The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released 20 pages of training materials concerning the collection, processing, and analysis of biological evidence following fatal aviation accidents. The…
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Larry W. Bryant was a UFO researcher, writer, and government transparency advocate who pursued federal records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). His work…
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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Sundry Photography) More than half a decade has passed since the notorious Russian hackers known as Sandworm targeted an electrical transmission station north of Kyiv a week before Christmas in 2016, using a unique, automated piece of code to interact directly with the station's circuit breakers and turn off the…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | seksan Mongkhonkhamsao) The US has seized the domain of what it calls "one of the world's largest hacker forums" and indicted its founder, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday. A notice on RaidForums.com says the domain was seized by the FBI, Secret Service, and Department of Justice. Europol and law enforcement…
Enlarge / The 2020, M1-equipped Apple Mac mini. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple's Mac Studio just came out, but there's some good news for anyone waiting on a refresh to Apple's cheapest Mac desktop. Developer Steve Troughton-Smith uncovered a reference to an as-yet-unannounced "Macmini10,1" model identifier in a firmware file for the Studio Display, implying that…
The last few years have seen heightened consumer focus on wireless networking. The industry has also been quite busy, enabling the operation of Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) in the 6GHz band with Wi-Fi 6E. In parallel, the 802.11 Working Group had started work on 802.11be with a focus on extremely high throughput (EHT). Wi-Fi 7 is…
Enlarge / A worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a swab sample from a resident for a COVID-19 test in a neighborhood placed under lockdown in Shanghai, China, on Saturday, April 9, 2022. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) Shanghai and more than a dozen other cities in China are now under full or partial lockdown…
Enlarge / The Fitbit app showing information on irregular rhythm notifications. (credit: Google) Google-owned wearable brand Fitbit announced Monday that it will soon introduce a new atrial fibrillation-detection feature to its devices. According to a blog post from Google, Fitbit received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), paving the way for the…
Elden Ring doesn't look that hard in this sub-nine-minute speedrun... In the nearly two months since Elden Ring was released, the average player has reportedly needed dozens of hours to finish the "main story" portion of the game. Given that, the fact that the speedrunning community can now demonstrate a complete start-to-finish Elden Ring run…
Enlarge / Apple's Studio Display. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) One thing that makes Apple's Studio Display monitor unique—aside from the native 5K display resolution—is that there's basically an iPad inside of it. The monitor includes an Apple A13 chip and 64GB of storage to power some of its smart features, and like any of Apple's other iDevices, it…
Enlarge / Next week, we can show you way more of Playdate's final retail version. For now, settle on this capture from the system's setup process, along with a look at its unboxing. (credit: Sam Machkovech) Nine months ago, the team responsible for the portable Playdate game system sent us the device's "near-final" version for…
Intel for the last few years has been undergoing a major period of manufacturing expansion for the company. While the more recent announcements of new facilities in Ohio and Germany have understandably taken a lot of the spotlight – especially given their importance to Intel’s Foundry Services plans – Intel has been working even longer…
