2023

China bans export of drones some countries have already banned anyway 01/08/2023 at 09:18 By Laura Dobberstein Some say retaliation for sanctions, but Beijing says it just wants world peace China introduced restrictions on Monday that mean would-be exporters will require a license to ship certain drones and related equipment out of the Middle Kingdom.… […]

Panasonic liquidates its liquid crystal display business 01/08/2023 at 07:32 By Simon Sharwood Here’s your metaphor for the state of the world: factory will be re-used to make EV batteries Panasonic has announced it has quit the Liquid Crystal Display business and will use the factory where it made the units to build batteries instead.…

Cybercriminals Renting WikiLoader to Target Italian Organizations with Banking Trojan 01/08/2023 at 07:32 By Organizations in Italy are the target of a new phishing campaign that leverages a new strain of malware called WikiLoader with an ultimate aim to install a banking trojan, stealer, and spyware called Ursnif (aka Gozi). “It is a sophisticated downloader with the objective of

Farewell, Aeolus: Doomed ESA weather sat reenters atmosphere over Antarctica 01/08/2023 at 07:17 By Katyanna Quach Not quite a controlled deorbit but not an uncontrolled one, either Video  The European Space Agency’s Aeolus weather satellite has reentered Earth’s atmosphere after engineers sent their final commands to destroy the hardware. The machine, or whatever remains of

How remote patient monitoring safeguards patient care and optimizes workflows 01/08/2023 at 07:02 By The healthcare sector has seen some of the most significant advances in technology. From hospital-based machinery to health trackers, technology providers are continually innovating to help practitioners monitor patient health. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS

Hong Kong High Court declines to force big tech to ban protest song 01/08/2023 at 06:34 By Laura Dobberstein Looks like it’s time for the territory to ramp up its SEO offensive again Hong Kong’s High Court has rejected a government bid to ban online dissemination of a protest song that is often mistaken as

Dell pumps out reference designs, plumps services, to bring AI on-prem 01/08/2023 at 04:36 By Dan Robinson Go ahead, spend up big. But be warned: analyst tells us many models ‘will never make it to widespread use because they are quite frankly rubbish’ Dell can’t wait to tap into the frenzy of spending on …

The semiconductor biz is sick, but demand for SiC chips that improve EVs is accelerating 01/08/2023 at 03:34 By Tobias Mann Onsemi CEO says demand for silicon carbide surged – as investors pile in While chipmakers, memory vendors, and fabs collectively bemoan slow demand and excess inventories, one segment of the semiconductor biz appears to

Fed-up Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s ‘stupid’ performance-killing fTPM RNG 01/08/2023 at 02:08 By Tobias Mann Some Ryzen Linux machines still stumble along despite efforts to fix it all Ongoing issues with Linux and AMD’s fTPM – the chip designer’s firmware-based TPM – appear to be wearing on kernel overseer Linus Torvalds’ nerves, who has suggested

US Air Force burns more money on electric flying taxis 01/08/2023 at 01:01 By Brandon Vigliarolo Waiting on that thumbs up from the FAA The US Air Force is dipping its toe into electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft by trialing a short-hop air taxi that has yet to get FAA certification to fly. …

White House: Losing Section 702 spy powers would be among ‘worst intelligence failures of our time’ 31/07/2023 at 23:02 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle As expert panel suggests some tweaks to boost public’s confidence in FISA The White House has weighed in on the Section 702 debate, urging lawmakers to reauthorize, “without new and operationally damaging

Do Facebook’s algorithms drive political polarization? Meta says no, but researchers say it’s complicated 31/07/2023 at 21:17 By Katyanna Quach Plus: Google DeepMind’s latest visual-language model robot, and more AI in brief  Four research papers this week concluded that users’ political beliefs and behavior don’t seem to be all that impacted by information amplified by