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Citizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent

Citizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent

Ron Deibert, the director of Citizen Lab, one of the most prominent organizations investigating government spyware abuses, is sounding the alarm to the cybersecurity community and asking them to step up and join the fight against authoritarianism.  On Wednesday, Deibert will deliver a keynote at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, one of the largest gatherings of information …

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Aging Isn’t a Steady Descent. Around 50, the Body Seems to Hit a Cliff And Some Organs Age Much Faster Than Others

Aging Isn’t a Steady Descent. Around 50, the Body Seems to Hit a Cliff And Some Organs Age Much Faster Than Others

Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. Aging has always been tied hand in hand with the passage of time: a slow and steady process. A little less energy here, a few more wrinkles there. But a massive new study suggests that aging isn’t actually linear. It accelerates dramatically around age 50, with the body’s organs veering into decline at sharply different speeds. The …

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