michael mann
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Burning Man’s Fyre Fest Moment Is Coming to a Close
About 70,000 Burning Man attendees in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert were stuck in the mud this weekend after torrential rains this past Friday evening. Eventgoers usually drive or bike from location to location throughout the designated desert area. However, the difficult conditions caused by the heavy rain pooled water and created thick mud that was…
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Researchers Develop COVID Test That Uses a Smartphone to Gets Results on the Cheap
If you’re also someone who’s waited in line for hours to get a COVID test — or faced similar frustrations trying to buy them at your local drugstore — then you’re in luck. A group of scientists from the University of California, Santa Barbara say they’ve developed a new kind of COVID-testing system that only…
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Blackhat Almost Gets Hacking Right
Blackhat is based on a good idea. Michael Mann, the director, sets out to demonstrate how actions derived from ones and zeroes in the virtual world can produce devastating consequences in the physical world, and to show his audience how hacking really works. And he gets so close you can practically taste the Tor relays.