry to a private equity firm, DNS overseer ICANN appears in chaos. In a series of communications from senior executives, ICANN has embarked on a public negotiation with potential buyer Ethos Capital over the sale of Read more about ICANN suffers split-personality disorder as deadline for .org sale decision draws close[…]
Amazon is hiring an additional 75,000 workers at its facilities, on top of the 100,000 new positions it created last month, the company said Monday. In March, the company said it would hire additional warehouse and delivery workers across the country amid a surge in online shopping during the coronavirus outbreak. Since then, Amazon said Read more about Amazon hiring 75,000 more workers as demand rises due to coronavirus, after hiring 100k more last month[…]