Panasonic Warns That IoT Malware Attack Cycles Are Accelerating
The legacy electronics manufacturer is creating IoT honeypots with its products to catch real-world threats and patch vulnerabilities in-house.
Day: August 10, 2023
Commentary: What are Hollywood actors and writers on strike afraid of?
Using generative AI tools, amateurs and professionals alike can now create screenplays and conjure the likeness of actors, says a University of Southern California professor.
Commentary: An expanded BRICS could reset world politics but picking new members isn’t straightforward
Five-country bloc BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) is still focused on harmonising its vision, and potential new members do not readily make the cut, say these University of Johannesburg researchers.
Seahawks CB Devon Witherspoon’s hamstring injury ‘doesn’t seem serious,’ Pete Carroll says
Seahawks first-round pick Devon Witherspoon won’t be available to play Thursday when the team opens the preseason due to a hamstring injury.
Filing: the US SEC plans to appeal a court ruling in July that Ripple’s programmatic sales of XRP to retail investors on exchanges didn’t violate securities law (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:
Filing: the US SEC plans to appeal a court ruling in July that Ripple’s programmatic sales of XRP to retail investors on exchanges didn’t violate securities law — A federal judge ruled that while Ripple’s di…
Russia – Ukraine War: Military Summary And Analysis For 8.9.2023 (Videos)
WNU Editor: It appears that Ukraine’s northern flank has collapsed. If this story is true and if the Russians continue to advance, this will be the number one war story from Ukraine in the coming days.
Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating
Security researchers accessed an internal camera inside the Deckmate 2 shuffler to learn the exact deck order—and the hand of every player at a poker table.
Intel’s GPU Drivers Now Collect Telemetry, Including ‘How You Use Your Computer’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ExtremeTech: Intel has introduced a telemetry collection service by default in the latest beta driver for its Arc GPUs. You can opt out of it, but we all know most people just click “yes” to everything during a …
Mayor Adams says migrant influx will cost New York City $12 billion
As newcomers continue to arrive in the hundreds each week, the city increased its estimate for how much it will cost to house them and provide other services.
Biden issues executive order restricting US investment in Chinese tech
The order will block and regulate high-tech US-based investments in China, increasing tensions between the two nations.