Bionic eye to become a reality very soon

So, how does it all work? AMD is one of the leading causes of blindness among older adults. Contact lens with such abilities enables easier reading as well as better recognition of faces and objects. Consider it as the ultimate improvement for bifocals in 230 years. We think these lenses hold a lot of promise for low vision and age-related macular degeneration. There is a strong need for something more integrated and a contact lens is an attractive direction....

March 5, 2016 · 1 min · 84 words · Belinda Castro

Cyber Anakin targeting Russian website to avenge Air Malaysia MH-17 crash

I choose the targets randomly, as long as its Russian, Cyber Anakin toldMotherboardin a Twitter message. The ill fated Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was reportedly shot down by a Russian Buk missile. All together, 283 passengers and 15 crew on board were killed in the incident. The Russian government has blamed Ukraine for the incident as it occurred in Ukrainian airspace. Cyber Anakin toldMotherboardthese hacks are part of revenge he wanted after the MH17 crash....

March 5, 2016 · 1 min · 106 words · Megan Bowman

Donald Trump still using iPhone despite calling for a ban two weeks back

It just occurred to me. Now, two weeks later, Mr. Trump has ignored his own boycott. I use both iPhone & Samsung. In contrast, the Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton uses TweetDeck mainly for tweets. source: www.techworm.net

March 5, 2016 · 1 min · 36 words · Charles Peters

Facebook agrees to pay millions of pounds more in UK tax

Facebook U.K. will then record the revenue from these sales. It said the change would provide transparency to Facebooks operations in the UK. Our investment in social media is carefully evaluated to ensure we are getting maximum value for the taxpayer. Facebook UK will then record the revenue from these sales. Nicknamed the Google Tax, the penalty came into effect in April last year. source: www.techworm.net

March 5, 2016 · 1 min · 66 words · Michele Patterson

Fingerprint Protected Handgun safe can be opened by a paperclip

With the increasing number of people buying firearms, number of handgun safes being sold is also increasing. These safes provide a sense of security by limiting the reach of the gun to authorised person only. These also prevent guns from being accidentally used by curious children or some unauthorised person. source: www.techworm.net

March 5, 2016 · 1 min · 52 words · Nicholas Kelly

Javascript and Python : Tools to convert back and forth

Programmers prefer Python over other similar languages because it allows them to express concepts in fewer lines of code. Whereas Javascript is the major scripting language used on World Wide Web . Here are four major projects which are working in this direction and can be used for cross compilation. The source Python code can also make calls to objects in JavaScripts namespace as-is. If you venture to accessdocument.getElementByIdin Python, the converted code will use the actualdocument....

March 5, 2016 · 1 min · 116 words · Joel Coleman

NASA is working on a ‘superquiet’ supersonic passenger jet

This documentation would be used to prepare for the detailed design, building and testing of the QueSST jet. Performance of this preliminary design also must undergo analytical and wind tunnel validation. The New Aviation Horizons X-planes will likely be piloted, designed at half-scale of a production aircraft. source: www.techworm.net

March 5, 2016 · 1 min · 49 words · Jackie Glenn

Romanian Hacker Guccifer finally extradited to US to face charges

US authorities officially indicted Guccifer in 2014. source: www.techworm.net

March 5, 2016 · 1 min · 9 words · Robin Johnson

Selfie Attempt Goes Awry, 5 Tourists Get Injured After Falling Off Cliff

The more powerful front cameras the more deadly this selfie business is turning out to be. We have had aRussian teen fall of to his deathwhile attempting a extreme selfie while falling from a roof. These 5 tourists to Goa dont fare any better. Of the five tourists, two of them are seriously injured. The incident happened near the hillside cottages, which was the place of residence for the tourists....

March 5, 2016 · 1 min · 151 words · Kathryn Fry

3D printing technology is vulnerable to hacking say researchers

The recording can then be used to reverse engineer the object being printed and re-create it elsewhere. Detailed processes may be decoded through this new kind of cyberattack, presenting important security risks. If process and product information is stolen during the prototyping phases, companies stand to incur large financial losses. Referred to as G-code, this source file can be kept safe from cyber robbery with strong encryption. The study was funded by a cyber-physical systems research grant from the National Science Foundation....

March 4, 2016 · 1 min · 84 words · Harry Wilson

Built-in PDF Reader in Windows can leak Edge Browser users data

This makes room for the attackers to abuse the vulnerability via a PDF file. They can open a PDF secretly off-screen with help of CSS and execute the malicious code. Its similar to exploit kits like Angler or Neutrino deliver Flash, Java, or Silverlight payloads. source: www.techworm.net

March 4, 2016 · 1 min · 47 words · Jeffery Hardin

Engineers develop ‘Artificially Intelligent’ hackers

Well, that was the contest that the seven teams were competing for inDarpas Cyber Grand Challengein August. The winner of the contest gets prize money of $2m. Humans can find vulnerabilities but cant analyse millions of programs. MarI/O just attempted to try different things, it thought would work and when they did, it learned. And it can be written with very modest hardware. By the summer of 2016, Karagiannis is hoping to exhibit a proof-of-concept....

March 4, 2016 · 1 min · 170 words · Aaron Cortez

Facebook Engineering Director describes what it’s like in FB’s 6-week engineer bootcamp

The purpose of the Bootcamp was to preserve the culture of the engineering team as the company grew. I would copy it if I were to start a company myself, he said. Also, other precautions exist so that changes do not affect every user at the same time. Fedorov said that the point is to get engineers doing real work from day one and not uniform training. It allows engineers to decide how they want to contribute....

March 4, 2016 · 1 min · 161 words · Dawn Brown