In some species, cancer cells can be directly transmitted between individuals. An analysis in shellfish now shows that some transmissible cancers can even cross the species barrier.
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New photos: With viaduct in rear view, Bertha begins tunneling under downtown Seattle
Microsoft and Facebook plan 4,100-mile cable under Atlantic, capable of record-breaking 160Tbps
Microsoft and Facebook will place a cutting-edge undersea cable across the Atlantic Ocean, stretching 6,600 kilometers or more than 4,100 miles from Virginia Beach, Va., to Bilbao, Spain, capable of hurtling data under the ocean at speeds of 160 Terabits per second.
The companies say...
Microsoft and Adobe warn of separate zero-day vulnerabilities under attack
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Windows users woke up to something that doesn't happen every day: the disclosure of two zero-day vulnerabilities, one in the Microsoft operating system and the other in Adobe's Flash Player.
The Windows bug is being actively exploited in the wild, making it imperative that users install fixes that Microsoft released today as part of...
FDA flexes regulatory muscles, says vaping, e-cigs now under its control
The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it has extended its authority and will now regulate electronic cigarettes, hookah tobacco, cigars, and other tobacco products under the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.
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OPM, Education Department CIOs resign under fire from Congress
In testimony last summer, OPM CIO Donna Seymour said that systems couldn't simply have encryption added, because some of them were over 20 years old and written in COBOL. (The statement was only partially accurate.)
The Office of Personnel Management's chief information officer, Donna Seymour, resigned Monday, two days before she was scheduled to face...
Uncharted 4 developer hints at Drake’s fate under Sony
Someone looks worried...
Uncharted developer Naughty Dog has already said that the upcoming Uncharted 4: A Thief's End will be the last game in the series that the studio plans to work on directly. But there's still the possibility that franchise owner Sony will decide to continue the Uncharted series with a new developer at the...
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Apple will make it easier to switch from iPhone to Android, under pressure from European wireless carriers, report says
If transferring data from your iPhone is the biggest thing keeping you away from Android, European wireless carriers may be your new best friends. Apple is reportedly working on an iOS-to-Android data transfer system due to rising pressure from mobile operators, according to a “senior...
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