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Key barrier to online fraud can be bypassed for pennies, say researchers

Throwaway phone numbers offer a cheap way to bypass authentication text defenses.

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Cyber attacks spiked in 2021
A microscopic magnetite fossil discovered in sediment below the North Atlantic, seen using X-ray microscopy

Ancient magnetite fossils may be remnants of a natural GPS used by marine creatures

Scientists say microscopic magnetite fossils may have enabled an ancient creature to detect Earth’s magnetic field, offering clues to how early species navigated long distances.

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THE EXPERIMENT, by two education researchers, asked the chatbot to solve a version of Plato’s slave-boy experiment of the ‘doubling the square’ problem.

Can one trust ChatGPT? Hebrew U and Cambridge University mathematicians find out

ChatGPT generates responses by predicting sequences of words learned during its training. Now, a new Israeli study shows that ChatGPT’s unpredictability may limit its reliability in a math classroom.

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A man holds a placard shaped like a key during a pro-Palestinian rally calling for the UK government to stop allowing arms exports and military co-operation with Israel, in London, Britain, June 21, 2025.

Cambridge U. can ban pro-Palestinian protests from parts of campus for next year, judge rules

A previous injunction was granted in March to prevent protesters from interrupting graduation ceremonies, however its expiry date was set for July 26.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER

CERN data suggests existence of 'new physics'

"This new result offers tantalizing hints of the presence of a new fundamental particle or force that interacts differently with these different types of particles."

MARCH 30, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
A general view of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment is seen during a media visit at the Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in the French village of Saint-Genis-Pouilly near Geneva in Switzerland, July 23, 2014

Israeli Cambridge student spoofs Netanyahu, taunts Corbyn in debate speech

"Corbyn's therapist told him that his rejection of the report about antisemitism in the Labour party affirms that he is in deep repression and denial," Rosen joked.

NOVEMBER 7, 2020ByCELIA JEAN
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu points to a red line he has drawn on the graphic of a bomb as he addresses the 67th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, U.S., September 27, 2012.

Cambridge graduate who said Jews should be exterminated stands trial

Oliver Bel has been charged with posting "grossly offensive" messages online.

APRIL 28, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jews and non-Jews gather in solidarity to protest against Antisemitism at Parliament Square in London on Sunday

Malaysian PM at Cambridge: My Jewish friends are not like other Jews

Speaking at Cambridge Union, Mahathir Mohamad said that he would invade Israel if he could.

JUNE 19, 2019ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during the APEC CEO Summit 2018 at the Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 17 November 2018

Cambridge University accused of censorship for threatening to cancel BDS event

BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti spoke at the university on Wednesday amidst controversy.

NOVEMBER 12, 2017BySHOSHANA KRANISH
Building at Cambridge University in England.