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JPL Creates World’s Largest PDF Archive to Aid Malware Research

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is well known for landing rovers on Mars, exploring the solar system with robotic probes, and developing sensitive science instruments that observe Earth and other planets. But less well-known is the lab’s cutting-edge work in the digital world. In support of a wider effort to make the internet more secure, JPL data scientists have created the largest single…
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Dell XPS 15 and 17 laptops are up to $800 off

Dell makes arguably the best laptops for Windows users through its XPS brand, and two fairly recent models are currently on sale. When we reviewed the 2022 Dell XPS 15, we called it the best 15-inch Windows laptop around. You can pick one up for a sizable discount, as the price has dropped by $800 to $1,099. Meanwhile, Dell has cut the price of last year’s XPS 17 by $650 to…
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Gear in this story

The Sigma 65mm F2 DG DN | Contemporary is a telephoto prime lens that’s been available since 2020. When it was new, we took its E-mount version for a spin using the Sony A7R III, processing the images with Adobe Camera Raw. You can check out that original set of…
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NASA Cassini Data Reveals Building Block for Life in Enceladus’ Ocean

Using data collected by NASA’s Cassini mission, an international team of scientists has discovered phosphorus – an essential chemical element for life – locked inside salt-rich ice grains ejected into space from Enceladus. The small moon is known to possess a subsurface ocean, and water from that ocean erupts through cracks in Enceladus’ icy crust as geysers at its south pole, creating a…
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Italy’s Army aviation chief talks helicopter advancements

ROME — As the commander of Italy’s Army aviation fleet, Maj. Gen. Andrea Di Stasio oversees a helicopter portfolio on the cusp of old and new. Decision-makers in the country have been closely watching moves in Washington about remaking the U.S. Army’s fleet, itching to jump on the bandwagon with what some thought would be the next major accomplishment in propulsion technology. Di Stasio…
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