TikTok Adds AI Avatar Generation Feature
TikTok’s greatest innovation was its ability to capture our attention spans, and the addictive social media platform is trying to…
April 2023
Galactic Collisions Could Be the Source of Quasars
A team of astrophysicists say quasars, some of the most brilliant phenomena in the universe, are likely caused by collisions…
UK Blocks $68.7 Billion Microsoft Activision Blizzard Deal
On Wednesday, UK regulators torpedoed Microsoft’s planned $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, saying the deal wouldn’t help anybody but…
Mysterious Near-Earth Asteroid Phaethon Just Got Even Weirder
A comet-like asteroid has been flaunting a tail of material as it approaches the Sun. But unlike its cometary counterparts,…
These Failed Missions to the Moon Remind Us That Space Is Hard
For millennia, our species looked at the Moon as a place that would forever be beyond our reach, but 20th-century…
Charming Kitten’s New BellaCiao Malware Discovered in Multi-Country Attacks
The prolific Iranian nation-state group known as Charming Kitten targeted multiple victims in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and…
San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office Goes Back to Radios After Ransomware Attack
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department was recently hit with a cyberattack that forced deputies to go back to radios…
The Lenovo ThinkPhone Is a Motorola Smartphone in Stuffy Business Attire
While employer-provided devices aren’t always a perk, sometimes they offer features your tech at home doesn’t. The Lenovo ThinkPhone by…
NIST’S SBIR Program Could be for You
Fascination with technological innovation is built into America’s DNA. Today’s legions of U.S. scientific and engineering researchers are directly connected…
Update on the Revision of NIST SP 800-66, Implementing the HIPAA Security Rule
NIST to Finalize Special Publication (SP) 800-66 Revision 2 and Collaborate on Resources for Small, Regulated EntitiesFor the past 18+…