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GOING NATIVE — Newly discovered ransomware uses BitLocker to encrypt victim data ShrinkLocker is the latest ransomware to use Windows’ full-disk encryption. Dan Goodin – May 24, 2024 10:06 pm UTC reader comments 64 A previously unknown piece of ransomware, dubbed ShrinkLocker, encrypts victim data using the BitLocker feature built into the Windows operating system.
Late discovery — NASA finds more issues with Boeings Starliner, but crew launch set for June 1 Fixing the helium leak would delay Starliner crew test flight for months. Stephen Clark – May 25, 2024 3:34 am UTC Enlarge / Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft atop its Atlas V rocket on the launch pad earlier this month.NASA/Joel
manufacturing doubt — Deny, denounce, delay: The battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods Big Food is trying to dampen fears about the effects of industrially formulated substances. Madeleine Speed, Ella Hollowood and Sarah Neville, Financial Times – May 25, 2024 11:15 am UTC Enlargemonticelllo/Getty reader comments 315 When the Brazilian nutritional scientist Carlos Monteiro
a rich hunting ground — The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in US Researchers are working to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods. Hannah Hoag, Knowable Magazine – May 26, 2024 10:55 am UTC Enlarge / 2023 marked the first sighting of a yellow-legged hornet in the United States, sparking
ver’ smol’ cars — Small, cheap, and weird: A history of the microcar Tiny EVs come of age again in the third microcar renaissance. Alex Goy – May 27, 2024 11:00 am UTC EnlargeAurich Lawson reader comments 24 European car manufacturers are currently tripping over themselves to figure out how personal transport and “last mile”
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Entrepreneur Grant Cardone said collecting and displaying art gives him more fulfilment than investing. Grant Cardone Multimillionaire Grant Cardone, who has been collecting art for around 15 years, says he’s a spontaneous buyer. “I don’t consider myself a connoisseur. I’m very new to the art world. If I like it, I buy it. I don’t
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Standard Digital Weekend Print + Standard Digital wasnow 89 € per month Billed Quarterly at 265 €. Complete digital access plus the FT newspaper delivered Monday-Saturday. What’s included Global news & analysis Expert opinion FT App on Android & iOS FT Edit app FirstFT: the day’s biggest stories 20+ curated newsletters Follow topics & set
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After Rishi Sunak’s troubled start to his election campaign, he must have viewed his itinerary on Friday with trepidation. The prime minister’s visit to Belfast’s Titanic Quarter led to inevitable questions about whether he was at the helm of a sinking ship. Some 48 hours after he announced a July 4 general election in a
Municipals took a breather Friday ahead of the long weekend and a much smaller calendar after seeing yields rise and underperform U.S. Treasuries, pushing ratios to levels last seen in November 2023. In addition to “more attractive raw yields, municipal underperformance has allowed relative values to improve as well,” noted Kim Olsan, senior vice president
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology violated its bond covenant at the beginning of the month when it missed a monthly $1.2 million interest payment to the bond trustee. Jessica Warren, Harrisburg University’s executive director of marketing and communications, said the university only needs to make interest payments twice a year on its outstanding bond
The flooding in Vermont last summer illustrates climate change’s impact on U.S. localities and their financial responses. Severe floods that were triggered by several days of heavy rainfall in Vermont left homes washed out and businesses and municipal facilities with severe physical damage. It also left some of the rural communities in the state, which
The nation’s political eyes this weekend will be affixed on a spectacle that rarely attracts significant attention: the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, D.C. But instead of coming to watch presidential candidates such as Lars Mapstead, Michael Rectenwald, Chase Oliver, and Mike ter Maat duke it out for the Libertarian Party (L.P.) nomination, journalists will
On Capitol Hill, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is moving ahead with a plan to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress. Johnson is urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to sign on to the invitation despite strong pushback from many Democrats. This comes just days after the chief
A brilliant debut — Daily Telescope: The initial results from Europes Euclid telescope are dazzling “Euclids instruments can detect objects just a few times the mass of Jupiter.” Eric Berger – May 24, 2024 12:00 pm UTC Enlarge / Messier 78 is a nursery of star formation enveloped in a shroud of interstellar dust.ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA
Fiery news — Rocket Report: SpaceX focused on Starship reentry; Firefly may be for sale “Teams are in the process of completing a follow-on propulsion system assessment.” Eric Berger – May 24, 2024 12:00 pm UTC Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket launches the NROL-146 mission from California this week. SpaceX reader comments 9 Welcome