New Ransomware Targets Industrial Control Systems

In recent months, researchers have caught ransomware "intentionally tampering with industrial control systems that dams, electric grids...

Elementary OS Wants to Crowdfund a Better Distro-Independent 'AppCenter for Everyone'

In 2017 Elementary OS built a pay-what-you-want app store -- funded with $10,000 raised on IndieGogo. Now they're trying to raise anothe...

How 'MICE' Brings a Muon Collider Closer To Reality

"Scientists have announced a breakthrough that could be key to the creation of a powerful new kind of particle collider," reports ...

Clearview AI Wants To Sell Its Facial Recognition To Authoritarian Regimes

popcornfan679 shares a report from Buzzfeed: Clearview has been touting a "rapid international expansion" to prospective clients u...

Generalist diet helps invasive crayfish thrive where it's introduced

An invasive species of crayfish that is taking over streams from Wisconsin to Maine might be successful because it's not a fussy eater, ...

Novel techniques for mining patented gene therapies offer promising treatment options

Scientists are working to gain a better understand of the growing number of worldwide patented innovations available for gene therapy treatm...

Linguistics: The pronunciation paradox

Learners of foreign languages can hear the errors in pronunciation that fellow learners tend to make, but continue to fall foul of them them...