ECB warns banks of new AI risks
The European Central Bank (ECB) has summoned major banks to an emergency meeting to warn of new cybersecurity risks linked to advanced AI models, according to the Financial Times. Frank Elderson, vice chair of the…
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It Took 40 Years for Technology To Catch Up to This Revolutionary Zipper Design
The Y-zipper a user creates will appear to “shape-shift” in the real world. When unzipped, it can look like a squid with three sprawling tentacles, and when closed up, it becomes a more compact structure….
The AI Era Is Creating a Bug Hunting Arms Race
“Nation state issues are very serious and very real, but criminal actors still make up the vast majority of incidents that organizations deal with and many of those incidents are quite serious,” Hultquist adds. “Zero-day…
Scientists Discover Low-Cost Route To Clean Hydrogen Production
A new catalyst developed by University of Birmingham scientists could dramatically lower the temperatures needed for hydrogen production. Credit: Stock Birmingham researchers have developed a new method for producing hydrogen fuel that costs less than…
Revolutionary Gas Turbine Generates Power Without Air Compression
The compressorless gas turbine developed by the KIT team burns for almost one minute longer than NASA’s. Credit: Joachim Grune, KIT KIT researchers surpass NASA and achieve a technological breakthrough toward a CO2-neutral energy system….
New Memory Chip Survives 1300°F, Hotter Than Lava
Electronics usually fail under extreme heat, but scientists have now created a memory chip that keeps working at temperatures hotter than lava. Credit: SciTechDaily.com A heat-proof chip that survives 1300°F could revolutionize both extreme-environment tech…
‘Creepy’ Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn’t Actually Work, FTC Says
The Federal Trade Commission announced on Thursday that Cox Media Group and two other marketing companies, MindSift LLC and 1010 Digital Works, have agreed to collectively pay nearly $1 million to settle allegations that they…
Scientists Just Used Sunlight To Pull Off a Quantum Physics Feat Once Thought Impossible
Correlated photon pairs, generated via sunlight-pumped spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a nonlinear crystal, demonstrate ghost imaging. Credit: W. Zhang (Xiamen University) Scientists have shown that sunlight alone can generate quantum-correlated photons capable of producing “ghost…
The EU Is Going Through a Trump-Fueled Breakup With Big Tech
As tensions between President Donald Trump and Europe continue to simmer, the continent is accelerating its moves to reduce its addiction to US technology. Cities and governments are ditching Microsoft Office for open-source alternatives, shifting…
A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide
US lawmakers plan to introduce an amendment Thursday at a House committee markup hearing that would prohibit any recipient of federal highway funding from using automated license plate readers for any purpose other than tolling—a…