War in Iran Spiked Oil Prices. Trump Will Decide How High They Go
Oil prices surged on Monday following the United States and Israel’s attacks on Iran this weekend, as some analysts predict that it […]
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NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Takes Flight
The X-59 will generate a lower “sonic thump” thanks to its unique design. It was given a long, slender nose that accounts […]
Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers
Data centers are responsible for running many of the services that underpin the systems we interact with every day. Transportation, logistics, energy, finance, national […]
How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe
Genetic testing company 23andMe, once a Silicon Valley darling valued at $6 billion, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Sunday as […]
The Simple Math Behind Public Key Cryptography
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For thousands of years, if you wanted to send a secret message, […]
The US Wants to Integrate the Commercial Space Industry With Its Military to Prevent Cyber Attacks
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The US military recently launched a groundbreaking initiative to strengthen […]
Ukrainian Sailors Are Using Telegram to Avoid Being Tricked Into Smuggling Oil for Russia
This story originally appeared in Hakai Magazine and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A new video appears on the social […]
Ecuador Is Literally Powerless in the Face of Drought
During times of low water, Ecuador has few options to meet its baseline energy demands, because it doesn’t have any other major […]
China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces
At a tech forum in Beijing last week, a Chinese company unveiled a “homegrown” brain-computer interface that allowed a monkey to seemingly […]
A Celebrated Cryptography-Breaking Algorithm Just Got an Upgrade
Two researchers have improved a well-known technique for lattice basis reduction, opening up new avenues for practical experiments in cryptography and mathematics.