From espionage to elections, from blackouts to data breaches, from million-dollar ransoms to staged supply-chain disruption; cyber warfare is transforming statecraft and national security policy.
In this session, you’ll hear from Ben Buchanan, author of The Hacker and the State: Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics, on the very real geopolitical pursuit of nation-state cyber advantage.
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Every internet-connected laptop, server, and device offers an opportunity for a hacker to infiltrate and compromise your organization. Having a robust cyber-resilience plan for your organization is as fundamental as having a marketing, financial, and business strategy plan.
If you are grappling with the far-reaching business implications of this reality, you need to attend CyberSecure, MIT Technology Review’s inaugural virtual event on the business of cyber risk. This two-day virtual event includes sessions on how to prevent and respond to ransomware, stand up to nation-state hackers, and build a cyber-resilient organization.
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A species of bacteria can successfully pull out rare Earth elements from rocks, even in microgravity environments, a study on the International Space Station has found. The new findings, published in Nature Communications today, suggest a new way we could one day use microbes to mine for valuable metals and minerals off Earth.
Why bacteria: Single-celled organisms have evolved over time on Earth to extract nutrients and other essential compounds from rocks through specialized chemical reactions. These bacterial processes are harnessed to extract about 20% of the world’s copper and gold for human use. The scientists wanted to know if they worked in microgravity too.
The findings: BioRock was a series of 36 experiments that took place on the space station. An international team of scientists built what they call “biomining reactors”—tiny containers the size of matchboxes that contain small slices of basalt rock (igneous rock that’s usually found at or near the surface of Earth, and is quite common on the moon and Mars) submerged in a solution of bacteria.
Up on the ISS those bacteria were exposed to different gravity simulations (microgravity, Mars gravity, and Earth gravity) as they munched on the rocks for about three weeks, while researchers measured the rare Earth elements released from that activity. Of the three bacteria species studied, one—Sphingomonas desiccabilis—was capable of extracting elements like neodymium, cerium, and lanthanum about as effectively in lower-gravity environments as they do on Earth.
So what: Microbes won’t replace standard mining technology if we ever mine for resources in space, but they could definitely speed things up. The team behind BioRock suggests that microbes could help accelerate mining on extraterrestrial bodies by as much as 400%, helping to separate metal powders and valuable minerals from other useful elements like oxygen. The fact that they seem able to withstand microgravity suggests these microbes could be a potentially cheap way to extract resources to make life in space more sustainable—and enable lengthy journeys and settlements on distant worlds.
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Twitter’s bringing its Stories-like ‘Fleets’ option to Japan in the latest expansion of its roll-out.
A new report has suggested that TikTok will surpass one billion users in 2021.
Google has confirmed that its Core Web Vitals metrics will influence a page’s search rank from May 2021.
Pinterest has outlined a new process it’s developed to better represent actual ad engagement, improving on basic CTR measurement.
TikTok will now enable users to display a nonprofit they wish to support on their public profile, with direct links to donation options.
A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to nine years in prison in what the IRS is describing as the United States’ “first Bitcoin case [with] a tax component.”