Cyber attacks hit New York Times, Twitter (Update 2)
The New York Times and Twitter have been hit with cyber attacks, with credit quickly claimed by a group backing embattled Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad.
View Article3-D mapping in real time, without the drift (w/ Video)
Computer scientists at MIT and the National University of Ireland (NUI) at Maynooth have developed a mapping algorithm that creates dense, highly detailed 3-D maps of indoor and outdoor environments in...
View ArticleHack attacks, explained
Computer network hackers calling themselves the Syrian Electronic Army earlier this week disrupted The New York Times' website for nearly a day and electronic publishing on the Twitter social network...
View ArticleResearchers find sudden rise of global ecology of interacting robots that...
Recently, the global financial market experienced a series of computer glitches that abruptly brought operations to a halt. One reason for these "flash freezes" may be the sudden emergence of mobs of...
View ArticleFeynman wasn't joking: Modeling quantum dynamics with ground state wavefunctions
(Phys.org) —Amongst the late Richard Feynman's many prolific and profound contributions to quantum mechanics, the eponymous Feynman clock is perhaps one of the more innovative. Conceived as a solution...
View ArticleResearch team's results make development of quantum computers more realistic
Together with a supporting research team, Kassel physicist Prof. Dr. Christiane Koch has made a discovery that is sure to attract significant attention among experts. Criteria established in the course...
View ArticleNSA eyes encryption-breaking 'quantum' machine
The US National Security Agency is making strides toward building a "quantum computer" that could break nearly any kind of encryption, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
View ArticleThailand arrests infamous hacker wanted by Switzerland
An infamous computer hacker has been arrested in Thailand at the request of Switzerland on suspicion of hacking into bank computer systems in Europe, an official said Tuesday.
View ArticleBest of Last Week – Pondering future of inflation theory, an enclosed tube...
(Phys.org) —Last week was a big one for space science, as it was announced that astronomers created the first realistic virtual universe—a computer simulation called "Illustris" that is able to...
View ArticleScientists track quantum errors in real time
(Phys.org) —Scientists at Yale University have demonstrated the ability to track real quantum errors as they occur, a major step in the development of reliable quantum computers. They report their...
View ArticleNew system could reduce data-transmission delays across server farms by 99.6...
Big websites usually maintain their own "data centers," banks of tens or even hundreds of thousands of servers, all passing data back and forth to field users' requests. Like any big, decentralized...
View ArticleSeveral US banks attacked by hackers who hit Chase
Several US financial institutions were targeted by the same computer hackers who breached the systems of JPMorgan Chase earlier this year, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
View ArticleTime management skills keep animals primed for survival
Many animals may have a previously under-appreciated ability to make up for lost time with more effort, according to new research publishing this week in PLOS Computational Biology.
View ArticleA 'Flickr-ing' view of the world, in 4-D
Imagine a version of Google Street View where you could hit the rewind button and see any point in time over the last five years. Cornell researchers are building something like that, at least for a...
View ArticleQuantum computing now one step closer with defect-free logic gate
What does hair styling have in common with quantum computing? The braiding pattern has inspired scientists as a potential new approach to quantum calculation. The idea is to rely on a network of...
View ArticleEngineering students create real-time 3-D radar system
Spencer Kent stands nervously in front of Team D.R.A.D.I.S.' booth at Rice University's annual Engineering Design Showcase. Judging begins in about 10 minutes, and his teammate Galen Schmidt is...
View ArticleDon't blink or you might miss the leap second on Tuesday
Tuesday lasts a little bit longer—by a second.
View ArticleResearchers design a new system to make overtaking safer on highways
Researchers of the Universitat Politècnica de València have designed EYES, a new system for smartphones and tablets –now in the prototype phase– which aims to make overtaking manoeuvres safer on...
View ArticleCustomizing 3-D printing
The technology behind 3-D printing is growing more and more common, but the ability to create designs for it is not. Any but the simplest designs require expertise with computer-aided design (CAD)...
View ArticleJustice Department looks to sharpen computer crime law (Update)
Stung by recent court decisions that have gone against them, Justice Department lawyers are making a fresh push to clarify a computer trespass law that critics malign as overly broad.
View ArticleUS journalist found guilty in hacking trial
A federal jury in Northern California on Wednesday found a journalist guilty of computer crimes for helping hackers deface the Los Angeles Times website.
View ArticleNew insights into the creation of heavy elements: Researchers simulate...
Alpha particles, as the nuclei of the helium atom are also called, play a decisive role in the formation of heavier elements. Carbon, for instance, is formed from the fusion of these alpha particles....
View ArticleAnalysis shows 'Super Mario Brothers' is harder than NP-hard
Completing a game of "Super Mario Brothers" can be hard—very, very hard. That's the conclusion of a new paper from researchers at MIT, the University of Ottawa, and Bard College at Simon's Rock. They...
View ArticleComputer pioneer Robert W. Taylor dies at 85
Robert W. Taylor, who was instrumental in creating the internet and the modern personal computer, has died. He was 85.
View ArticleWhy politically motivated cyberattacks might be the new normal
An international cyberattack struck parts of Europe, Asia, and the United States on Tuesday, crippling tens of thousands of computers at banks, hospitals, and government offices worldwide. Initial...
View ArticleSpy vs spy vs spy as Israel watches Russian hackers: NYT
Israeli spies observed Russian government hackers in real time as they scoured computers around the world for the codenames of US intelligence programs, The New York Times reported Tuesday night.
View ArticleElite US government hacker charged with taking secret information
A member of the US National Security Agency's elite hacking team has been charged with illegally removing top secret materials, in an embarrassing breach for the crucial electronic espionage body.
View ArticleDesigning deep-sea oil rigs could be improved by simplified wave simulations
Evaluating the impact of waves on deep-sea oil rigs has been made easier by an A*STAR-developed computational technique that should increase the operational lifetime of floating platforms and make them...
View ArticleNew technique can capture images of ultrafast energy-time entangled photon pairs
Scientists at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo have captured the first images of ultrafast photons that are energy-time entangled. The new technique will have...
View ArticleAI computer vision breakthrough IDs poachers in less than half a second
Thousands of animals including elephants, tigers, rhinos, and gorillas are poached each year. Researchers at the USC Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society have long been applying AI to protect...
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