DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People
A genetic analysis of dozens of ancient skeletons from East Africa helps pin down the origins of coastal Swahili society.
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Europol details ChatGPT’s potential for criminal abuse
With the increased public interest in ChatGPT, the Europol Innovation Lab took the matter seriously and conducted a series of workshops involving subject matter experts from various departments of Europol. These workshops aimed to investigate potential…
Elusive ‘Einstein’ Solves a Longstanding Math Problem
And it all began with a hobbyist “messing about and experimenting with shapes.”
Drugs and alcohol do not make you more creative, research finds
Travel, meditation, training and exposure to culture have a greater effect on artistic outputFrom Hunter S Thompson’s infamous daily pre-writing routine of cocaine, Chivas Regal and acid to Vincent Van Gogh’s love for absinthe and Andy Warhol’s prescri…
One in five people in UK suffer from misophonia, researchers find
Disorder involves strong negative reaction to sounds such as chewing or snoringIf the sound of someone chewing gum or slurping their tea gets on your nerves, you are not alone. Researchers say almost one in five people in the UK has strong negative rea…
How to combat hardware Trojans by detecting microchip manipulations
Not only do security vulnerabilities lurk within software, but they can also be embedded directly into hardware, leaving technical applications open to widespread attack. For their project, the researchers took thousands of microscopic images of microc…
New data links Covid-19’s origins to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market
Analysis of gene sequences by international team finds Covid-positive samples rich in raccoon dog DNANewly released genetic data gathered from a live food market in Wuhan has linked Covid-19 with raccoon dogs, adding weight to the theory that infected …
Samsung, Vivo, Google phones open to remote compromise without user interaction
Several vulnerabilities in Samsung’s Exynos chipsets may allow attackers to remotely compromise specific Samsung Galaxy, Vivo and Google Pixel mobile phones with no user interaction. “With limited additional research and development, we believe t…
Most security pros turn to unauthorized AI tools at work
Security experts are increasingly resorting to unauthorized AI tools, possibly because they are unhappy with the level of automation implemented in their organization’s security operation centers (SOCs), according to a study conducted by Wakefiel…
Data loss prevention company hacked by Tick cyberespionage group
ESET researchers have uncovered a compromise of an East Asian data loss prevention (DLP) company. The attackers utilized at least three malware families during the intrusion, compromising both the internal update servers and third-party tools utilized …