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3 technologies that started at Google and now run the internet

You probably know Google for search and Android, but it also invented foundational technology that now runs the web, the ...
TechCrunch

Instagram’s new ‘Your Algorithm’ tool gives you more control over the Reels you see

Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...
New York Post

Brute punches 14-year-old girl heading to gym in unprovoked NYC attack: cops, sources

An unhinged man slugged a 14-year-old girl as she walked to a Queens gym in a shocking unprovoked daytime attack last week, cops and sources said Thursday. The teen was walking at 184th Street and the ...
China Digital Times

Netizen Voices: Tencent’s Positive Energy Algorithm Task Force and the Perils of “Information Cocoons”

This week, a report at IT Home described recent corporate initiatives in the fight to promote "positive energy" and suppress "malicious" negativity online. (As China Media Project explains, "’Positive ...
The Economist

Brute force is no match for today’s high-tech drug-runners

HeLLFIRE MISSILES used to strike terrorist hideouts in the mountains of Afghanistan. Now they rain down on the sparkling waters of the Caribbean. Small boats and their crews, alleged drug-traffickers, ...
C&EN

Symmetry-Constrained Monte Carlo for the Crystal Structure Prediction of Small Organic Molecules

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. The prediction of crystal structures from the bare knowledge of molecular connectivity ...
CSOonline

Brute force attacks hitting SonicWall firewall configuration backups

SonicWall is warning admins that recent brute force attacks on its firewall’s API service for cloud backup could have exposed backup configuration files stored in its cloud portal. Affected are ...
NBC News

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie takes first step to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files

WASHINGTON — Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., the conservative firebrand who's clashed with Donald Trump and other GOP leaders, filed a discharge petition Tuesday to force a floor vote compelling the ...
Frontiers

COCαDA - a fast and scalable algorithm for interatomic contact detection in proteins using Cα distance matrices

1 Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems, Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2 Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Visualization and Systems, ...
Dread Central

‘Brute 1976’ Review: A Brutal Piece of Nostalgia

For those who enjoy unapologetic homages to 1970s horror, I won’t mince my words: Add Brute 1976 to your summer watch list immediately. Resurrecting the cheesiness of desert-dwelling psychos who kill ...
Deadline.com

‘Power Book IV: Force’ Sets Premiere Date For Third & Final Season

EXCLUSIVE: Starz Power Book IV: Force will premiere its third and final season on Friday, November 7, at midnight via their app and all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms. Season 1 of Force ...
Bleeping Computer

Spike in Fortinet VPN brute-force attacks raises zero-day concerns

A massive spike in brute-force attacks targeted Fortinet SSL VPNs earlier this month, followed by a switch to FortiManager, marked a deliberate shift in targeting that has historically preceded new ...