The World’s Biggest Data Breaches, Visualized

It sometimes feels like there’s a big data breach in the news every week—but some are far worse than others. This data visulization shows the world’s biggest data breaches to date, and how they compare over time. Read more…        

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The World’s Biggest Data Breaches, Visualized

The New York Times has taken an interesting look at hacking culture in China—where it seems the prac

The New York Times has taken an interesting look at hacking culture in China —where it seems the practice is no longer an underground phenomenon, but a massive commercial enterprise. Read more…        

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This Lost Underwater Camera Was Incredibly Reunited with Its Owner After Six Years

Back in 2007, Lindy Scallan went to Hawaii for a vacation and took her camera along. After putting the camera in its underwater housing, she went scuba diving but unfortunately lost her camera. Thinking it was gone forever, the camera was incredibly found thousands of mile away in Taiwan six years later. The pictures she took from that 2007 vacation are still on the camera. More »

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The NSA Is Training 13 Teams of Covert Hackers to Attack Other Countries

For the first time, the United States has officially disclosed plans to develop counterattack measures against foreign nations’ cyberattacks. General Keith Alexander, chief of the military’s Cyber Command and the NSA, told Congress yesterday the military is training 13 teams of programmers and computer experts to carry out offensive attacks. More »

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The NSA Is Training 13 Teams of Covert Hackers to Attack Other Countries

An Abandoned London Power Station Could Find New Life As a Stunning Roller Coaster

The Battersea Power Station is an iconic London building, but it’s been tragically unused since it was decommissioned in 1983. Now architectural firm Atelier Zündel Cristea wants to turn that around with a proposal to make the abandoned spot a roller coaster. Where do we sign? More »

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An Abandoned London Power Station Could Find New Life As a Stunning Roller Coaster

This Warship Radar Can Detect a Tennis Ball From 15 Miles

And not just a tennis ball from 15 miles away, but a tennis ball 15 miles away and moving at three times the speed of sound . That’s the sort of sensitivity the radar operators on the UK’s HMS Iron Duke will have the chance to work with when it returns to service next year. More »

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This Warship Radar Can Detect a Tennis Ball From 15 Miles