Day: November 23, 2021

Rolls Royce flies electric aircraft making it fastest EV in the world

Posted on by Robin Edgar

We believe our all-electric ‘Spirit of Innovation’ aircraft is the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft, setting three new world records. We have submitted data to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) – the World Air Sports Federation who control and certify world aeronautical and astronautical records – that at 15:45 (GMT) on 16 November 2021, the aircraft Read more about Rolls Royce flies electric aircraft making it fastest EV in the world[…]

WhatsApp privacy policy tweaked in Europe after record fine

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Following an investigation, the Irish data protection watchdog issued a €225m (£190m) fine – the second-largest in history over GDPR – and ordered WhatsApp to change its policies. WhatsApp is appealing against the fine, but is amending its policy documents in Europe and the UK to comply. However, it insists that nothing about its actual Read more about WhatsApp privacy policy tweaked in Europe after record fine[…]

Short of Suspension: How Suspension Warnings Can Reduce Hate Speech on Twitter

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Debates around the effectiveness of high-profile Twitter account suspensions and similar bans on abusive users across social media platforms abound. Yet we know little about the effectiveness of warning a user about the possibility of suspending their account as opposed to outright suspensions in reducing hate speech. With a pre-registered experiment, we provide causal evidence Read more about Short of Suspension: How Suspension Warnings Can Reduce Hate Speech on Twitter[…]

GoDaddy Managed WordPress compromised, 1.2m peoples data exposed – sftp, ssl keys, admin passwords, etc

Posted on by Robin Edgar

GoDaddy has admitted to America’s financial watchdog that one or more miscreants broke into its systems and potentially accessed a huge amount of customer data, from email addresses to SSL private keys. In a filing on Monday to the SEC, the internet giant said that on November 17 it discovered an “unauthorized third-party” had been Read more about GoDaddy Managed WordPress compromised, 1.2m peoples data exposed – sftp, ssl keys, admin passwords, etc[…]

Cancer Cells Use “Tiny Tentacles” To Suck Mitochondria Out of Immune Cells

Posted on by Robin Edgar

To grow and spread, cancer cells must evade the immune system. Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and MIT used the power of nanotechnology to discover a new way that cancer can disarm its would-be cellular attackers by extending out nanoscale tentacles that can reach into an immune cell and pull out its powerpack. Slurping Read more about Cancer Cells Use “Tiny Tentacles” To Suck Mitochondria Out of Immune Cells[…]