Scientists have created five synthetic yeast chromosomes and placed them inside yeast cells. The chromosomes are composed of the normal letters, or base pairs, that make up DNA, but the sequence is slightly different from those found naturally in yeast.

Artist’s impression of the Cassini spacecraft examining Saturn’s rings, which is part of the final phases of Cassini’s mission this year. Glowing in pale blue, Uranus looks like a ghostly planet in pictures taken from the only spacecraft to ever visit it: Voyager 2. Due to the planet’s great distance from Earth, follow-up studies of the planet began only in the late 1990s when telescope optics improved.

Emerging from Israel’s cybersecurity industry , Fireglass was selected among hundreds of nominees to place on this exclusive list that CNBC described as “a diverse group of companies that are building brands, breaking industry barriers and scaling quickly on the path to becoming tomorrow’s household names .” Fireglass’ award-winning True Isolationi 1 2 technology breaks barriers by completely eliminating malware and phishing from web and email while providing a seamless user experience.

UOL BoaCompra, the leading company in digital payments in the gaming segment in , closed on a partnership with the North American publisher En Masse Entertainment, making it easier for gamers to acquire exclusive items from the TERA Store using reals. Players can now use all of BoaCompras’s payment methods, including any brand of national credit cards, bank payment slips, online deposits with the country’s principal banks, online payments via PagSeguro, and the virtual card, Go4gold.

“Criminals have discovered there are many avenues to steal people’s credit cards, to even engage in identity theft,” explained Howard Schwartz, the executive director of the Connecticut Better Business Bureau . The thing is there are many precautions we can take to prevent that we don’t become one of their victims.”

The practice, which came to light last week in a New York Times report, was used to deceive authorities in cities where the ride-hailing service is banned. When Uber suspects that someone is using its app in a way that it deems improper – say, conducting a sting operation to identify Uber drivers – the company will display phantom cars to confuse the person, or manually cancel a trip if the person manages to be matched with a driver.

There’s a lot going on at Walmart these days as the retailing giant continues its aggressive push to create a seamless shopping environment between its stores and online businesses. One example was revealed yesterday by Walmart CFO Brett Briggs who told attendees at the Raymond James Investor Conference that the retailer is testing an endless aisle solution in some of its toy departments.