Category: Computer Security

NSA Planned to Hijack Google App Store to Hack Smartphones – The Intercept

The NSA and its partners developed a top-secret method to infect smartphones with spyware through Google and Samsung app servers, Snowden documents reveal. Source: NSA >>>

Posted: May 21, 2015 in Computer, Security

Ukrainian forces says two drones shot down over war zone are Russian | World news | The Guardian

Captured drones appear to be further evidence of Russia’s involvement in Ukraine conflict Source: Ukrainian forces says two drones shot down over war zone are >>>

Posted: May 21, 2015 in Gadgetry, Military, Robotics

Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1 percent

Source: Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1 percent

Posted: May 21, 2015 in Energy, Solar

Hundreds of tech companies line up to oppose TPP trade agreement | US news | The Guardian

Letter signed by more than 250 companies demands greater transparency and says ‘dangerously vague’ language would criminalise whistleblowers Source: Hundreds of tech companies line up >>>

Posted: May 21, 2015 in Editorial

New ‘deep learning’ technique enables robot mastery of skills via trial and error

Source: New ‘deep learning’ technique enables robot mastery of skills via trial and error

Posted: May 21, 2015 in Gadgetry, Robotics

These New Greaseless Bearings Can Spin Virtually Forever

They just keep going and going and going and going Source: These New Greaseless Bearings Can Spin Virtually Forever

Posted: May 21, 2015 in Gadgetry

First images of collisions at 13 TeV | CERN

Last night, protons collided in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the record-breaking energy of 13 TeV for the first time. These test collisions were to set up systems >>>

Posted: May 21, 2015 in Physics