July 2024

Intel to deliver fix for Raptor Lake CPUs made ‘unstable’ by voltage snafu 2024-07-23 at 08:47 By Simon Sharwood Put those pesky crashes in the past with a fun microcode upgrade! Intel has promised to deliver a fix for some of its recent desktop processors suffering “stability issues.”… This article is an excerpt from The […]

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Google Abandons Plan to Phase Out Third-Party Cookies in Chrome 2024-07-23 at 08:01 By Google on Monday abandoned plans to phase out third-party tracking cookies in its Chrome web browser more than four years after it introduced the option as part of a larger set of a controversial proposal called the Privacy Sandbox. “Instead of

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Tencent Cloud launches CentOS variant tuned for Chinese silicon 2024-07-23 at 07:31 By Simon Sharwood Another sign of China’s technological turn inwards – but not, sadly, a SPARC revival Tencent Cloud has launched a version of its homebrew cut of Linux distribution CentOS.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React

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Windows users targeted with zero-day attacks via Internet Explorer 2024-07-23 at 07:16 By Windows users are being targeted with zero-day attacks. Security leaders are sharing their insights.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Indonesia blocks 2.5 million pieces of gambling content, minister says it’s not enough 2024-07-23 at 05:01 By Laura Dobberstein Wagering boomed – and so did the quantity of money heading offshore Indonesia has an online gambling problem. Despite having blocked access to wagering content over 2.5 million times last year, the nation’s Ministry of Communications

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Google’s plan to drop third-party cookies in Chrome crumbles 2024-07-23 at 03:16 By Thomas Claburn Ad giant promises will offer to protect privacy, as critics say surveillance continues Google no longer intends to drop support for third-party cookies, the online identifiers used by the ad industry to track people and target them with ads based

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Mozilla Thunderbird finally gets system tray notifications 2024-07-23 at 00:46 By Thomas Claburn After 24 years, bug report finally gets fixed Mozilla’s Thunderbird team has fixed a 24-year-old feature bug, bringing system tray mail notifications to GNOME and KDE desktop environments for Linux users.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

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When Quality is Everything 2024-07-22 at 23:48 By Adam Bromwich Today’s Connected World Expects Near-Infallibility This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

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Global cops power down world’s ‘most prolific’ DDoS dealership 2024-07-22 at 23:31 By Connor Jones One arrest was made weeks ago but no word on the suspect’s identity yet A DDoS-for-hire site described by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) as the world’s most prolific operator in the field is out-of-action following a law enforcement

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Meta’s mass layoff severance agreements illegal, says judge 2024-07-22 at 23:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo You can’t offer a better deal in exchange for silence, argues NLRB Separation agreements Meta gave to employees during mass 2022 layoffs are illegal, a US judge has decided, and the reasoning could have implications far beyond Zuckercorp.… This article is

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What does Google Gemini do with your data? Well, it’s complicated… 2024-07-22 at 22:16 By Jessica Lyons Big misconception is that data ingestion is occurring, we’re told Google, after facing accusations about its AI model ingesting private files, says Gemini can read and summarize this type of sensitive data in real time – but only with

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Nvidia said to be prepping Blackwell GPUs for Chinese market 2024-07-22 at 21:46 By Tobias Mann But will they ship before the Biden administration tightens export controls? Comment  US trade restrictions on the sale of AI accelerators to China haven’t detered Nvidia from bringing its latest Blackwell architecture to the Middle Kingdom.… This article is

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LA County Superior Court closes doors to reboot justice after ransomware attack 2024-07-22 at 20:17 By Jessica Lyons Some rest for the wicked? Los Angeles County Superior Court, the largest trial court in America, closed all 36 of its courthouses today following an “unprecedented” ransomware attack on Friday.… This article is an excerpt from The

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Cybercrooks crafting solo careers in wake of ransomware takedowns 2024-07-22 at 19:47 By Connor Jones More baddies go it alone as trust in big gangs withers, claims Europol A fresh report from Europol suggests that the recent disruption of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups is fragmenting the threat landscape, making it more difficult to track.… This article

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