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Swiss security researchers have found a way to bypass the Visa card PIN. To do this, they used a homemade app and had to make a payment via a telephone.The research was carried out by scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of…

Researchers from University College London, in collaboration with two companies, have set a new record for data throughput rates over single-mode fiber optic cables. The British achieved a speed of 178Tbit / s.The speed of the UCL…

The maker of the first mouse for computer control, the American William English, has passed away at the age of 91. English built the first mouse after his colleague Douglas Engelbart came up with the concept.That first mouse used two…

The Netherlnds Forensic Institute has gained access to an iPhone 5 belonging to a suspect. The NFI cracked the six-digit code 'within a day' according to NRC. It is not known how the institute did this. It concerns an iPhone 5 that was in…

Samsung reports that it has developed two-dimensional amorphous boron nitride with properties that make the material suitable as an insulator for chip interconnects. A layer of the material could effectively counteract electrical…

German security researchers conclude that virtually all home routers they have studied are not up to date. The researchers looked at 127 routers and found outdated software, missing security patches and simple security flaws…

A consortium of several companies, organizations and some big names in the tech sector has officially released H.266 or Versatile Video Coding. This video codec is the successor of H.265 or HEVC. Fraunhofer HHI will launch the first…

American scientists have developed a material that can be used for 'soft robots' that can change their shape on their own. This robot skin can be made in different shapes and can be used for medical applications.The material was developed…

Together with partners, TNO is developing a module based on heterojunction solar cells in which the contact points are placed at the back. This increases efficiency. The modules must be able to be produced on a large scale.TNO is…

Fujitsu's Fugaku supercomputer with A64FX processors has been commissioned in Japan. The system has a total of 7.3 million ARM cores and is in first place in the Top500 list. It is the first time that an ARM system has claimed that…