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Tuesday September 28, 2021. 06:23 AM
Tokyo's new cyber-security policy names China, Russia, North Korea as sources of increasing threat India and Japan have each flexed their cyber-defence muscles in ways that China can't miss.…
An anonymous reader shares a report from Daring Fireball, written by John Gruber: Chaim Gartenberg, writing for The Verge, 'The Lightning Port Isn't About Convenience; It's About Control': 'Notably absent from Apple's argument, though, is the fact that cutting out a...
Just because you know how to whip up a mean spaghetti bolognese doesn't mean you have what it takes to open a successful restaurant. The same can be said with business and software development — the two are based in somewhat different wheelhouses but go hand in hand in a...
Ford has issued a recall of 5,000 Mustang Mach-E electric SUVs in Canada over a risk of the glass roof and windshield potentially coming loose and falling off. Ironically, the automaker mocked Tesla for the same problem just a year ago. Electrek reports: The automaker just...
Calls for global approach to curtail self-preferencing behaviour, unhelpful opacity that crimps competition Google utterly dominates Australian advertising, and only new rules can curb the harm its dominance does to local and global markets.…
YouTube Chief Executive Officer Susan Wojcicki said Google's video platform is beneficial to adolescents' mental health, amid growing concern that rival Instagram may be 'toxic' for teenage girls. From a report: 'We certainly do see for a lot of really tough issues that...
The C-SPAN television channels are for nerds, and no, I don't intend for that to be a disparaging statement -- quite the contrary. What I mean to say is, viewers of C-SPAN are brainy types that would rather watch the U.S. Congress than reruns of South Park. You know what?...
Tesla's Big Battery, located in southern Australia, just got hit with a federal lawsuit for failing to provide the crucial grid support it once promised it could. Motherboard reports: Built by Tesla in 2017, the 150-megawatt battery supplies 189 megawatt-hours of storage and ...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday said it would open a $1.9 billion program to reimburse mostly rural U.S. telecom carriers for removing network equipment made by Chinese companies deemed national...
Redmond reckoned protocol weakness is not a security vulnerability Microsoft Exchange clients like Outlook have been supplying unprotected user credentials if you ask in a particular way since at least 2016. Though aware of this, Microsoft's advice continues to be that...
Technologist, physicist, and virtual reality professional Paul Tomlinson shares what it's like to spend 4,500+ hours 'banging away at real work on virtual screens.' Slashdot reader Keighvin shares an excerpt from his report, with the caption: 'Portions of the 'metaverse'...
University students in courses from engineering to physics are having to be taught what files and folders are, The Verge reports, because that's not how they've grown up using computers. Whenever they need a file, they just search for it. PCGamer summarizes the findings: 'I...
Once you figure out what's special about this speed guide to Super Metroid from 2001, you will have deep admiration for the author. Every year or two I remember what's probably the most scarily/stunningly impressive linguistic feat I've ever seen. Every time, I think I must ...
My 15-year-old daughter learned about blood types in school and was curious to learn her blood type. I ordered two of these kits (each kit has two tests) so our whole family could find our what our blood types are. The included auto-lance makes it easy to draw blood (it...
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According to the SEC, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev unwittingly inspired brokerages to engage in a scheme involving illegal wash trading, or trading with yourself. An anonymous reader shares the report from Bloomberg: The SEC accused Suyun Gu and Yong Lee of improperly pocketing...
Big Blue to return to the big blue waves The Mayflower, the crewless, autonomous ship built with the help of IBM, will try to sail across the Atlantic again next year, after its first attempt failed shortly after it left the UK for the US.…
Monday September 27, 2021. 11:44 PM
In a blog post, Imgur announced that it has been acquired by a company called MediaLab. 'It's the beginning of a new chapter, and we're excited to share the news with you,' writes the Imgur team. From the post: We've been acquired by MediaLab! MediaLab, based in Santa...
Alphabet unit Google on Monday blasted EU antitrust regulators for ignoring rival Apple as it launched a bid to get Europe's second-highest court to annul a record 4.34-billion euro ($5.1 billion) fine related to its Android operating system. From a report: Far from holding...
From January 2023, add-ons built with Manifest V2 API will fail Google this month said Chrome browser extensions written under its Manifest V2 specification will stop working in January 2023.…
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