Novel lithium-metal batteries will drive the switch to electric cars
A new type of battery could finally make electric cars as convenient and cheap as gas ones.
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The Atlantic’s vital currents could collapse. Scientists are racing to understand the dangers.
So far, the efforts to observe the currents directly show they’re weirder and more unpredictable than expected.
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Underwater Permafrost Is a Big, Gassy Wild Card for the Climate
You’ve probably heard of permafrost, the frozen carbon-rich land. But it’s also thawing under the sea, burping up planet-warming gases.
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Russia Is Facing a Tech Worker Exodus
With founders and developers scrambling for the exit, the Russian tech scene is taking a major hit.
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Russia’s Sandworm Hackers Have Built a Botnet of Firewalls
Western intelligence services are raising alarms about Cyclops Blink, the latest tool at the notorious group’s disposal.
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Second Wiper Attack Strikes Systems in Ukraine and Two Neighboring Countries
The wiper, dubbed HermeticWiper, struck a bank in Ukraine as well as machines in Latvia and Lithuania belonging to two contractors that work with the Ukrainian government.
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After 25 years, Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive are still working to democratize knowledge
Corporations continue to control access to materials that are in the library, which is controlling preservation, and it’s killing us.
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The Threat of Russian Cyberattacks Looms Large
So far, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has not involved the sort of devastating cyberattacks that many anticipated. But it’s not clear why, or whether that pattern will hold.
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Cyber Realism in a Time of War
“For all the talk about ‘cyber war’, today shows that when conflict escalates to this point it is secondary. If you want to take out infrastructure then missiles are more straightforward than using computer code. Cyber’s main role now is perhaps to sow confusion about events.”
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Leaked Ransomware Docs Show Conti Helping Putin From the Shadows
Members of the hacker gang may act in Russia’s interest, but their links to the FSB and Cozy Bear hackers appear ad hoc.
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The Russian Disinfo Operation You Never Heard About
The campaign known as Secondary Infektion appears to be a distinct effort from the meddling of the IRA and GRU—and it went undetected for years.
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Inside the Lab Where Intel Tries to Hack Its Own Chips
Researchers at iSTARE have to think like the bad guys, finding critical flaws before processors go to production.
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Hacktivists Stoke Pandemonium Amid Russia’s War in Ukraine
A wave of cyberattacks meant to make a statement and particularly buoy Ukraine could have unintended consequences.
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How Telegram Became the Anti-Facebook
Hundreds of millions of users. No algorithm. No ads. Courage in the face of autocracy. Sound like a dream? Careful what you wish for.
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Activists are using ads to sneak real news to Russians about Ukraine
From pop-up notifications to Facebook ads, campaigners in Ukraine and beyond are using any means necessary to beat Russia’s information firewall.
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Why ICANN Won’t Revoke Russian Internet Domains
The organization says cutting the country off would have “devastating” effects on the global internet system.
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Why Russia’s “disconnection” from the Internet isn’t amounting to much
So far, moves by two of the Internet’s major pipelines are having negligible effects.
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Online Sleuths Are Using Face Recognition to ID Russian Soldiers
It takes five minutes to put a name to a soldier’s face using little more than a screenshot, but there’s a catch.
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The Spectacular Collapse of Putin’s Disinformation Machinery
A few critical errors have brought down Russia’s complex and objectively brilliant war of influence in the West.
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How Ukraine’s Internet Can Fend Off Russian Attacks
The besieged country’s complex internet infrastructure has evolved to promote resiliency.
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