Biohybrid robots work by combining biological components like muscles, plant material, and even fungi with non-biological materials. While we are pretty good at making the non-biological parts work, we’ve always had a problem with keeping the organic components alive and well. This is why machines driven by biological muscles have always been rather small and … Read more
A security researcher has blamed misconfigured implementations of Microsoft Power Pages for a slew of data breaches from web portals – including the leak of 1.1 million NHS employee records. It’s the latest discovery by Dublin-based security researcher Aaron Costello, who previously discovered the health and personal details of over a million citizens had been … Read more
The threat of rail strikes in France looms over the end of the year, with the first strike scheduled for November 21. They are fueled by worries about jobs and working conditions in the face of national rail company SNCF dismantling its freight business, a further indication of the progressive privatization of the rail industry. … Read more
