William Alexander
Sleep-Deprived Astronauts Are Taking Ambien in Space
A 10-year study found most astronauts take medication to sleep.
Mining the Bottom of the Ocean Is as Bad for the Environment as it Sounds
Marine biologists are warning of the threats the next frontier of mining poses to fragile ecosystems.
Barnaby Jack, the Hacker Who Cracked Pacemakers, Dies
New Zealand hacker Barnaby Jack was found dead in San Francisco on Thursday, July 25, days before he was due to attend a Black Hat Hacking conference in Las Vegas, where he would show how it was possible to exploit a pacemaker and remotely kill someone...
Hacker Barnaby Jack Dies Days Before Revealing His Pacemaker Exploit: One Last Interview
Barnaby Jack, who famously hacked ATMs and claimed to be able to hack pacemakers in order to kill patients remotely, was confirmed dead on Friday.
What's the Rudest Thing Someone's Done to You in London?
"The time someone tried to have sex with me without my permission."
When Is It OK to Kill?
Yesterday, Ian Brady explained his murder of five children in the mid-60s as an "existentialist experience." Which seems like a big leap from reading Sartre's Nausea while staring out of windows, but I suppose that's how you get away with...
Barnaby Jack Could Hack Your Pacemaker and Make Your Heart Explode
Having your heart wirelessly hacked and set to explode at 830 volts could be viewed as a bit of a setback if you're considering getting a pacemaker fitted. It could also be viewed as the kind of thing that would only happen in a Jason Statham movie...
A Chat with Some Immoral Hackers Who Don't Care About Your Feelings
Chances are, you don't understand how to use the internet. You think you do, but are you even aware of the scale of it? It's fucking massive. Unless you are the number-one person in the entire world at understanding the internet, there is always...
Which Would Be the Most Embarrassing Animal to Get Killed By?
A guy in Belarus got killed by a beaver the other day.
Ethical Hackers Talk Internet Terrorism, Anonymous, and DDoS Attacks
In 2012, DDoS attacks increased by a pretty ridiculous 200 percent, and 35 percent of businesses experienced some kind of disruptive DDoS attack. I was maybe a little overworried about the future of internet terrorism, so I caught up with two very...
The Scourge of the Internet: A Chat With Two Hackers on the Stress of DDoS
In 2012, DDoS attacks increased by a pretty ridiculous 200 percent, and 35 percent of businesses experienced some kind of disruptive DDoS attack.