Bioengineering threats rated as a top biosecurity risk

A global team of experts has put together a list of the most urgent biosecurity threats, with bioengineering threats such as DNA-based surveillance among the top-ranked concerns.  The exercise was facilitated by the Centre for Existential Risk (CSER) and the BioRISC project, both based at the University of Cambridge. A group of 41 academics and … Read more

AI can detect human emotions with wireless signals

An AI has been developed that can reportedly use wireless signals to reveal peoples’ inner emotions.  According to researchers from Queen Mary University of London, the use of radio waves to measure heartrate and breathing signals can be used to predict how someone is feeling even in the absence of any other visual cues, such … Read more

Microplastics could be eliminated from wastewater at source

A team of researchers from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Quebec, Canada, have developed an electrolytic process for treating wastewater, degrading microplastics at the source.  Microplastics are fragments of plastic less than 5mm long, often contained in toiletries or shedding from polyester clothing. They are present in virtually every corner of the … Read more

Marine plastic litter detected and quantified using deep-learning tool

Researchers at the University of Barcelona have developed an open-access web app, based on deep learning techniques, which enables the detection and quantification of floating marine litter from aerial photography.  Floating marine plastic is a serious threat to the conservation of marine ecosystems. For instance, marine plastics can cause damage to marine animals through ingestion, suffocation, restraint … Read more

What New in Asterisk 16

asterisk 16

What New in Asterisk 16 One of the major improvement in asterisk 16 from the earlier version is the WEBRTC, Text Messaging in Conference, Wrap up time in queue, Originate function and PJSIP Also there is one major changes regarding macro application being used in dialplan. Applications: The ‘Macro’ dialplan application has been deprecated and is no … Read more

How to automate SSH login with password?

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How to automate SSH login with password? Method 1: Here is the steps to generate passphraseless SSH key Generate a passphraseless SSH key and push it to your other machine. If you already have an SSH key, you can skip this step… Just hit Enter for the key and both passphrases: $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 Generating … Read more

Riding high on MoRTH projects

Infrastructure development, education and transport are among the highlights of the Union Budget 2021-22.  Union Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the National Infrastructure Pipeline in December 2019. This first-of-its-kind, whole-of-government exercise undertaken by Government of India was launched with 6,835 projects. The project pipeline has now expanded to 7,400 projects. Around 217 projects … Read more

Learn lessons from Huawei 5G row, MPs warn

The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has published a report advising the government to develop a new strategy for implementing new technologies, with consideration for security and competition.  Last year, the government performed a U-turn and blocked network operators from using Huawei equipment in any part of their 5G infrastructure. The government said … Read more

install Brave Browser

sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl gnupg curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc | sudo apt-key –keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-release.gpg add – echo “deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list sudo apt update sudo apt install brave-browser