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The Cyberspace Administration of China issued the Measures for Security Assessment of Data Exports , which will come into force on September 1, 2022. The “Measures” stipulate that data processors provide important data overseas, key information infrastructure operators and data processors processing more than one million personal information provide personal information overseas, and cumulatively provide […]

The most contagious subtype of the new coronavirus to date is spreading rapidly in the United States . Variants of the omicron subtype, known as BA.5 and BA.4, are dominating new cases in the U.S., both of which have mutations in the spike protein, the most common SARS-CoV-2 virus to date. The ability to evade

On July 11, 1997, Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan’s film ” Contact ” was released. An anti-mainstream movie that seems like the complete opposite of the trend today: no aliens, no spaceships, and no Earth invaded. The film starred Jodie Foster and Carl Sagan died during filming. On the 25th anniversary of the film’s release,

Strategies to get people to turn off or put their smartphones on silent as a way to reduce distraction or avoid Internet addiction may backfire for some, according to researchers at Penn State University. In one study, researchers reported that people checked their phones more when the device was in silent mode. Those who scored

A new variant of the Hive ransomware written in Go a year ago has been rewritten in Rust, Microsoft security researchers have discovered . Hive appeared in June 2021, two months after the FBI issued a warning . In November, European e-retail giant MediaMarkt was attacked by Hive. This is another ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) dual extortion

Things we take for granted today were not so in the past. Early computers had limited and expensive storage, memory, and processing power. People have to go to great lengths to get to the computer lab and stay up all night to get computer time. The naming of programming languages ​​was simpler back then, because

Airbus’ unmanned solar-powered Zephyr S has been flying for more than 20 consecutive days . The Zephyr solar plane was originally designed by the company QinetiQ, which in 2013 was sold to EADS Astrium – today Airbus Defence and Aerospace. The Zephyr S is the latest in the Zephyr series of solar powered aircraft, with

Astronomers have observed direct evidence of a shared envelope in the binaries. Many stars have companion stars, and in the process of evolution, binary stars will form double black holes, double neutron stars and other celestial bodies. In 1976, scientist Bohdan Paczyński put forward theoretical predictions that binary stars have an evolutionary process of “shared

The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to classify nuclear and natural gas as environmentally sustainable energy sources . 278 MPs voted against, but not the majority needed to reject the proposal. Under the newly approved taxonomy, nuclear and gas-fired power plants built before 2030 will be classified as transitional energy as long as they replace

Marriott Hotel has once again exposed the accident of user data leakage . In the June incident, attackers used social engineering techniques to trick Maryland Marriott hotel employees into gaining access to their computers, but the company said the hackers did not have access to its core systems. The hackers claimed to have stolen 20

Censoring peaceful protesters isn’t the only reason the government is deliberately shutting down the internet in 2022, but researchers say it’s the main target and will do the most damage to the global economy. According to a report by Top10VPN, the cost of a government-ordered internet shutdown in 2022 will cost the global economy more

Researchers have created the first cloned mice from freeze-dried skin cells, aiming to help conservationists restore populations of endangered species. The breakthrough paves the way for countries to store animal skin cells as an insurance policy, as the cells can be used to create clones, a move that could boost the species’ genetic diversity if

Axie Infinity is a popular game developed by Sky Mavis that allows participants to accumulate cryptocurrency as they play. Its daily active users reached 2.7 million weekly trading volume of $214 million. It was stolen $540 million in cryptocurrency in March, with attackers believed to be from North Korea. According to anonymous sources, North Korean