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The Morning After: NASA’s year-long Mars simulation volunteers return to the real world “Seriously, you have to watch Baby Reindeer.”

July 8, 2024

NASA’s Mission 1 crew — all volunteers — have left their 1700-square-foot habitat at the Johnson Space Center. Since last June 25, they’ve conducted a fair few simulated Mars walks, grown vegetables and performed other tasks designed to support life and work in that environment. They also faced (a simulation of) the stressors actual space […]

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Apple Geolocation API Exposes Wi-Fi Access Points Worldwide Apple Geolocation API Exposes Wi-Fi Access Points Worldwide

July 8, 2024

Apple's Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) can be used to map and track Wi-Fi access points (APs) around the globe. But in a presentation at Black Hat 2024, University of Maryland researcher Erik Rye will demonstrate how he mapped hundreds of millions of APs in a matter of days, without even needing an Apple device or […]

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Identity Orchestration Is Gaining Traction Identity Orchestration Is Gaining Traction

July 8, 2024

COMMENTARY In the business-to-consumer (B2C) world, companies in consumer financial services will often have silos of identity information with widely differing formats, such as for current and savings accounts, credit cards, and mortgages. As a result, providing the customer with a seamless online experience across a multitude of different services can be difficult. This is […]

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ESA’s new heavy-lift rocket, Ariane 6, is poised to launch for the first time on Tuesday Europe has been without its own launch vehicle for the last year after the retirement of Ariane 5.

July 7, 2024

Ariane 6, the European Space Agency’s next-gen heavy-lift rocket, is expected to take its inaugural flight on July 9, ending a yearlong gap in Europe’s ability to access space on its own. The launch vehicle, made by ArianeGroup, replaces Ariane 5, which was retired last July following its 117th mission. The launch window opens at […]

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Hacker Busted for ‘Evil Twin’ Wi-Fi That Steals Airline Passenger Data

July 3, 2024

Australian authorities are urging travelers to use caution when signing onto public Wi-Fi access networks, following the arrest of a man accused of using malicious network access to steal data during a domestic airline flight. Airline employees were tipped off after discovering a suspicious Wi-Fi network during a flight, according to Australian police. Once the […]

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