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REUTERS/Imelda Medina A Mexican governor and her husband, a former governor of the same state, were killed in a helicopter crash in the center of the country on Monday. Martha Erika Alonso, the new governor of the central state of Puebla, and her husband, Senator Rafael Moreno, died when their helicopter came down not far from the […]
Enlarge / The original letter in which Galileo argued against the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church. (credit: Royal Society) Renowned astronomer Galileo Galilei has been lauded for centuries for his courageous principled stance against the Catholic Church. He argued in favor of the Earth moving around the Sun, rather than vice versa, in direct […]
HBO Warning: Spoilers ahead for the “Game of Thrones” season seven finale. The seventh season finale of “Game of Thrones” left fans with shocking deaths and revelations to mull over while we wait for the coming final installment of HBO’s hit series. But one dramatic scene in particular plagued many people: The destruction of the […]
Enlarge (credit: Kaspersky Lab) Researchers have discovered malware so stealthy it remained hidden for six years despite infecting at least 100 computers worldwide. Slingshot—which gets its name from text found inside some of the recovered malware samples—is among the most advanced attack platforms ever discovered, which means it was likely developed on behalf of a […]
A higher Equifax tally, Apple vulnerabilities, and more of the week’s top security news. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a99d61a086151385ac85335/master/pass/security_roundup_030218.jpg
WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has taken on the leadership of the non-profit behind that popular encryption app—and given it a serious injection of cash. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a8cb040f721ce73ee3afc78/master/pass/BrianActonSignal2_RTX2QFU4.jpg
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NOAA The US government has uploaded 62 newly declassified nuclear-explosion videos to YouTube. The footage is a small share of the 10,000 Cold War-era films that archivists and physicists are trying to rescue. Re-analysis of the old movies will help the military modernize its nuclear weapons stockpile — and maybe prevent their use. Nuclear weapons […]
Getty/Justin Sullivan KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggested that Apple will make three new iPhones next year. Two of them will be successors to this year’s iPhone X: A new, equally-sized 5.8-inch model, and an additional, Plus-sized, 6.5-inch variant. There will also be a third, “budget” iPhone, which will keep using LCD displays and come […]
