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Are fancy beans worth buying?

{$inline_image} Over the past decade, chefs and food writers have been enthusiastic evangelists for the Church of Fancy Beans, a rapidly growing denomination whose Vatican City is a little place in California called Rancho Gordo. It was upon that rock that Pope Steve Sando the First built a company devoted to spreading the gospel of…

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’World’s strongest’ robotic hand can cut paper, hold eggs — and even play the piano

{$inline_image}Researchers have unveiled a robotic hand that can serve drinks, pick up eggs, cut paper with scissors, and even play a few notes on the piano. The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) claims that the device offers the world’s strongest grasping force measured against its own weight. The hand is comprised of four fingers and 16

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    • Research: in 2019, payments to release files from ransomware attacks averaged ~$84K in Q4, more than double the Q3 average, and jumping to $191K in December (Nathaniel Popper/New York Times)

    Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: Research: in 2019, payments to release files from ransomware attacks averaged ~$84K in Q4, more than double the Q3 average, and jumping to $191K in December  —  Hackers are locking people out of their networks and demanding big payments to get back in.  New data shows just how common

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    • India's proposed data protection bill, which intends to ban re-identification of user data without consent, could criminalize the work of security researchers (Lukasz Olejnik/Wired)

    Lukasz Olejnik / Wired: India’s proposed data protection bill, which intends to ban re-identification of user data without consent, could criminalize the work of security researchers  —  The proposed ban on re-identification discourages researchers from investigating security weaknesses—and encourages criminals to exploit them. India's proposed data protection bill, which intends to ban re-identification of user

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    • On Monday, Bloomberg's campaign asked hundreds of tech leaders over a conference call to refer their most talented staff to its election operation in New York (Theodore Schleifer/Vox)

    Theodore Schleifer / Vox: On Monday, Bloomberg’s campaign asked hundreds of tech leaders over a conference call to refer their most talented staff to its election operation in New York  —  Exclusive: Bloomberg gathered hundreds of tech leaders on a call to ask for their most talented friends. On Monday, Bloomberg's campaign asked hundreds of

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