TikTok’s security chief steps down as company moves US data to Oracle servers

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok’s global chief security officer (CSO), Roland Cloutier, is stepping down as the company transitions to using Oracle’s US-based servers to store Americans’ data (via The Wall Street Journal). The company shared an internal memo about the shift in a post on its newsroom, which states Cloutier will…

Perceptron: AI that solves math problems, translates 200 languages, and draws kangaroos

Research in the field of machine learning and AI, now a key technology in practically every industry and company, is far too voluminous for anyone to read it all. This column, Perceptron, aims to collect some of the most relevant recent discoveries and papers — particularly in, but not limited to, artificial intelligence — and…

Scientists found a mysterious radio signal in space. No, it’s not aliens.

Scientists found a mysterious radio signal in space that bursts out in a heartbeat-like pattern and before you ask, no, it’s not aliens. At least that’s what they’re telling us. Using the CHIME (Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment) radio telescope, astronomers noticed a strange FRB, or radio burst, from a far-off galaxy billions of light-years…

A Second World War sea fort off the English coast is up for sale with bids starting at $60,000. Take a look.

Bull Sands Fort was completed in 1919. Savills A seat fort from the Second World War is being auctioned and has a guide price of almost $60,000. It could be turned into a high-end hotel, restaurant, Airbnb, retreat or tourist attraction. The fort has three floors and a lookout tower but can only be accessed…

Russia visited Iran at least twice to check out drones to use in war against Ukraine, White House says

Ukrainian troops fire with surface-to-surface rockets MLRS towards Russian positions at a front line in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on June 7, 2022. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images Russian officials visited Iran to check out drones, the Associated Press reported. The drones would be used in the war in Ukraine, the White House…