A pair of US lawmakers are calling for an investigation into how easily spies can steal information based on devices’ electromagnetic and acoustic leaks—a spying trick the NSA once codenamed TEMPEST.

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Researchers have made DNA storage rewritable, overcoming one of its biggest limitations. The breakthrough could turn DNA into a practical alternative to today’s energy-hungry data centers. The post ...

DNA data storage has recently entered a new phase of development, as scientists in ...

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Some of the best iPad apps are hiding in plain sight. Here are the ones worth installing to make your iPad genuinely more useful every day.

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A research team figured out a way to write data onto wafers of glass using lasers, and unlike, for example, a magnetic tape, ...

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Scientists have created the smallest QR code in the world, measuring just 3.07 × 10⁻⁹ square inches (1.98 square micrometers). It can preserve data for thousands of years and it's so small that you ...

Learn how to backup data safely in 2026 using the 3‑2‑1 backup rule, protecting files with multiple copies, media types, and ...

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