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Wednesday Google security researchers published a preprint demonstrating that 2048-bit RSA encryption 'could theoretically be broken by a quantum computer with 1 million noisy qubits running for one week,' writes Google's security blog. 'This is a 20-fold decrease in the...
'Firefox's address bar just got an upgrade,' Mozilla writes on their blog: Keep your original search visible When you perform a search, your query now remains visible in the address bar instead of being replaced by the search engine's URL. Whereas before your address bar was ...
A Linux kernel driver that turns a rotary phone dial into an evdev input device. ↫ Stefan Wiehler The year of Linux on the desktop is finally here. Thanks to Oleksandr Natalenko for pointing this gem out.
Michael Daniel also thinks Uncle Sam should increase help to orgs hit by ransomware INTERVIEW Uncle Sam's cybersecurity apparatus can't only focus on China and other nation-state actors, but also has to fight the much bigger damage from plain old cybercrime, says former...
Science magazine reports that hummingbird feeders 'have become a major evolutionary force,' according to research published this week in Global Change Biology. (At least for the Anna's hummingbird, a common species in the western U.S. Over just a few generations, their beaks ...
'What if ultrafast pulses of light could operate computers at speeds a million times faster than today's best processors?' asks the University of Arizona. 'A team of scientists, including researchers from the University of Arizona, are working to make that possible.' In a...
The period of tastelessness must have officially passed, because Stockton Rush's ill-conceived submersible expedition – which resulted in the deaths of all passengers on board, including Rush himself – is now apparently documentary fodder. Netflix has just announced TITAN:...
There must be something in the water in Hollywood with all of the video game adaptations in recent years. Minecraft was a smash hit propelled by memes, evidently proving to be enough of one to raise the eyebrows of serious distributors like A24. — Read the rest The post A24...
'In large, companies failed to self-regulate,' writes long-time Slashdot reader BrendaEM: They have not been respected the individual's right to privacy. In software and web interfaces, companies have buried their privacy setting so deep that they cannot be found in a...
TL;DR: MagTag is a slim, credit-card-shaped tracker that fits in your wallet and works with Apple's Find My app—just $23.99 (reg. $59.99). Ever feel like your tech was designed by someone who never actually used it in the real world? — Read the rest The post Get a...
The Titan submersible imploded on June 18, 2023. The sub was ninety minutes into its journey down to tour the wreckage of HMS Titanic. All aboard were killed instantly, including the CEO of Oceangate, Stockton Rush, who was piloting. In a disturbing new clip from the...
SiFive was one of the first companies to produce a RISC-V chip. This week they announced a new collaboration with Red Hat 'to bring Red Hat Enterprise Linux support to the rapidly growing RISC-V community' and 'prepare Red Hat's product portfolio for future intersection with ...
This next-generation laser projector pairs with surround-sound speakers and microphones for a cinematic karaoke party.
Mario Kart Band is a full jazz band out of Columbus, Ohio. Their schtick is, unsurprisingly, playing jazz versions of Mario Kart music. However, they play it while real players race on a big screen, and it looks like an absolute blast. — Read the rest The post This jazz...
DJI’s new flagship drone is astonishingly good, but “local conditions” means it’s not yet available in the US.
The original leak site that never sold out, never surrendered Obituary John Young, the co-founder of the legendary internet archive Cryptome, died at the age of 89 on March 28. The Register talked to friends and peers who gave tribute to a bright, pugnacious man who was...
The Oracle Jet represents the current state of the art in easy, high-end, delicious home espresso. Geeks will quibble. Most espresso lovers won’t.
Pod coffee makers are a convenient way to get caffeinated. These are our favorites.
For anyone in the US who can afford to go solar, “now would be the time,” because House Republicans want to end federal tax credits that make it affordable.
Plus: A mysterious hacking group’s secret client is exposed, Signal takes a swipe at Microsoft Recall, Russian hackers target security cameras to spy on aid to Ukraine, and more.
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