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Aug 19, 2018

No Card Required: ‘Black Box’ ATM Attacks Move Into Europe

Posted by in categories: business, cybercrime/malcode

Fraudsters are now gingerly testing the waters in central and Western Europe with attacks that drain cash machines of their funds, according to a trade group that studies criminal activity around ATMs.

See Also: How to Combat Targeted Business Email Compromise Attacks

The European Association for Secure Transactions, or EAST, says the attacks, sometimes referred to as “jackpotting,” rose 231 percent in 2017 compared to 2016. Last year, 193 incidents were reported compared to 58 in 2016.

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Aug 19, 2018

Visa app will track your location to prevent credit card fraud

Posted by in category: futurism

New app could protect you from credit card fraud, but you’ll have to sacrifice some privacy to use it.

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Aug 19, 2018

Spiders Can Fly Hundreds of Miles Using Electricity

Posted by in category: futurism

Scientists are finally starting to understand the centuries-old mystery of “ballooning.”

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Aug 19, 2018

Mars 2020 Spacecraft ‘Coming Together’; Probe To Seek Signs Of Ancient Alien Life

Posted by in category: alien life

See the face of the new rover.

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Aug 19, 2018

Transfer Learning for Brain-Computer Interfaces: An Euclidean Space Data Alignment Approach

Posted by in categories: computing, neuroscience, space

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1808.05464.pdf

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Aug 19, 2018

Are We Alone?

Posted by in categories: biological, existential risks

The problem with the Fermi Paradox is our narrow assumption of life as being biological in form and time as being linear in direction. Chances are we are the sentient descendants of the civilizations we are looking for.

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Aug 19, 2018

Keynote: “Future of Healthy Longevity”

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, transhumanism

Lincoln Cannon asked me to do a talk a few months ago for the MTA. It was a good time. I learned a lot from the other speakers. Bryan Johnson opened the event and it was interesting to learn about his path and vision for the future. I would like to see many more people in his position. My goal is to make many millionaires out of biotech visionaries through the BioViva platform so that they can reinvest into great tech. Thanks, Lincoln and Bryan!


At the 2018 Conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association, held 7 Apr 2018 at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Provo, UT, speakers addressed the themes of Mormonism, Transhumanism and Transfigurism, with particular attention to topics at the intersection of technology, spirituality, science and religion. Members, friends and critics of the association have many views. This is one of them. It is not necessarily shared by others.

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Aug 19, 2018

We are days away from turning on the Optical Mining test bed!

Posted by in categories: energy, space

This cable is what it takes to drive the 700 Amp power supply for the world’s biggest light bulb at the heart of the system…See the concept drawing from years ago on the left and the CAD model in the right.

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Aug 18, 2018

Flip a switch and shut down seizures?

Posted by in category: neuroscience

New research suggests how to turn off out-of-control signaling in the brain.

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Aug 18, 2018

Scientists testing new solution to fight Florida’s toxic red tide

Posted by in category: futurism

At least seven counties in Florida are under a state of emergency for a toxic algae bloom that has killed thousands of marine animals. But researchers at a lab in Sarasota say they have a machine that can fight the red tide.

The state of Florida is at war with a toxic red tide. A tide that is killing marine life along the Sunshine State’s southwest coast and creating a stench.

“The smell is just a little unbearable,” said one vacationer.

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