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Science/Tech

Ransomware: What It Is And Why It’s Your Problem

Yesterday at 09:46 AM, via Tech Financials

Ransomware: what it is and why it’s your problem Thembekile Olivia Mayayise, University of the Witwatersrand Ransomware is a type of malicious software that makes a victim’s data, system or device inaccessible. It locks the target or encrypts it (converting text into an unreadable form) until the victim pays a ransom to the attacker. It’s one […]

AI Can Make The Dead Talk – Why This Doesn’t Comfort Us

Yesterday at 09:27 AM, via Tech Financials

For as long as humans have buried their dead, they’ve dreamed of keeping them close. The ancient Fayum portraits – those stunningly lifelike images wrapped in Egyptian mummies – captured faces meant to remain present even after life had left the body. Effigies across cultures served the same purpose: to make the absent present, to […]

Bitcoin is Now Most Undervalued Versus Gold: Will BTC Price Rebound? Why Digitap ($TAP) is the Crypto Presale Leader in 2026

Yesterday at 09:00 AM, via Tech Financials

Bitcoin has just flashed one of its strongest macro signals in years. BTC is now trading at its deepest undervaluation versus gold (XAU) on record, a rare setup that has historically marked major market bottoms. Similar extremes in early 2020 and late 2022 were followed by powerful rebounds, with Bitcoin rallying more than 150% in […]

Starwatch: Watch the crescent moon pass Saturn as dusk gathers

Yesterday at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Earth’s satellite will be visible in conjunction with the ringed planet as twilight gives way to darkness

A slender crescent moon slides past Saturn this week, offering a rewarding conjunction. It will be the perfect way to start your evening, a little quiet contemplation of the night sky as the evening twilight gives way to full darkness.

The chart shows the view looking south-west from London...

Say goodbye to spam calls in South Africa

Yesterday at 07:59 AM, via MyBroadband

The Information Regulator says several unsolicited direct marketing matters have been escalated to its Enforcement Committee for consideration.

Is the Possibility of Conscious AI a Dangerous Myth?

Yesterday at 07:45 AM, via Slashdot

This week Noema magazine published a 7,000-word exploration of our modern “Mythology Of Conscious AI” written by a neuroscience professor who directs the University of Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science:The very idea of conscious AI rests on the assumption that consciousness is a matter of computation. More specifically, that implementing the right kind of computation, or information...

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