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Tech Xplore / Binance reveals hackers used fake job interviews, malicious code in $6 billion heist

Binance released on Tuesday a detailed investigation into the $6 billion hack of its cryptocurrency platform, showing how attackers used fake job interviews and malicious code to steal the funds.

Nov 3, 2026
Tech Xplore / Your social media posts could fuel the next AI scam

Picture this: You post photos online from a trip to Brazil. The next day, an email arrives from the hotel where you stayed, thanking you for your visit and offering a special discount on your next stay. The email references ...

Nov 3, 2026
Tech Xplore / New coating approach aligns molecules upright to boost organic solar cell efficiency

Solar cells, devices that can convert sunlight into electricity, are now widely used in many countries worldwide. While most cells on the market today are primarily made of silicon, energy engineers have been exploring the ...

Nov 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / Targeted data selection could roughly triple AI fine-tuning speed

Can AI fine-tuning that once took 10 hours be completed in just three hours? KAIST researchers have developed a technology that selects the most useful training data and distributes it evenly across multiple GPUs.

Nov 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / Redesigning batteries for ultrafast-charging EVs

It's hard to ignore the difference: You can fill a car's tank with gas in mere minutes. Charging the battery of an electric vehicle (EV) can take 30 minutes or more.

Nov 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / Exploring sodium batteries down to the atom

Understanding how battery components work at the molecular or atomic levels can help scientists create faster-charging, more powerful, longer-lived storage devices. But the electron microscopes powerful enough to give this ...

Nov 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / Tracing the online networks behind AI-generated nude images

As Domestic Violence Awareness Month comes to a close this week, one University of Florida researcher is examining the roots of nudification apps, online platforms that use AI to turn images of clothed people—easily and convincingly—into ...

Nov 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / Robot platform combines AI and rapid imaging to improve perovskite solar cell fabrication

Solar cells generate electricity by absorbing sunlight in a thin layer of perovskite, a light-absorbing material. This layer is made with a liquid solution that dries and crystallizes into a solid film, but small changes ...

Nov 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / Laden with eggs, robots race up sacred Chinese mountain

Dozens of robots took on more than 3,000 steps up one of China's most famous peaks Monday, carrying eggs and watermelons in a race organizers billed as a test of real-world machine endurance, state media showed.

Nov 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / Humanoid AI connects walking and object handling without demonstrations of complete task sequences

A humanoid AI system has been developed that learns jointly from separately collected locomotion and object-manipulation data to perform multiple stages of a task in sequence.

Nov 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / Infrared-transparent aerogel boosts performance of subambient daytime radiative cooling materials by up to 5.2°C

As global warming continues, people tend to switch on fans or air conditioners during hot weather. But the more we use electrical appliances, the more energy we consume and carbon dioxide we produce. With continuous breakthroughs ...

Nov 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / How to prepare your online life for your death

What happens to all of your online accounts—credit cards, merchants, news subscriptions, social media, streaming services—after you die? How will your heirs know how to access these accounts or understand what you want done ...

Nov 2, 2026