Massive data leak exposes medical records, mugshots and IDs of more than 36,000 US inmates

Tens of thousands of files belonging to US inmates were leaked online. Cyber security researchers discovered a bucket containing the mugshots, full names, IDs, medical records and other sensitive information of 36,077 incarcerated individuals. JailCore, a platform used to manage correctional facilities, was left unsecure and unencrypted on an Amazon server, impacting locations in Florida, … Read more

Researchers create a working dictionary of 1,500 dance moves that bees use to communicate

Researchers build a working dictionary of 1,500 dance moves that bees use to communicate with each other while flying in formation Scientists in Minnesota studied two bee colonies in reconstructed prairieland They found the bees used a complex system of dance ‘waggles’ to communicate The bees communicated about pollen location, direction, distance and more By … Read more

Purging Instagram just got a lot easier with filters that show you accounts you rarely interact with

Purging your Instagram just got a lot easier with new filters that let you see which accounts you’ve interacted with the least Instagram now lets users filter followers by ‘least interacted with’ The filter also shows ‘most shown in feed’ and orders first or last followed  It’s made to help users manage their accounts and … Read more

Alien hunters are searching for signatures emitted from ‘interstellar beacons’ using telescopes

If aliens are using an interstellar beacon to contact Earth, scientists at the SETI Institute are going to find it. The team believes advanced lifeforms have placed a transmitter in the center of the galaxy and are developing techniques to detect signatures from the technology. SETI scientist are developing a system that ‘piggybacks’ off the … Read more

Survey of billions of stars in the Milky Way ‘could have captured signs of intelligent life’

Survey of billions of stars in the Milky Way ‘could have captured signs of intelligent life’ — and amateur astronomers are being encouraged to search for them SETI Institute experts are developing state-of-the-art ways to detect signs of life These ‘technosignatures’ might be laser emissions or structures orbiting stars The search will be piggybacking on the Very … Read more

Canadian researchers devise new plan to convert overpopulated green crabs plastic

Canadian researchers will transform shells from the invasive and cannibalistic European green crab into a biodegradable plastic for party cups and cutlery Invasive European green crabs have taken over a Nova Scotia national park A McGill University chemist has started a program to turn the crabs into plastic Her team will harvest a chemical called … Read more

Instagram testing a ‘Latest Posts’ feature that mimics the platform’s original layout

Instagram is testing a ‘Latest Posts’ feature that mimics the platform’s original layout by letting users see the newest posts first ‘Latest Posts’ is a recently discovered test from Instagram The prototype lets users organize posts so that the most recent appears first This hearkens back to how the platform was originally designed Instagram says … Read more

Using WP Show Posts

Adding post lists and grids to your Site couldn’t be easier than with the WP Show Posts plugin. Dispatch uses the Free version to display posts on the Front page and in the Sidebars. Of course with a little Flint Skin CSS treatment. Head off to Dashboard > WP Show Posts > All Lists. Within … Read more