Technology

LANL: NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds More Evidence Of Ancient Lakes On Mars

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A NASA ‘postcard’ of the Amapari Marker Band, a winding region where Curiosity discovered unexpected signs of an ancient lake. Courtesy/NASA/JPL-Caltech

LANL News:

  • The findings shed new light on the potential for past life

A team of scientists using the ChemCam instrument on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has discovered the highest amounts of iron, manganese, and zinc ever found together in the Gale Crater on Mars. Minerals with these metals were found in remarkably well-preserved ripples in rocks, indicating the high likelihood that a shallow lake existed at this location.

Metal-rich deposits Read More

Large Tech Investor Establishes Santa Fe Presence To Back New Mexico Innovation

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BUSINESS News:

CerraCap Impact Venture Capital and Patterson Thoma Family Office are establishing a Santa Fe investment office to lead and manage investments in New Mexico technology innovation. The launch event will take place at 4 p.m. MST, April 29 in Santa Fe.

The new venture, Enchantment Labs Capital, will focus on investing in frontier science and advancing deep tech and breakthrough innovation emerging from New Mexico’s leading laboratories, universities, and research institutions.

The evening is intended to bring together a select group of founders, researchers, investors, Read More

FBI: Albuquerque Man Charged With Aiming Laser At Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office Helicopter And Striking Cockpit Over A Dozen Times

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Still image from the recording from inside the helicopter at the time of the drone strike. If convicted, Jorge Pinon Armendariz faces up to five years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine. Courtesy/FBI

FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE – An Albuquerque man is facing federal charges after allegedly aiming the beam of a laser pointer at a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office helicopter and striking the cockpit over a dozen times.

According to public court documents, on Oct. 7, 2025, Jorge Pinon Armendariz, 47, directed a green laser at the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office Metro 1 helicopter while it was assisting Read More

Catch Of The Week: Roblox Cheat Codes Lead To Breach

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Fun new game: guess which link in a chain of events caused a major cloud platform breach this week.

A. Was it a sophisticated zero-day?
B. A nation-state attack on critical infrastructure?
C. A hard-to-detect supply chain implant buried in open source code?

Nope. Someone at a small AI startup was looking for Roblox cheats. Yikes!

Not even joking here! Researchers at Hudson Rock traced the Vercel breach that came to light this weekend all the way back to February, when an employee at Context.ai downloaded Lumma Stealer malware while Read More

Community Invited To Atomic Fiber Groundbreaking Ceremony May 12

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County has announced that construction of Atomic Fiber—the community broadband network—will begin in May. To celebrate, the County is inviting every community member to a groundbreaking ceremony on May 12. The ceremony begins at 4 p.m. in the parking area behind the White Rock Visitor Center.

This will be a great opportunity to ask questions about the network, learn about the technology behind the network and how it will be built, and meet the different Internet Service Providers.

“This is a major milestone in modernizing the County and poises us to be ready for the future,” Read More

Los Alamos County Transitions Public Website To .GOV Domain To Enhance Security And Public Trust

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County announces that its public website has successfully transitioned to a .GOV domain. The County’s web address has officially changed from losalamosnm.us to losalamosnm.gov, marking an important step toward strengthening cybersecurity and reinforcing public confidence in County communications.

The move to a .GOV domain is part of a nationwide effort to ensure that government websites are easily identifiable, secure, and trustworthy. The .GOV domain is restricted to verified government entities and offers enhanced protection against phishing, spoofing, Read More

Luján, Cantwell, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation To Restore FTC Authority To Return Billions To Consumers

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) Ranking Member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) reintroduced legislation to restore the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) authority to return money to consumers victimized by illegal scams, fraud and other unfair practices.

In April 2021, the Supreme Court slashed the FTC’s “Section 13(b)” Read More

SFCC Announces 2026 Santa Fe Creative Coding Initiative Student Showcase April 30

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Participants at 2025 Santa Fe Creative Coding Initiative Student Showcase. Courtesy/SFCC

Audience members watch the 2025 Santa Fe Creative Coding Initiative Student Showcase. Courtesy/SFCC

SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College announces the Santa Fe Creative Coding Initiative (SFCCI) will present its third SFCCI Student Showcase, 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at the Santa Fe Higher Education Center, 1950 Siringo Road. The event is free and open to the public.

SFCCI is a community partnership, providing challenge-based learning opportunities in digital creativity and coding Read More

LA Tech LLC Opens For Business In Downtown Los Alamos

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LA Tech LLC Owner Stephen Kollman in his office at 1247 Central Ave. Suite F #226. Courtesy photo

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

  • “Simplicity in technology is not accidental—it’s built through understanding.” –Stephen Kollman

Owner Stephen Kollman opened LA Tech LLC in February at 1247 Central Ave. Suite F #226 in downtown Los Alamos.

“One call does it all … complete IT solutions for homes and businesses,” Kollman said. ”From troubleshooting and repairs to full network, security, and infrastructure management — we handle it all.”

Kollman spoke about Read More