Just say no to using “starwars” as a password. Screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET Listen up, Star Wars fans. You’ll be better served by a password like “LukeSkywalkerR2D2RocktheForce” or “PoeNFinn4ever” than just plain “starwars.” On Tuesday, SplashData, a provider of password management applications, released its annual worst-passwords list, and there were […]
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The National Institutes of Health has lifted a moratorium on making flu and other viruses more deadly and easier to spread, saying the research is needed to prepare the world better for killer pandemics. The experiments have been “paused” while NIH considered arguments that the research could be dangerous or […]
Donald Trump‘s security advisor H.R. McMaster said the United States is applying “maximum pressure” on the hermit nation to deter Kim Jong-un from sparking a nuclear war. North Korea has ramped up its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, causing fears of World War 3 breaking out. General McMaster told CBS: […]
Blockbusters these days are awash with rumours spoilers and leaks. Many fans feel that Disney triolled teh diehard Star Wars fanbase with two years of nisdirection and then some unacceptable decisions in the movie. But when Kevin Feige speaks, it is officially canon. The head of Marvel just dropped a […]
Natural killer cells may stop babies from being born underweightJill Lehmann Photography/Getty By Andy Coghlan The immune system’s aggressive natural killer cells – which normally kill cancer cells and infectious pathogens – also help nourish early fetuses, helping them grow. This discovery was made by Zhigang Tian of the University […]
The 13ft long metal pipe, estimated to have weighed around 100kg, crashed into the audience roughly 30 minutes into the event in Vassa, west Finland. Shocking footage from the scene shows people screaming as more of the ceiling fitting fell away into the crowd, while band members on stage leapt […]
Facebook Worried about someone is using Facebook’s facial recognition technology to replace their profile picture with your face? Now there’s a setting for that. The social media giant will soon roll out “optional tools to help people better manage their identity on Facebook using face recognition,” according to a blog […]
Get the MACH newsletter. SUBSCRIBE Although it looks like an asteroid, the first interstellar object spotted passing through the solar system, called ‘Oumuamua, may be more like a comet in disguise. When astronomers first spotted the oblong, tumbling interstellar object ‘Oumuamua passing through the solar system in October, they were […]