Technology

Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA

Like a ghost To test the tool, they had convenient examples: the Neanderthal and Denisovan sequences we’ve already identified in the human genome. If...

Doctors took a look at man’s painful shoulder—they found the joint was missing

A 45-year-old construction worker went to the emergency department for his right shoulder, which was extremely swollen and becoming progressively more painful. Doctors took...

Quantum computers outperform classical ones, with results you can trust

In this case, the team made a couple of key variations. The first is that it mostly performed what are called Clifford gates, which...

New MCP specification addresses the main barrier to enterprise adoption

The hope is that the changes, detailed in the protocol’s documentation, will make widespread deployment in an enterprise context much easier. MCP started as...

Mythos attack on 3rd-round PQC algorithm candidate puts it out of commission

Mythos helped to find a new meet-in-the-middle technique that relies on a Möbius Bridge, a more sophisticated fingerprinting algorithm used in meet-in-the-middle attacks. Using...

Musk went to “war,” sought jail time for X ad boycotts—but case ends with a whimper

The joint statement confirmed that GARM will remain inactive as a result of the WFA’s settlement with X. No other concessions were discussed. The...

Audi has a new flagship designed with the US in mind: The 2027 Q9

MUNICH—It has taken Audi a little longer than its rivals, but with the debut of the 2027 Q9 this evening, the company has joined...

Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit

Extending Swift’s scientific mission was not the only consideration when NASA officials selected Katalyst to build and launch a satellite to boost Swift’s orbit....

Microsoft unveils AI security tools it says outperform competing platforms

Microsoft said MDASH with MAI-Cyber-1-Flash received a 96 percent score on CyberGYM, a standard benchmark test. The rating is 12 points higher than Anthropic’s...

Latest articles