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NASA funding $200,000 a year research for converting human poop into astronaut’s meal Synthetic Biology for Recycling Human Waste into Food: The U.S. space agency, NASA has sanctioned funds of $200,000 a year for up to three years to the researchers at Clemson University in South Carolina. The major aim of this research would be to discover ways on how to turn human poop into synthetic food! With NASA’s growing interest in the long interplanetary journeys it is becoming very much essential to make provision for food that can sustain astronauts during long journeys such as extended Martian mission or any other long journey missions....

Want to learn Linux? Start with HandyLinux, the best lightweight Linux distro for newbiesGetting the ISO HandyLinux offers a simplified approach for those who are new to the Linux desktop operating system. The developers make it easy to peal off the “Handy” layers to reveal a more standard Linux environment as users learn the system. Those who no longer need the IT tools included with the initial installation can remove them easily using the Handy2Debian application from the main menu....

For those unaware, back in April, Nintendo had confirmed that at least 160,000 user accounts that use a Nintendo Network ID (NNID) to login to their Nintendo Account were affected by the breach. Nintendo is no longer allowing NNID logins on the Switch. Hackers had access to personal information such as a nickname, email address, gender, date of birth, and country/region, all of which were associated with the NNID, but did not have access to credit card information....

NASA is awarding $370 million to 14 companies to provide technology for the Artemis moon-landing program, which includes robotics and new methods of harvesting the resources required for living on the moon, such as oxygen and energy sources. For those unaware, the Artemis program is a U.S. government-funded crewed spaceflight program that has the goal of landing “the first woman and the next man” on the Moon, specifically at the lunar south pole region by 2024....

For those unfamiliar, HMD Global has struck a 10-year brand licensing agreement with Nokia for manufacturing smartphones running Android as well as feature phones and tablets under the Nokia brand. Talking to the FoneArena, Ajey Mehta, Vice President India at HMD Global, revealed that the company is planning to manufacture the new handsets in India right from the beginning in collaboration with Foxconn. The Nokia 3, Nokia 5, and Nokia 6 phones are said to be available through offline as well as online stores....

For those unaware, VPN is a network technology, which links the private network over the internet using encryption methods and allows easy access of remote users to secured private networks. It also allows VPN users to maintain their anonymity and protect themselves from being snooped. A VPN can be used to access region-restricted websites, shield user’s browsing activity from prying eyes on public Wi-Fi, and more. The server in question was illegally accessed in March 2018, which was allocated to NordVPN in January 2018....

North Korea’s Internet faces outage after U.S warned of a ‘proportionate response’Proportional ResponseAnonymous link Could this be a response by the U.S against the Sony hack ? Or is another entity involved ? Proportional Response Early reports suggested this might have been a response by the US government against the “Sony Hack. ” It seems more than a mere coincidence that North Korea’s connection to the Internet was essentially inactive Monday just days after the U....

A new Microsoft API that has been developed will be used to replace the Google API that apps need. Microsoft’s big fix out here is that without making major changes to the codebase, the developers will be able to influence its services like Cortana, Xbox Live, and much more. Candy Crush Saga, a popular mobile game is a good example of this. Microsoft has ported the iOS code and designed a Windows app....

We are proud to announce the launch of #ElugaL smartphone! pic.twitter.com/V34Cxpa4lt — Panasonic India PR (@PanasonicInNews) May 4, 2015 Eluga L will have dual-SIM (3G+4G) and sport a 5 inch IPS HD display which will give a 720X1080p resolution. It comes with Corning Gorilla Glass at the front as well as back for protection. It is powered by 64-bit 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad core processor runs on 1GB RAM....

Technology and communications specialist Verizon described the hack in its annual data breach post mortem released on Tuesday. According to the report, “Rather than spending days holding boats and their crew hostage while they rummaged through the cargo, these pirates began to attack shipping vessels in an extremely targeted and timely fashion. Specifically, they would board a shipping vessel, force the crew into one area and within a short amount of time they would depart....

The Quebec based hacker from Saint-Alphonse-de-Rodriguez, appeared in court today and was charged with four counts related to the unauthorized use of a computer and mischief in relation to computer data. According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Gignac used botnets to distribute malicious software and infect her victims computers. Once infected, these botnets then took over her victims PCs and turned them into zombies. RCMP says that Gignac also used malware to hack into their PCS and spy on them through their own web cameras....

The video game-themed social networking site was hacked and user credentials may have been compromised said Dennis Fong, Raptr Founder and CEO in a statement. Though Raptr has not divulged exact details about how and when the hacking attack occurred, Fong has also requested all the Raptr users to change their passwords for Raptr immediately. Fong also said that the company is sending out emails to all account holders alerting them about the hack....

Brinks’ CompuSafe Galileo is a highly sophisticated and modernized safe that is marketed by Brinks as a easy cash management option. Brinks claims the CompuSafe helps stores eliminate deposit discrepancies, reduce theft and free staff from recounting and auditing cash. However Petro and Salazar took a special liking to this particular safe and started testing it for vulnerabilities. After a year of research, the duo uncovered a slew of vulnerabilities and design flaws that could easily be exploited by cyber criminals....

The new protocol, which is called as “On-Off Noise Power Communication (ONPC), can extend the range of Internet of Things (IoT) devices like door sensors or motion detectors by more than 60 meters, according to test results. The new protocol is programmed right on top of the existing Wi-Fi protocol using the same hardware. “That’s the really cool thing about this technology: it’s all done in software,” said Phil Lundrigan, assistant professor of computer engineering at BYU....

As per reports, Raghuram Rajan had received the mail earlier this month from the ID [email protected]. This is the first time such threat has been received by any Indian government official from ISIS. The Mumbai Police had to take this mail seriously as the ID bears the name of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The received goes as follows: “I have been given money by somebody to eliminate you....

Designed to move such suspicious vehicles laden with explosives, the Autonomous Vehicle Emergency Recovery Tool (AVERT) project is being funded by the European Union. AVERT works by using laser-based LIDAR to verify obstacles and extraction routes to the car through its single deployment unit. Once it maps such obstacles and extraction routes, the same are feeded to the robots to move the car slowly and securely out of human range to a no mans land....

Now, engineers from the manufacturing technology company Instrumental have reported that the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 exploded as the battery was too tightly packed inside the body of the device that any pressure from battery expansion, or stress on the body itself, could squeeze together layers inside the battery that are never supposed to touch with explosive results. Chief Executive Anna Shedletsky in a post written on the company’s blog said that after acquiring a Galaxy Note 7 and a teardown — with a fire extinguisher kept nearby — Chief Technology Officer Sam Weiss and she had discovered that the design of the Note 7 crushed the battery even during normal operation....

Samsung Galaxy A series are a light weight smartphones which have a sleek look due to their full metal bodies and promise users a high performance for daily activities. Samsung had earlier launched its A3 and A5 models and now A7 has already hit the Indian market which will be followed by Grand Prime 4G, Core Prime 4G and J1 4G somewhere mid of next month. Although prices of Grand and Core phones have not been disclosed, the price of J1 4G would be Rs....