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- Student Loan Breach Exposes 2.5M Records August 31, 20222.5 million people were affected, in a breach that could spell more trouble down the line.
- Watering Hole Attacks Push ScanBox Keylogger August 30, 2022Researchers uncover a watering hole attack likely carried out by APT TA423, which attempts to plant the ScanBox JavaScript-based reconnaissance tool.
- Tentacles of ‘0ktapus’ Threat Group Victimize 130 Firms August 29, 2022Over 130 companies tangled in sprawling phishing campaign that spoofed a multi-factor authentication system.
- Ransomware Attacks are on the Rise August 26, 2022Lockbit is by far this summer’s most prolific ransomware group, trailed by two offshoots of the Conti group.
- Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras August 25, 2022Tens of thousands of cameras have failed to patch a critical, 11-month-old CVE, leaving thousands of organizations exposed.
- Student Loan Breach Exposes 2.5M Records August 31, 2022
Slashdot
- Europe Plans To Build 100-Qubit Quantum Computer By 2026 April 27, 2024An anonymous reader quotes a report published last week by Physics World: Researchers at the Dutch quantum institute QuTech in Delft have announced plans to build Europe's first 100-quantum bit (qubit) quantum computer. When complete in 2026, the device will be made publicly available, providing scientists with a tool for quantum calculations and simulations. The […]
- Ring Customers Get $5.6 Million In Refunds In Privacy Settlement April 27, 2024The FTC is issuing more than $5.6 million in refunds to Ring customers as part of a privacy settlement. The Associated Press reports: In a 2023 complaint, the FTC accused the doorbell camera and home security provider of allowing its employees and contractors to access customers' private videos. Ring allegedly used such footage to train […]
- Xbox Console Sales Are Tanking As Microsoft Brings Games To PS5 April 27, 2024In its third-quarter earnings call on Thursday, Microsoft reported a 30% drop in Xbox console sales, after reporting a 30% drop last April. "It blamed the nosedive on a 'lower volume of consoles sold' during the start of 2024," reports Kotaku. From the report: In February, Grand Theft Auto VI parent company Take-Two claimed in […]
- Court Upholds New York Law That Says ISPs Must Offer $15 Broadband April 27, 2024The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit overturned a prior district court decision, lifting the injunction that blocked New York's law mandating that ISPs offer $15 broadband plans to low-income families. Ars Technica reports: The ruling (PDF) is a loss for six trade groups that represent ISPs, although it isn't clear right now […]
- Fake Job Interviews Target Developers With New Python Backdoor April 27, 2024An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: A new campaign tracked as "Dev Popper" is targeting software developers with fake job interviews in an attempt to trick them into installing a Python remote access trojan (RAT). The developers are asked to perform tasks supposedly related to the interview, like downloading and running code from […]
- Europe Plans To Build 100-Qubit Quantum Computer By 2026 April 27, 2024
Ars Technica
- NASA still doesn’t understand root cause of Orion heat shield issue April 27, 2024“When we stitch it all together, we’ll either have flight rationale or we won’t."
- Putting Microsoft’s cratering Xbox console sales in context April 26, 2024Why declining quarterly numbers might not be awful news for Microsoft's gaming business.
- Court upholds New York law that says ISPs must offer $15 broadband April 26, 2024New York obtains significant win for states' ability to regulate broadband.
- Android TV has access to your entire account—but Google is changing that April 26, 2024Should sideloading Chrome on an old smart TV really compromise your entire account?
- Hackers try to exploit WordPress plugin vulnerability that’s as severe as it gets April 26, 2024WP Automatic plugin patched, but release notes don't mention the critical fix.
- NASA still doesn’t understand root cause of Orion heat shield issue April 27, 2024
Anandtech
- TSMC Jumps Into Silicon Photonics, Lays Out Roadmap For 12.8 Tbps COUPE On-Package Interconnect April 26, 2024Optical connectivity – and especially silicon photonics – is expected to become a crucial technology to enable connectivity for next-generation datacenters, particularly those designed HPC applications. With ever-increasing bandwidth requirements needed to keep up with (and keep scaling out) system performance, copper signaling alone won't be enough to keep up. To that end, several companies are developing […]
- TSMC's System-on-Wafer Platform Goes 3D: CoW-SoW Stacks Up the Chips April 26, 2024TSMC has been offering its System-on-Wafer integration technology, InFO-SoW, since 2020. For now, only Cerebras and Tesla have developed wafer scale processor designs using it, as while they have fantastic performance and power efficiency, wafer-scale processors are extremely complex to develop and produce. But TSMC believes that not only will wafer-scale designs ramp up in […]
- TSMC Preps Cheaper 4nm N4C Process For 2025, Aiming For 8.5% Cost Reduction April 25, 2024While the bulk of attention on TSMC is aimed at its leading-edge nodes, such as N3E and N2, loads of chips will continue to be made using more mature and proven process technologies for years to come. Which is why TSMC has continued to refine its existing nodes, including its current-generation 5nm-class offerings. To that […]
- TSMC 2nm Update: N2 In 2025, N2P Loses Backside Power, and NanoFlex Brings Optimal Cells April 25, 2024Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. provided several important updates about its upcoming process technologies at its North American Technology Symposium 2024. At a high level, TSMC's 2 nm plans remain largely unchanged: the company is on track to start volume production of chips on it's first-generation GAAFET N2 node in the second half of 2025, and N2P […]
- TSMC's 1.6nm Technology Announced for Late 2026: A16 with "Super Power Rail" Backside Power April 25, 2024With the arrival of spring comes showers, flowers, and in the technology industry, TSMC's annual technology symposium series. With customers spread all around the world, the Taiwanese pure play foundry has adopted an interesting strategy for updating its customers on its fab plans, holding a series of symposiums from Silicon Valley to Shanghai. Kicking off […]
- TSMC Jumps Into Silicon Photonics, Lays Out Roadmap For 12.8 Tbps COUPE On-Package Interconnect April 26, 2024
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