2024

Academics probe Apple’s privacy settings and get lost and confused 2024-04-05 at 08:47 By Matthew Connatser Just disabling Siri requires visits to five submenus A study has concluded that Apple’s privacy practices aren’t particularly effective, because default apps on the iPhone and Mac have limited privacy settings and confusing configuration options.… This article is an […]

Chinese schools testing 10,000 locally made RISC-V-ish PCs 2024-04-05 at 08:19 By Simon Sharwood Today’s lesson covers the potential for Loongson’s made-in-China architecture to hurt Microsoft and Intel China’s long march towards creation and adoption of its own information technology stack has taken a long stride forward after a school district commenced a trial of

Taiwan quake to hit chipmakers’ capex, not chip supply 2024-04-05 at 07:18 By Laura Dobberstein Some equipment suffered minor damage, but the silicon show must go on Wednesday’s earthquake in Taiwan will hit at least one chipmaker in the wallet, but won’t weaken the overall silicon supply chain, according to analyst outfit TrendForce.… This article

World’s second-largest eyeglass lens-maker blinded by infosec incident 2024-04-05 at 05:01 By Simon Sharwood Also makes components for chips, displays, and hard disks, and has spent four days groping for a fix If ever there was an incident that brings the need for good infosec into sharp focus, this is the one: Japan’s Hoya –

Lambda borrows half a billion bucks to grow its GPU cloud 2024-04-05 at 03:32 By Tobias Mann Will buy tens of thousands of Nvidia’s prized accelerators, which will be collateral for the loan Lambda Labs, operator of a GPU-infused cloud, on Thursday revealed it has secured a $500 million loan to fund the expansion of