Organs-on-chips: Tiny technology helping bring safe new drugs to patients faster
May 30, 2018 22:56 pm UTC| Technology
Getting a new pharmaceutical from an idea in the chemistry lab to market takes many years and billions of dollars. Each year just several dozen new drugs are approved for use in the United States. Human organs-on-chips...
Steam Takes Down School Shooting-Themed Video Game Following Widespread Online Petition
May 30, 2018 10:45 am UTC| Technology
Valve has removed an upcoming school shooting-themed video game from Steam, the companys digital distribution platform for PC gaming. The video game in hot water is plainly titled Active Shooter, which is the same term...
SEC Secures Court Order Against Fraudulent ICO After Fictional Promotions
May 30, 2018 10:35 am UTC| Technology
Yet another fraudulent initial coin offering has been identified, this time involving Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services Inc., Cointelegraph has reported. In a press release by the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
Hacker Involved in Compromising of Millions of Yahoo Accounts Gets 5-Year Jail Term
May 30, 2018 10:23 am UTC| Technology
Hacker Karim Baratov has been sentenced to a five-year jail term for his involvement in the massive Yahoo breach in 2014, which compromised millions of email accounts, and other related charges. The sentence was...
Young Germans Consider Crypto Investment Attractive Despite Value Decline
May 30, 2018 10:02 am UTC| Technology
While institutional investors are still crossing their arms and observing the boom of the crypto market, a lot of young people are diving in, hoping to take a piece of the profit. In a recent report by Cointelegraph auf...
iOS 11.4: Simultaneous, Multi-Room Audio Playback Now Possible with AirPlay 2
May 30, 2018 09:53 am UTC| Technology
iOS 11.4, the latest version of the mobile operating system, is now live and has finally brought the highly anticipated AirPlay 2 feature, which will allow people to simultaneously play the same audio in different rooms of...
Energy Demand by Cryptomining Too Heavy for Chelan County, Wash.
May 30, 2018 09:18 am UTC| Technology
Large energy consumption has been one of the several problems posed by cryptocurrency mining, both for those involved and for those providing power for the operation. Chelan County in Washington has seen this problem...
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