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Unusual new exoplanet ‘a true Disneyland’ for astrophysicistsThe planets are orbiting the TOI-270 star which is 73 light years from Earth; one is rocky and slightly larger than Earth, while the two others are gaseous and roughly twice Earth’s size. The smaller planet is located in the habitable zone: the range of distances from a […]

Consent must be given for tracking via Facebook ‘Like’ buttons, EU court rulesMany companies embed a Facebook ‘Like’ button on their website along with other social media sharing tools. This allows the companies to promote their products across social media. However, the installation of these buttons across the internet has attracted fierce criticism from civil […]

Portable tester could help farmers quickly stop the spread of plant diseasesDeveloped by researchers at North Carolina State University, the device works by sampling the airborne volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that plants release through their leaves. “All plants release VOCs as they ‘breathe,’ but the type and concentration of those VOCs changes when a plant […]

Ex-AWS engineer arrested over vast Capital One data breachThe hack was first identified over a week ago. According to Capital One, the attack compromised the sensitive personal data of people who applied for credit cards with the company between 2005 and 2019. Details acquired in the breach include real names, addresses, credit scores, reported incomes, […]

Analysis sniffs out engineering jobs with the most potentialTechnical skills are the new winning assets employees and job applicants in almost no industry can afford to ignore. That’s why questions such as ‘what are the best skills to put on Linkedin to boost their algo?’ are now popping up more frequently on social news and web content aggregation website […]

Digital twin computer models developed to help patients fight diseasesMedication is typically ineffective with common diseases in 40-70 per cent of patients as they are seldom caused by a single, easily treatable fault. Instead, most diseases depend on altered interactions between thousands of genes in many different cell types. An international research team based at […]

Evil genius: Dastardly tricks to make chips sickNever underestimate the cunning of the computer hacker. Back in the early days of IT, the term “hacker” had a far less negative connotation. For insiders it just meant someone with a curiosity about how things worked and had a fairly easy-going approach to finding out. Phreaks took […]