Technology/Science
U.S. Crypto Company Nomad Hit by $190 Million Theft
U.S. crypto firm Nomad has been hit by a $190 million theft, blockchain researchers said on Tuesday, the latest such heist to hit the digital asset sector this year. Nomad said in a tweet that it was ...
Congress Wants Answers on a ‘Significant’ Cyber Attack on Courts
Three hostile foreign actors breached the federal courts document management system via "an incredibly significant and sophisticated" cyber attack more than 18 months ago, the chairman of the House ...
Climate Change Made Deadly UK Heat Wave at Least 10 Times More Likely: Study
The UK's heat wave last month fueled so many blazes in London that the city's fire service was busier than any day since Nazi attacks in World War II. More than 840 people may have died in England ...
Landfills Could Soon Be Piled With Thousands of Wind Turbines
A new study led by the University of South Australia indicates tens of thousands of wind turbine blades will end up in landfills by the end of the decade unless end-of-life programs are established ...
How Climate Change Drives Heatwaves and Wildfires
Brutal heatwaves gripped both Europe and the United States last week and are forecast to dump searing heat on much of China into late August. In addition to temperatures spiking above 40 Celsius (104 ...
‘Cryptojacking’ Attacks on Financial Firms Surged in First Half
Hackers are increasingly targeting financial firms such as banks and trading houses with attacks designed to use their computer systems to mine cryptocurrencies, according to cybersecurity firm ...
Cybersecurity Firm BitSight Warns of Vulnerabilities in Chinese-Made GPS Tracker
A popular Chinese-made automotive GPS tracker used in 169 countries has severe software vulnerabilities, posing a potential danger to highway safety, national security and supply chains, ...
What AI Does Well, and Not So Well, With Language
The tech industry's latest artificial intelligence constructs can be pretty convincing if you ask them what it feels like to be a sentient computer, or maybe just a dinosaur or squirrel. But they're ...