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A Vigilante Hacker Took Down North Korea’s Internet. Now He’s Taking Off His Mask

As “P4x,” Alejandro Caceres single-handedly disrupted the internet of an entire country. Then he tried to show the US military how it can—and should—adopt his methods.


3 Body Problem, explained with the help of an astrophysicist

Netflix’s new adaptation of Liu Cixin’s famous sci-fi series shows us what quantum mechanics might look like in real time.


I shot the eclipse with an iPhone 15 Pro Max, Google Pixel 8 Pro and a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

Here's which one did best.


TIPS

Don't Recycle It, Reuse It: 10 Clever Uses for Your Old Smartphone

Don't let that old phone gather dust in the junk drawer or kill the environment in a landfill. Repurpose it as a security camera, an alarm clock, a media player, and more.


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Black CIOs on the path to IT leadership

Howard University’s Tech Titans panel assembled six illustrious CIOs who shared their advice and experiences on the path to the C-suite. Here are their top takeaways for Black CIO aspirants.


How to build a developer-first company

Like customer retention, developer retention comes down to not annoying your end user. But the approach is completely different.


CAREER

Why it’s ok to give things up, according to a psychoanalyst

Are you forcing yourself to continue learning a language? What about holding out for closure in a relationship that ended abruptly? Or continuing a friendship that leaves you feeling drained more often than not?


CYBERSECURITY

US Environmental Protection Agency hack exposes data of 8.5 million users

The leaked database has personal information of users including name, email, phone numbers, and address.


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World's largest digital astronomy camera ready to solve cosmic mysteries

The SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) National Accelerator Laboratory has announced the completion of the LSST Camera, which is capable of capturing 3,200-megapixel images, and will now be installed on a telescope in Chile to help unravel some of the biggest mysteries in the universe.


Google Photos users will soon get the best AI editing tools on Pixel devices for free

Magic Editor, Magic Eraser, Photo Unblur, and Portrait Light, once only available to Pixel phone users, are coming to Google Photos so everyone can enjoy the power of AI editing.


5 space robots that could heal human bodies—or even grow new ones

What would a space ER look like? Bio-inks, magnetic robots, and fungi-inspired tubes are just some of the futuristic options.


Wild robots: Five ways scientists are using robotics to study animal behavior

Biomimetic bots can teach researchers a lot about how creatures interact in the natural world.


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