VA Tech experiment was inspired by Death Valley’s mysterious “sailing stones” at Racetrack Playa.
Category: Science & Technology
How Android Phones Became a Real-Time Earthquake Warning System
The system uses phones’ accelerometers to trigger warnings ahead of the shaking.
Falcon 9 Sonic Booms Feel Like Seismic Waves, Shaped by Trajectory, Wind Shear, and Coastal Topography
Trajectories, wind shear, temperature gradients, topography, and weather can affect how a sonic boom spreads.
Leaked 190,000 Black Basta chats reveal internal workflows and social-engineering tactics, including ‘The girl should be calling men’
Disclosure of tactics, techniques, and procedures provides rare glimpse into secretive group.
Firefly’s picture-perfect Moon landing charts the future of commercial lunar exploration
“Every single thing was clockwork… We got some Moon dust on our boots.”…
River Dolphins Demonstrate Aerial Urination: A Curious Social Display
It’s unclear why river dolphins do this, but it might serve some kind of social function.
Google Concedes in Court: The Open Web Is in Rapid Decline
Google’s position on the state of the Internet is murky to say the least.
Google Admits Open Web Is Rapidly Declining in Court Filing
Google’s position on the state of the Internet is murky to say the least.
New exploit lets attackers steal cryptocurrency by planting false memories in AI chatbots
Malicious “context manipulation” technique causes bot to send payments to attacker’s wallet.
New attack steals crypto by planting fake memories in AI chatbots
Malicious “context manipulation” technique causes bot to send payments to attacker’s wallet.