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Green said the idea occurred to him several years back when he was an Oxford University post-doctoral researcher. He heard a lecturer note that animals use certain proteins to get rid of toxic metals such as cadmium. Green realized he was doing something similar to make cadmium telluride quantum dots in the lab, sans worms. … [Read more...] about Worms Turn Metal Into Semiconductors

Security Windows 10 to get PUA/PUP protection feature Best security keys in 2020: Hardware-based two-factor authentication for online protection Best password managers for business in 2020: 1Password, Keeper, LastPass, and more Cyber security 101: Protect your privacy from hackers, spies, and the government How to protect smart factories and networks from cyber attacks (ZDNet YouTube) Top 6 cheap home security devices in 2020 (CNET) Why organizations shouldn't automatically give in to ransomware demands (TechRepublic) … [Read more...] about EasyJet faces £18 billion class-action lawsuit over data breach

Japan yesterday declared at least a temporary victory in its battle with COVID-19, and it triumphed by following its own playbook. It drove down the number of daily new cases to near target levels of 0.5 per 100,000 people with voluntary and not very restrictive social distancing and without large-sale testing. Instead, the country focused on finding clusters of infections and attacking the underlying causes, which often proved to be overcrowded gathering spots such as gyms and nightclubs. … [Read more...] about Japan ends its state of emergency

Lockdown has also changed how we use fitness apps. EE said the Strava fitness app has seen both user count and data usage more than triple compared to pre-lockdown figures, as people try to boost their fitness. For fitness apps the usual pre-work morning spike has now disappeared as more people head out at lunchtime or after work. In contrast, EE said that usage of Fitbit on its mobile network had fallen sharply, as the UK's overall movement throughout the day has decreased. … [Read more...] about Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Strava use rockets, but Fitbit drops, as we change how we use smartphone apps

"While we've removed greater volumes of fat from under central London in the past, we've never seen a single, congealed lump of lard this big clogging our sewers before," Gordon Hailwood, supervisor for water utility Thames Water, said in a statement. [In Photos: The World's Grossest Things] … [Read more...] about Gross! 15-Ton Blob of Fat Found Growing in Sewer