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Monday September 16, 2024. 07:49 AM
Alleges its governance was MIA and its KYC SNAFU The Reserve Bank of India has fined HP Financial Services the equivalent of $12,400 for not complying with regulations – some related to Know Your Customer (KYC) measures – and failing to have necessary IT committees.…
Visible and audible warnings, plus metadata, with absence of info considered suspicious China's internet regulator on Saturday proposed a strict regime that will, if adopted, require digital platforms to label content created by artificial intelligence.…
Flappy Bird's original creator hasn't posted anything on social media since 2017. Until today. 'This morning, the game's creator Dong Nguyen posted a characteristically terse comment stating that he has nothing to do with the revival,' report TechCrunch, 'and that he 'did...
Also: Apple to end NSO Group lawsuit; Malicious Python dev job offers; Dark web kingpins busted; and more Infosec In Brief Genetic testing outfit 23andMe has settled a proposed class action case related to a 2023 data breach for $30 million.…
For 30 days, 17,000 AT&T workers in nine different states from the CWA union went on strike. As it began one North Carolina newspaper noted some AT&T customers 'report prolonged internet outages.' Last week an Emory University economist told NPR that 'If it wasn't disruptive ...
'I figured he was either dead or in prison by now,' says the charging officer in Ryan Routh's 2002 arrest, who spoke with WIRED on Sunday.
Plus: Superapps in trouble across Asia; Indonesia connectivity doubles; Alibaba turns 25; and more! ASIA IN BRIEF Japanese imaging device manufacturer Ricoh last week announced plans to cut 2,000.…
The New York Times looks at 'a third-generation family firm' in Paraguay 'with 280 workers that packages hot sauce, soy beans...and seven kinds of salt for sale in Paraguayan supermarkets.' Its mascot — on t-shirts, coffee cups, and 'in heavy demand at Paraguayan weddings' —...
'Even black holes have edge cases,' writes Astronomy magazine contributing editor Steve Nadis, in an article in Quanta magazine (republished today by Wired): Black holes rotate in space. As matter falls into them, they start to spin faster; if that matter has charge, they...
Sunday September 15, 2024. 10:56 PM
Last October Slashdot reported on René Rebe's discovery of a random illegal instruction speculation bug on AMD Ryzen 7000-series and Epyc Zen 4 CPUs — which Rebe discussed on his YouTube channel. But this week's YouTube episode had a different ending, reports Tom's...
In 2015 Amazon purchased chip designer Annapurna Labs, remembers IEEE Spectrum, 'and proceeded to design CPUs, AI accelerators, servers, and data centers as a vertically-integrated operation.' The article argues that while AMD, Nvidia, and other big-name processor companies...
'It is with great relief that I welcome you home!' SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell posted on X. 'This mission was even more extraordinary than I anticipated.' 'SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew is home,' reports CNN, 'capping off a five-day mission to orbit — which included the world's...
Started on a whim, almost a decade later it's a fixture – and a marvelous demonstration of your wit and wisdom A short while back, The Register published the 500th installment of On-Call, the reader-contributed column in which you share your tech support stories.…
An anonymous reader shared this report from DecClass: A report from developer-focused analyst Redmonk finds 'there does not seem to be a clear link between moving from an open source to proprietary license and increasing the company's value.' Senior analyst Rachel Stevens...
In 1980 a 23-year-old woman was shot multiple times by an unknown assailant in a small county in central Kansas. 44 years later, the county sheriff made a Facebook post... Over the years, dozens of law enforcement officers looked at the case to no avail. In mid-2022 I was...
Whether you’re typing newsletters, marketing copy, or the next great novel, these tech tools and tips can help you spread the word.
It was one year ago that 'an odd seismic signal appeared at scientific stations around the globe,' reports the Washington Post. 'A day passed, and the slow tremor still reverberated. When it continued for a third day, scientists worldwide began assembling...' Some initially...
This robot vacuum can hitch itself over ledges and detach the mop plate, but it can’t empty the darn bin.
EVs can burn for days, firefighters have little or no training to deal with them, and conventional equipment isn’t effective. But new technology is being developed that should make all the difference.
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