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Allyn Malventano joins us for a very special (and storage-centric) episode. Talked about some of the things that caught our interest at Computex, the future of DirectStorage and how it could solve the GPU VRAM problem (somebody actually implemented that…

female reproductive system Cell design/iStockphoto/Getty Images New tests may detect ovarian cancer earlier than existing diagnostic tools. Epithelial ovarian cancer, which accounts for 90 percent of ovarian cancer cases, is one of the deadliest cancers, and only 30 percent of…

Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania The Yamnaya have a long association with horses and are now known as the oldest riders. Skeletons from around 3000 B.C. unearthed from burial mounds in Eastern Europe show wear patterns consistent with ‘jockey syndrome’ and are…

This shrinking means that the upper atmosphere will become less dense, resulting in less drag on satellites and other objects in low Earth orbit, expected to drop by about a third by 2070, according to the British Antarctic Observatory. Institute…

June 3, 2023Ravi LakshmananPrivacy / Technology The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined Amazon a total of $30.8 million over a series of privacy violations involving the Alexa Assistant and Ring security cameras. This includes a $25 million fine…

Compounds in octopus ink have anti-cancer properties BIOSPHOTO/Alamy The compounds in octopus ink are engineered in a lab and used to kill cancer cells. This development could eventually lead to new cancer treatments. Martín Samuel Hernández Zazueta of the University…

A survey of global cybersecurity leaders by the 2023 Certified CISO Hall of Fame Report commissioned by the EC-Council identified four critical areas of concern: cloud security, data security, security governance, and a shortage of cybersecurity talent. EC-Council, a global…

Sunrise over the retreating Stanley Glacier John Wendle African glaciers are some of the fastest melting glaciers on earth. Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania could disappear by 2040, and Mount Kenya and the little-studied Rwenzori Range, which straddles Uganda and the…

June 3, 2023Ravi LakshmananEndpoint Security/Linux An analysis of a Linux variant of a new ransomware strain called BlackSuit reveals important similarities to another ransomware family called Royal. Trend Micro, which investigated x64 VMware ESXi versions targeted for Linux machines, said…

Virginia Quay is located just southeast of downtown Miami, on the doorstep of Florida and firmly within the strike zone of Hurricane Alley. Hurricane Alley is a warm zone ideal for hurricane formation that extends eastward across the Atlantic to…