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Apple Vision Pro has densest display iFixit's ever seen, and almost-OK repairability

Wed, 2024-02-07 23:31
You can fit more than 50 Virgin Bro pixels into a single iPhone one while angular resolution remains a little low

Teardown artists iFixit have pried open the Vision Pro and awarded the device a "pretty impressive" provisional repairability score given the device is Apple's first foray into such gear.…

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Volt Typhoon not the only Chinese crew lurking in US energy, critical networks

Wed, 2024-02-07 22:50
Presumably American TLAs are all over Beijing's infrastructure, too ... right?

Volt Typhoon isn't the only Chinese spying crew infiltrating computer networks in America's energy sector and other critical organizations with the aim of wrecking equipment and causing other headaches, the US government has said.…

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AMD crams five compute architectures onto a single board

Wed, 2024-02-07 21:53
What an Arm-ful of x86, Vega graphics, XDNA AI, and FPGA circuitry

With the launch of its Embedded+ architecture yesterday, AMD effectively posed the question: Why choose one compute architecture when you can have five?…

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Half of polled infosec pros say their degree was less than useful for real-world work

Wed, 2024-02-07 20:31
The other half paid attention in class?

Half of infosec professionals polled by Kaspersky said any cybersecurity knowledge they picked up from their higher education is at best somewhat useful for doing their day jobs. On the other hand, half said the know-how was at least very useful. We're a glass half-empty lot.…

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US says China's Volt Typhoon is readying destructive cyberattacks

Wed, 2024-02-07 19:11
12 international govt agencies sound the alarm, critical infrastructure at the heart of threats

The US government today confirmed China's Volt Typhoon crew comprised "multiple" critical infrastructure org's IT networks in America – and Uncle Sam warned that the Beijing-backed spies are readying "disruptive or destructive cyberattacks" against those targets.…

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Ford pulls the plug on EV strategy as losses pile up

Wed, 2024-02-07 18:30
'Our Gen 2 vehicles won't launch unless we can get to a profit'

The reality of electric vehicle prices has finally caught up with the venerable US automaker Ford, which said yesterday that it's rethinking its loss-making EV strategy.…

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You're not imagining things – USB memory sticks are getting worse

Wed, 2024-02-07 17:30
It's all down to recommissioned kit, claim techies tasked with retrieving data from busted gear

A German data recovery specialist has confirmed what many Reg readers will have suspected: USB memory sticks are getting less reliable. The cause, as you might have guessed, is inferior memory chips, while the move to storing multiple bits per flash cell also plays a part.…

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Iran's cyber operations in Israel a potential prelude to US election interference

Wed, 2024-02-07 16:30
Tactics are more sophisticated and supported in greater numbers

Iran's anti-Israel cyber operations are providing a window into the techniques the country may deploy in the run-up to the 2024 US Presidential elections, Microsoft says.…

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Raspberry Pi Pico cracks BitLocker in under a minute

Wed, 2024-02-07 15:30
Windows encryption feature defeated by $10 and a YouTube tutorial

We're very familiar with the many projects in which Raspberry Pi hardware is used, from giving old computers a new lease of life through to running the animated displays so beloved by retailers. But cracking BitLocker? We doubt the company will be bragging too much about that particular application.…

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TSMC to build second fab in Japan, backed by local investment

Wed, 2024-02-07 14:49
Plus: SMIC said to be building new lines to make 5nm process chips designed by Huawei

TSMC is set to build a second semiconductor manufacturing plant in Japan with investment from Toyota and other local corporations. The move is being portrayed as a success for Japan's efforts to boost chip production in the country.…

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Hundreds of workers to space out from NASA's JPL amid budget black hole

Wed, 2024-02-07 14:00
Launch windows do not respect political squabbling

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has confirmed that substantial budget cuts are inbound, with over 500 staffers affected – approximately 8 percent of the workforce.…

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JetBrains urges swift patching of latest critical TeamCity flaw

Wed, 2024-02-07 12:33
Cloud version is safe, but no assurances offered about possible on-prem exploits

JetBrains is encouraging all users of TeamCity (on-prem) to upgrade to the latest version following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in the CI/CD tool.…

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Bank boss has pay slashed after presiding over tech outages in 2023

Wed, 2024-02-07 12:01
Singapore's DBS wants accountability for digital dropouts

Singapore banking group DBS has slashed its CEO's variable pay by 30 percent as an accountability measure after digital disruptions hit the organization in 2023.…

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HoRNDIS MacGyvers your Mac to get online with Androids

Wed, 2024-02-07 11:15
Apple makes this harder every macOS release, but there are ways nonetheless

FOSS Fest These days, Macs will only talk to Apple phones to get online out of the box, but you can get around the restrictions if you're determined enough.…

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UK government plans to spend over £100M on AI ... but copyright code is held up

Wed, 2024-02-07 10:15
'Pro-innovation' but perhaps not for the folks whose data was trained on

The UK government is to spend over £100 million ($125 million) to support regulators and researchers as it publishes its response to the AI Regulation White Paper consultation.…

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How Neuraspace aims to clean up orbital clutter with AI

Wed, 2024-02-07 09:30
Can tech and regulations beat the great satellite landgrab?

Interview Debris speeding along in orbit is becoming an increasing hazard for spacecraft. We can either ignore the problem and hope it resolves itself or accept there is an issue and learn to deal with it.…

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The spyware business is booming despite government crackdowns

Wed, 2024-02-07 08:31
'Almost zero data being shared across the industry on this particular threat,' we're told

The commercial spyware economy – despite government and big tech's efforts to crack down – appears to be booming.…

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Alaska Airlines' door-dropping flight was missing bolts

Wed, 2024-02-07 07:34
Preliminary investigation confirms pilot chat was overwritten but doesn't mention attempts to recover data

The door plug that fell out of Alaska Airlines flight 1282 last month wasn’t properly bolted into place, according to a preliminary investigation.…

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IBM Japan and NTT think they can make datacenter aircon adjust to different workloads

Wed, 2024-02-07 06:31
They're measuring server exhaust temperatures to detect power consumption

Datacenters make a lot of hot air, and IBM Japan and NTT Group's in-house integrator NTT Comware think they can use it to calculate power consumption and CO2 emissions – and maybe reduce both.…

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India to launch android into space to test its crewed launch capability

Wed, 2024-02-07 05:37
Vyommitra, your multitasking, bilingual, female space friend, will fly before the long-delayed Gaganyaan flies in 2025

India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will send a humanoid robot astronaut into this space this year, then send it back alongside actual humans in 2025 on its long-delayed Gaganyaan orbital mission.…

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