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Bill Brenner, our “roving reporter” at the RSA Conference 2017 in San Francisco, talks to Paul Ducklin about what went down on Day 2.

Solandri writes: We’ve only been able to measure the Earth’s magnetic field strength for about two centuries. During this time, there has been a gradual decline in the field strength. In recent years, the rate of decline seems to be…

New submitter baalcat quotes a report from Neuroscience News: A new study in mice shows that increasing serotonin, one of the major mediators of brain communication, affects motivation — but only in certain circumstances. Furthermore, the study revealed that the…

You may recall “APT28”, the Russian hacking group which was tied to last year’s interference in the presidential election. It has long been known for its advanced range of tools for penetrating Windows, iOS, Android, and Linux devices. Now, researchers…

An anonymous reader writes: BlackBerry has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Nokia, demanding royalties on the Finnish company’s mobile network products that use an industrywide technology standard. Nokia’s products including its Flexi Multiradio base stations, radio network controllers and Liquid…

According to reports late last year, Google is working on a new operating system called Andromeda. Much about it is still unknown, but according to the documentations Google has provided on its website, it’s clear that the Fuchsia is the…

What do we know about the group known as Fancy Bear? Geoff White of Channel 4 News sifts through the evidence about the hacking group behind some high-profile cyber-attacks

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