Monthly Archives: November 2022

The FTC is ‘likely’ to file a suit to block Microsoft’s purchase of Activision, report says

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The FTC is ‘likely’ to file a lawsuit to block Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard.  The suit would signify a major step by FTC chair Lina Khan to reign in big tech companies.  The deal remains intact and the companies still have until July 2023 to close…

Charles Darwin’s full correspondence is now available online

You now have your chance to explore most of Charles Darwin’s personal writing. The University of Cambridge has published all of the evolutionary scientist’s surviving correspondence online, including 400 letters that have either surfaced or are newly “reinterpreted.” The searchable collection now covers over 15,000 letters written between 1822 and 1882, ranging from his influential…

Over a thousand Docker container images found hiding malicious content

Over a thousand container images hosted on the popular database repository Docker Hub are malicious, putting users at risk of cyberattack, experts have warned. According to a report from Sysdig, the images contained nefarious assets such as cryptominers, backdoors, and DNS hijackers.  Container images are essentially templates for creating applications quickly and easily, without having…

How long it took to develop 13 vaccines in history

A pharmacist prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Jessica Hill/AP Photo The COVID-19 pandemic has infected nearly millions of people, and scientists raced to develop a vaccine at record speed. But vaccines often take years, and sometimes even decades, to develop, test, and approve for public use. Here’s how long it took to develop vaccines for infectious…

Trump tells Ye that white supremacist Nick Fuentes ‘really gets me’ during Mar-a-Lago visit: report

American rapper and producer Kanye West embraces real estate developer and US President Donald Trump in the White House’s Oval Office, Washington DC, October 11, 2018. Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images Trump dined with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, at Mar-a-Lago.  In a statement to Axios, Trump denied knowing…