This spring, services from heavy hitters like Google and Facebook seemed glitchy or inaccessible for people worldwide for more than an hour. But it wasn't a hack, or even a glitch at any one organization. It was the latest mishap to stem from…
In September 2019, the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued its first-ever warning for an attack on a commercial artificial intelligence algorithm. Security researchers had devised a way to attack a Proofpoint product that uses…
Research has long shown that using multiple computer monitors can considerably improve your productivity, but the world's inexorable shift toward mobility has complicated that calculus. For most, a multi-monitor setup usually means being tethered…
If the first vaccines against Covid-19 really do start coming online in a couple of weeks, that'll be a blazingly fast scientific achievement—from new virus to new vaccine in just about 12 months, faster than ever before, and using a new…
Earthquakes send strong tremors through the earth's crust, recorded by seismometers planetwide. Human bustle also creates an ongoing, high-frequency vibration—a background buzz—in the rock. After cities, states and countries…
