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Technology

The simplest form of technology is the development and use of basic tools. The prehistoric discovery of how to control fire and the later Neolithic Revolution increased the available sources of food, and the invention of the wheel helped humans to travel in and control their environment.

Bayesian Statistics and Political Science: Where Polling Goes Wrong

Bayesian Statistics and Political Science: Where Polling Goes Wrong

A favorite demonstration in statistics classes is to show a coin and ask what is the probability it comes up heads when flipped. Students will correctly reply 1/2. You then flip the coin high into the air, catch it, slap it on your wrist, look at it, and cover

Someone Just Emptied Out a Bitcoin Wallet With $964,000,000 In It

Someone Just Emptied Out a Bitcoin Wallet With $964,000,000 In It

Edit: 4 November 2020 at 11:01 EST: There is an amended post regarding this matter found here. As the world braced for a long election night that effectively hasn’t ended, someone emptied out one of the most valuable digital wallets in the world. On Tuesday, whoever is in

US Indicts Sandworm, Russia's Most Destructive Cyberwar Unit

US Indicts Sandworm, Russia's Most Destructive Cyberwar Unit

MosaicRegressor: Lurking in the Shadows of UEFI. We present an extremely detailed analysis and mechanism of action of this APT. MosaicRegressor is a multi-stage and modular framework aimed at espionage and data gathering. It consists of downloaders, and occasionally multiple intermediate loaders, that are intended to fetch and execute payload