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Nov 14, 2024

Leaked info of 122 million linked to B2B data aggregator breach

Posted by in category: business

The business contact information for 122 million people circulating since February 2024 is now confirmed to have been stolen from a B2B demand generation platform.

The data comes from DemandScience (formerly Pure Incubation), a B2B demand generation company that aggregates data.

Data aggregation is the process of collecting, compiling, and organizing data from public sources to create a comprehensive dataset valuable for digital marketers and advertisers in creating rich “profiles” used to generate leads or marketing information.

Nov 14, 2024

Hackers use macOS extended file attributes to hide malicious code

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

Hackers are using a novel technique that abuses extended attributes for macOS files to deliver a new trojan that researchers call RustyAttr.

The threat actor is hiding malicious code in custom file metadata and also uses decoy PDF documents to help evade detection.

The new technique is similar to how the Bundlore adware in 2020 hid its payloads in resource forks to hide payloads for macOS. It was discovered in a few malware samples in the wild by researchers at cybersecurity company Group-IB.

Nov 14, 2024

Season 8 Thanksgiving GIF by Friends

Posted by in category: lifeboat

We will be having an early Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday, the 27th, with a few Lifeboat Foundation people in Austin, Texas. Let us know if you wish to join!

Nov 14, 2024

Inflammatory promote the transformation of prostate cancer cells into treatment-resistant cells

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

There is a challenge related to prostate cancer from cancer cells that form resistance to treatments as the disease progresses. For medical science, these resistance mechanisms are not yet fully understood.

A new study by the University of Eastern Finland has filled some of this knowledge gap. The scientists found that inflammation-promoting immune cells, M1 macrophages, can transform cancer cells into stem-like cells and thus immune to treatment.

The study examined the impact of factors promoting inflammation in a tumour microenvironment on the progression of prostate cancer. Researchers focused particularly on the role of M1 and M2 macrophages in the tumour microenvironment. Macrophages are immune cells whose large number in the tumour area is often a sign of poor prognosis in relation to prostate cancer. These white blood cells stimulate the action of other immune system cells.

Nov 14, 2024

12,000-year Old Stones May be Very Early Evidence of Wheel-Like Technology

Posted by in category: futurism

A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone in the development of rotational tools including wheels, according to a study published November 13, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Talia Yashuv and Leore Grosman from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Nov 14, 2024

AI-powered non-invasive BCIs to help you control objects by thought

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Non-invasive BCIs let you harness tech benefits and enhance cognition without implanting a brain chip.


The problem with conventional non-invasive BCIs is that they are not as accurate as invasive BCIs. They collect data using external sensors that are not in direct contact with brain tissues, and any disturbance in a user’s surroundings could affect their function.

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Nov 14, 2024

Smartphone app helps to lower cholera risk

Posted by in categories: economics, mobile phones

Supported, in part, by NASA and administrated by Resources for the Future, Kevin Boyle and colleagues from Moravian University, Penn State, and the University of Rhode Island have assessed the feasibility of implementing a smartphone app designed to convey cholera risk forecasts to households to mitigate the threat of cholera in Bangladesh. This forms part of early warning measures.

The research is titled “Early warning systems, mobile technology, and cholera aversion: Evidence from rural Bangladesh,” and it appears in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.

For the research, the team developed CholeraMap, an Android-based smartphone application that conveys cholera risk forecasts to households. The app enables users to access risk predictions – from low to medium to high – for both their community and individual home locations.

Nov 13, 2024

CMS develops new AI algorithm to detect anomalies at the Large Hadron Collider

Posted by in categories: information science, particle physics, robotics/AI

In the quest to uncover the fundamental particles and forces of nature, one of the critical challenges facing high-energy experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is ensuring the quality of the vast amounts of data collected. To do this, data quality monitoring systems are in place for the various subdetectors of an experiment and they play an important role in checking the accuracy of the data.

Nov 13, 2024

Uncovering Hidden Brain Signals

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Summary: A recent study offers new insights into how brain regions coordinate during rest, using resting-state fMRI (rsfMRI) and neural recordings in mice. By comparing blood flow patterns with direct neural activity, researchers found that some brain activity remains “invisible” in traditional rsfMRI scans. This hidden activity suggests that current brain imaging techniques may miss key elements of neural behavior.

The findings, potentially applicable to human studies, may refine our understanding of brain networks. Further research could improve the accuracy of interpreting brain activity.

Nov 13, 2024

When muscles work out, they help neurons grow: Biochemical and physical effects of exercise could help heal nerves

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, health, neuroscience

This study explores how muscle contractions, such as those that occur during exercise, influence motor neurons—the cells responsible for controlling muscle movement.


There’s no doubt that exercise does a body good. Regular activity not only strengthens muscles but can bolster our bones, blood vessels, and immune system.

Now, MIT engineers have found that exercise can also have benefits at the level of individual neurons. They observed that when muscles contract during exercise, they release a soup of biochemical signals called myokines.

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