L’atterrisseur robotique InSight de la NASA vient de nous donner notre premier aperçu des profondeurs d’une planète autre que la Terre. Plus de deux ans après son lancement, les données sismiques collectées par InSight ont donné aux chercheurs des indices sur la façon dont Mars s’est formée, comment elle a évolué sur 4,6 milliards d’années …
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Hear Startup Alley companies pitch expert VC judges on the next episode of Extra Crunch Live – TechCrunch
We know how much you love a good startup pitch-off. Who doesn’t? It combines the thrill of live, high-stakes entertainment with learning about the hottest new thing. Plus, you get to hear feedback from some of the smartest folks in the industry, thus learning how to absolutely crush it at your next pitch meeting with …
NoSQL cloud database Couchbase's shares jumped 23% in its Nasdaq debut, giving it a market valuation of $1.2B, after raising $200M in its IPO (Sohini Podder/Reuters)
Sohini Podder / Reuters: NoSQL cloud database Couchbase’s shares jumped 23% in its Nasdaq debut, giving it a market valuation of $1.2B, after raising $200M in its IPO — Shares of Couchbase Inc (BASE.O) jumped more than 23% in their Nasdaq debut on Thursday, giving the database software company a market capitalization of nearly $1.2 …
Why Context is Crucial to Successful Edge Computing
The very nature of technology innovation lends itself to the types of buzzwords and jargon that can often impede people’s understanding of the technologies themselves. These buzzwords range from metaphorical, but ultimately easy-to-understand, terms like “cloud;” to downright literal terms like “Internet of things.” Somewhere in between is where we get terms like “edge computing,” …
Two-for-Tuesday vulnerabilities send Windows and Linux users scrambling
The world woke up on Tuesday to two new vulnerabilities—one in Windows and the other in Linux—that allow hackers with a toehold in a vulnerable system to bypass OS security restrictions and access sensitive resources. As operating systems and applications become harder to hack, successful attacks typically require two or more vulnerabilities. One vulnerability allows …
What the latest Pegasus spyware leaks tell us
The reports from the Guardian, the Washington Post, and 15 other media organizations are based on a leak of tens of thousands of phone numbers that appear to have been targeted by Pegasus. While the devices associated with the numbers on the list were not necessarily infected with the spyware, the outlets were able to …
Gillmor Gang: Rattrapage – TechCrunch
Alors que la pandémie diminuait suffisamment pour monter dans notre voiture avec des chiens, SiriusXM et nos enfants dans le rétroviseur, nous nous sommes rendus en Caroline du Sud. Tina avait enduré l’année dernière et presque la moitié pendant que sa mère languissait avec des animaux de compagnie vieillissants, son mari dans un établissement et …
Facebook dit que leurs données montrent une baisse de 50% de l’hésitation à vacciner parmi les utilisateurs américains, réfutant l’affirmation de Biden selon laquelle il « tue des gens » en autorisant la désinformation COVID-19 (Guy Rosen/À propos de Facebook)
Guy Rosen / À propos de Facebook: Facebook dit que leurs données montrent une baisse de 50% de l’hésitation à vacciner parmi les utilisateurs américains, réfutant l’affirmation de Biden selon laquelle il « tue des gens » en permettant la désinformation sur COVID-19 — À une époque où les cas de COVID-19 augmentent en Amérique, l’administration Biden …
7 Tips for Building Relationships & Connecting at Conferences
An important part of honing our skills as business professionals is becoming better at meeting new people and building real relationships. The more we invest in practicing engaging with others effectively — the more natural our ability to build relationships, becomes. We then look forward to the process of building relationships and find genuine happiness …
For years, a backdoor in popular KiwiSDR product gave root to project developer
Enlarge / A spectrum painted image made using KiwiSDR. xssfox KiwiSDR is hardware that uses a software-defined radio to monitor transmissions in a local area and stream them over the Internet. A largely hobbyist base of users does all kinds of cool things with the playing-card-sized devices. For instance, a user in Manhattan could connect …