The U.S. Navy has successfully invented a special electronic device that is designed to stop people from talking. Interesting Engineering reports: A form of non-lethal weapon, the new electronic device effectively repeats a speaker’s own voice back at …
Researchers Develop an Engineered ‘Mini’ CRISPR Genome Editing System
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: In a paper published Sept. 3 in Molecular Cell, [Stanley Qi, assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford University] and his collaborators announce what they believe is a major step forward for C…
Wildly Reinvented Wind Turbine Generates Five Times More Energy Than Its Competitors
Norwegian company Wind Catching Systems is developing a floating, multi-turbine technology for wind farms that could generate five times the annual energy of the world’s largest, single wind turbine. This increased efficiency is due to an innovative de…
Apple Faces Probe From US Labor Board Over Complaints of Hostile Working Conditions
The US National Labor Relations Board is looking into cases filed against the tech giant by two of the main voices accusing the company of permitting a hostile work environment. Engadget reports: The first complaint was filed by Ashley Gjovik, the seni…
US Air Force Chief Software Officer Quits
The US Air Force’s first ever chief software officer has quit the job after branding it “probably the most challenging and infuriating of my entire career” in a remarkably candid blog post. The Register reports: Nicolas Chaillan’s impressively blunt le…
Largest Study of Its Kind Finds Face Masks Reduce COVID-19
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Berkeley News: Wearing face masks, particularly surgical masks, is truly effective in reducing the spread of COVID-19 in community settings, finds a new study led by researchers from Yale University, Stanford Me…
Microsoft Reportedly Broke Windows 11 By Injecting Ads
Yesterday after releasing new Windows 11 builds in the Dev and Beta channels, Insiders reported that their Start Menu and taskbar were crashing. As it turned out, it was caused by Windows 11 delivering ads, as was reported by Daniel Aleksandersen, who …
Banksy Was Warned About Website Flaw Before NFT Hack Scam
Artist Banksy’s team was warned his website had a security weakness seven days before a hacker scammed a fan out of $336,000. The BBC reports: On Tuesday a piece of art was advertised on Banksy’s official website as the world-renowned graffiti artist’s…
Take-Two Sues Enthusiasts Behind GTA Fan Projects Re3, ReVC
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Take-Two Interactive has sued several programmers and enthusiasts said to be behind the popular re3 and reVC Grand Theft Auto fan projects. The lawsuit says that after the company filed a DMCA take…
Wooden Floors Laced With Silicon Generate Electricity From Footsteps
An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Scientist: Wooden floors infused with silicon and metal ions can generate enough electrical power from human footsteps to light LED bulbs. Researchers hope that they could provide a green energy source for h…