By analogy to linear polymers, which reptate with a random walk embedded in a 3D network, we show that star polymers relax by a random walk in a 5D network.
A Decade-Old Attack Can Break the Encryption of Most PCs
The computer industry thought cold boot hacks were solved 10 years ago. Researchers have proven that’s not the case.
Why Big Tech and the Government Need to Work Together
Opinion: Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter argues for cooperation between tech workers and the DoD
Give Sandra Oh the Emmy, but ‘Killing Eve’ Deserved More Nominations
The BBC America show was easily the most revolutionary of 2018—and it deserves more recognition.
Dietary fiber reduces brain inflammation during aging
As mammals age, immune cells in the brain known as microglia become chronically inflamed. In this state, they produce chemicals known to impair cognitive and motor function. That’s one explanation for why memory fades and other brain functions decline during old age. But, according to a new study, there may be a remedy to delay the inevitable: dietary fiber.
*Spider-Man* Story: There Are Two Sides to Every Memetic Breakup
Just ask the people who got all excited about the marriage proposal hidden in Insomniac’s new PS4 game.
Jeff Bezos is going to create schools where ‘the child is the customer’
A year after asking for suggestions on philanthropy, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is unveiling his first projects. The highlight will be the creation of a network for nonprofit preschools that are to be built in low-income communities and accept students at no charge.
Bezos also intends to fund existing nonprofits that help homeless families by providing access to housing and food. Both initiatives will be overseen by something he’s calling the Bezos Day One Fund, which he’s committing $2 billion toward.
Each of the initiatives will have a specific group behind it: the Day 1 Families Fund and the Day 1 Academies Fund. The Families Fund will issue grants on a yearly basis to organizations doing “needle-moving work.” The Academies Fund will…
US carriers introduce Project Verify to replace individual app passwords
Four major US carriers — AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon — are joining forces to launch a single sign-on service for smartphones. The service, called Project Verify, authenticates app logins so that users don’t need to memorize passwords for all their apps. The companies say their solution verifies users through their phone number, phone account type, SIM card details, IP address, and account tenure. Essentially, your phone serves as the verification method with details that are hard to spoof.
Users have to manually grant apps permission to use Verify, and it works similarly to how you might log into some services through Gmail or Facebook instead of using a unique account password. Of course, these apps also have to choose to work…
The first teaser for Netflix’s Sabrina asks, ‘What if Riverdale, but also Satan?’
On October 26th, Netflix will release the first season of The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, its Teen Vogue-meets-The Craft spin on the Archie Comics teenage witch, and now we have the first teaser. In case you were unclear about what “dark coming-of-age story” meant when Netflix first announced the series, the minute-long clip is here to assure you that, yes, this show will be gunning for a Satanic Panic revival to call its own.
The series, which stars Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men) as the titular orphaned daughter of a warlock and a human, begins with Sabrina Spellman’s 16th birthday on the horizon, a milestone for witch-kind in which, like a demonic bat mitzvah, every witch or warlock must participate in a ritual that includes signing your…
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveils new $2 billion Day One charitable fund – CNET
The fund will aid homeless nonprofits and create a new network of preschools in low-income communities.