Topic: SCIENCE - on July 2, 2016 at 5:03:00 PM CEST
LHCb unveils new particles
On 28 June, the LHCb collaboration reported the observation of three new "exotic" particles and the confirmation of the existence of a fourth one in data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). These particles seem to be formed by four quarks (the fundamental constituent of the matter inside all the atoms of the universe): two quarks and two antiquarks (that is, a tetraquark). Due to their non-standard quark content, the newly observed particles have been included in the broad category of so-called exotic particles, although their exact theoretical interpretation is still under study.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 2, 2016 at 5:02:00 PM CEST
INTERVIEW | CRYPTOME: 1996/2016
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Topic: TOR - on July 2, 2016 at 4:59:00 PM CEST
Over 100 Snooping Tor Nodes Have Been Spying on Dark Web Sites
Just like the internet generally, not all of the Tor network is safe. Sometimes, people set up malicious exit nodes—the part of the network where a user's traffic joins the rest of the normal web—in order to spy on what users are up to. But there are other types of nosy nodes too. Researchers have uncovered over 100 malicious hidden service directories (HSDirs): the relays of the network that allow people to visit dark web sites.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 2, 2016 at 4:58:00 PM CEST
Kurdish fighters earn $1.7 billion in drug trade
A narcoterrorism report prepared by Turkey’s Interior Ministry suggests that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) earns nearly $1.7 billion each year through its involvement in the production and trading of cannabis, in addition to drug smuggling. The PKK earns some 500 million Turkish Liras (around $170 million) per year via the production and trading of cannabis, said the report, which sheds light on narcoterrorism operations, adding that $1.5 billion was raised annually through drug smuggling.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 2, 2016 at 4:54:00 PM CEST
War, on drugs
All of Gaul is divided into three parts,’ wrote Julius Caesar at the start of his Gallic Wars. ‘No, four,’ corrected one author writing slightly later, ‘for one small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the Roman invaders.’ It was, of course, the French comic-book hero Asterix’s unnamed Breton village. The secret of the success of Asterix and his fellow villagers was their superhuman strength – that is, when their druid was willing to make them some of his secret potion. One gulp made Asterix’s Gauls invincible, irresistible in attack and extraordinary in defence. The only thing the potion could not cure was the village bard, Cacophonix, whose terrible voice alone was immune to the magic drug of Getafix, the village’s druid and superchemist.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on July 2, 2016 at 4:52:00 PM CEST
The WRT54GL: A 54Mbps router from 2005 still makes millions for Linksys
In a time when consumers routinely replace gadgets with new models after just two or three years, some products stand out for being built to last. Witness the Linksys WRT54GL, the famous wireless router that came out in 2005 and is still for sale. At first glance, there seems to be little reason to buy the WRT54GL in the year 2016. It uses the 802.11g Wi-Fi standard, which has been surpassed by 802.11n and 802.11ac. It delivers data over the crowded 2.4GHz frequency band and is limited to speeds of 54Mbps. You can buy a new router—for less money—and get the benefit of modern standards, expansion into the 5GHz band, and data rates more than 20 times higher.
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Topic: CARS - on July 2, 2016 at 4:51:00 PM CEST
Tesla owner killed in crash was watching ‘Harry Potter’ while using car's autopilot, survivor says
The first person to die in a U.S. crash involving a car in self-driving mode was the tech-savvy 40-year-old owner of a Tesla Model S who nicknamed his car "Tessy" and praised its sophisticated "Autopilot" system. Joshua D. Brown, of Canton, Ohio, died in the May 7 crash in Williston, Florida, when his car's cameras failed to distinguish the white side of a turning tractor-trailer rig from a brightly lit sky and didn't automatically activate its brakes, according to government records and a Tesla statement issued Thursday.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on July 2, 2016 at 4:49:00 PM CEST
3D-printing: German engineers create injectable micro-camera
German engineers have created a camera no bigger than a grain of salt that could change the future of health imaging — and clandestine surveillance. Using 3D printing, researchers from the University of Stuttgart built a three-lens camera, and fit it onto the end of an optical fibre the width of two hairs.
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Topic: AUSTRIA - on July 2, 2016 at 4:47:00 PM CEST
Höchstgericht ordnet Stichwahl-Wiederholung an - Liveticker
Die Stichwahl zur Bundespräsidentenwahl muss in ganz Österreich wiederholt werden. Das hat Gerhart Holzinger, der Präsident des Verfassungsgerichtshofs, am Freitag bekanntgegeben. Das Höchstgericht gibt somit der Anfechtung der FPÖ statt. - derstandard.at/jetzt/livebericht/2000040171600/praesidentschaftswahl-wahlanfechtung-hoechstgericht-gibt-zu-mittag-entscheidung-bekannt.
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