CIA exposed to potential intelligence interception due to X's URL bug [Thu Oct 19 2023]

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CIA exposed to potential intelligence interception due to X's URL bug

Musk's mega-app-in-waiting goes from chopping headlines to profile URLs

 
 

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Amazon to drop a cool $1B on Microsoft 365 cloud suite

Over a million licenses for office software to be used by corporate and frontline workers

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What's unconstitutional about Google keyword search warrants? Nothing, says Colorado Supreme Court

Arson case produces a very tricky precedent for anyone who values digital privacy

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Come work at HQ... or find a new job, Roblox CEO tells staff

Games developer latest to row back on WFH flexibility. 'Zoom fatigue is real,' says bigwig

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Sony, Honda tease EV that aims to be a lounge on wheels

'Afeela' packs Qualcomm kit, screens galore, runs Android and will have an app ecosystem

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Apple finds another use for USB-C – a cheaper Pencil

It’s also shorter, lousy under pressure, and needs a dongle on the cheapest iPad

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Google and Qualcomm to bring RISC-V to the wrist in next-gen wearable platform

Wear OS is basically Android, so this effort may do some heavy lifting to evade Arm SoCs in future phones

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Weather Simulation Can Outpace Moore’s Law With An Ai Boost

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D-Link clears up 'exaggerations' around data breach

Who knew 3 million actually means 700 in cybercrime forum lingo?

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CIA exposed to potential intelligence interception due to X's URL bug

Musk's mega-app-in-waiting goes from chopping headlines to profile URLs

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Software

Nvidia sells Foxconn on AI factories that turn raw data into profit

Or, at least, information that can drive profits anyway

Hyperscale datacenter capacity set to triple because of AI demand

And it's going to suck... up more power too

Take Windows 11... please. Leaks confirm low numbers for Microsoft's latest OS

Time to rethink Windows 10 support cycle then?

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Buyer's remorse haunts 3 in 5 business software purchases

They never do tell you about the unexpected costs and overly complex implementations

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Ampere leads a pack of AI startups to challenge Nvidia's 'unsustainable' GPUs

AI Platform Alliance probably has Jensen Huang in tears...of laughter

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Atlassian users complain of cloud migration dead ends, especially in UK

Lack of local clouds and inflexible offers see users depart. Maybe the new ‘Compass’ developer experience tool will be more to their liking

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San Francisco mayor suggests police drones and CCTV can cure city's crime woes

Suggests bodycam footage should replace paperwork for simple arrests

Paying for WinRAR in all the wrong ways - Russia and China hitting ancient app

Incidentally, Windows 11 has native rar support now

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Critical Citrix bug exploited by data thieves weeks before being patched

Time to close those active sessions

Governments resent their dependence on Big Tech

Singapore summit hears how private sector's constant security sins create risk for sovereigns

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Five Eyes intel chiefs warn China's IP theft program now at 'unprecedented' levels

Spies come in from the cold for their first public chinwag

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Malware crooks find an in with fake browser updates, in case real ones weren't bad enough

Researchers say ransomware could be on the horizon if success continues

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X marks the bot: Musk thinks spammers won't pay $1 a year

Annual fee won't be profitable, will require registration of phone number

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Offbeat

Now we can blame spacecraft for polluting the atmosphere

'My god, it's full of aerosolized metals!'

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Want a clean energy transition? Better start putting cash into electrical grid

Spending needs to double to $600B by 2030 if we want to stay within 2°C warming

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Moonstruck Modi wants lunar Indian crew by 2040

A space station, Venus, and Mars also on the cards but the budget is TBD

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Boris Johnson's mad hydrogen for homes bubble bursts

It was a gas while it lasted but 'no public policy' to replace natural gas for heating

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US prosecutors slam Autonomy tycoon's attempt to get charges tossed

Allege that 'greed and hubris' led Mike Lynch and co to 'pretend Autonomy thrived'

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