In one study, predictive models seem to have done rather better than carbon-based medics at spotting the potential for heart disease, one of the world’s biggest killers

A botnet dubbed Hajime uses much the same tactics as Mirai – but to neutralise the damage done. Is this a good thing, though?

Earlier this year, Tesla filed a lawsuit against its former director of Autopilot Programs, Sterling Anderson, for stealing proprietary information about the Autopilot program and recruiting fellow Tesla engineers to work with him at Aurora Innovation, another autonomous driving company….

New submitter omaha393 quotes a report from R&D Magazine: Toyota announced a new initiative on Wednesday aimed at advancing its work in vehicles powered by alternative energy sources. The automaker unveiled Project Portal, which is a novel hydrogen fuel cell…

dryriver writes: I’ve signed up to a project that involves inventing new ways to do things and also performing the technology R&D required to make these new ways a reality. So, dear Slashdotters, are there any good books on inventing,…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fortune: The Navy and Marine Corps issued new regulations that ban members from sharing nude photographs following a scandal involving military personnel sharing intimate pictures of their female colleagues — some of which…

New submitter baalcat quotes a report from Neuroscience News: Neuroscientists observed a sustained increase in neural signal diversity — a measure of the complexity of brain activity — of people under the influence of psychedelic drugs, compared with when they…

Oracle released a record 299 patches, including a fix for a Solaris vulnerability disclosed by the ShadowBrokers, and another for the recently disclosed Apache Struts 2 flaw.

Two vulnerabilities were identified in Bosch’s Drivelog Connect OBD-II dongle and smartphone app that allowed researchers to shut off the engine of a vehicle.

Microsoft announced this week its giving users a new way to sign into their accounts without long and complicated passwords.