Meta relents to EU, allows unlinking of Facebook and Instagram accounts (arstechnica.com)
Apple’s no-good week was great for the company and bad for you (www.washingtonpost.com)
Apple’s no-good week was great for the company and bad for you::undefined
Memory chip production at risk as North Korea ramps up threats against South Korea, which produces 71% of global memory supply, 51% of NAND for SSDs | Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)
Google boss warns staff to expect further job cuts this year (www.theguardian.com)
Google boss warns staff to expect further job cuts this year::Sundar Pichai’s memo acknowledges redundancies would come on top of round of layoffs reported last week
China's military and government acquire Nvidia chips despite U.S. ban (www.reuters.com)
China’s military and government acquire Nvidia chips despite U.S. ban::undefined
Computer chip maker announces furloughs at Oregon factory days after landing $72M from feds (www.oregonlive.com)
Computer chip maker announces furloughs at Oregon factory days after landing $72M from feds::Microchip described the furloughs as a temporary measure aimed at preventing layoffs.
Microsoft KB5034441 Windows 10 security patch for BitLocker bypass is leading to errors and has a complicated fix (www.tomshardware.com)
The best of CES 2024 (www.engadget.com)
Apple Backdoor Discussion: Security Now 956 Transcript | TWiT.TV (twit.tv)
I have serious issues with discussion in the opening segment of Security Now where Steve and Leo discuss the recent Apple backdoor implementation....
Revisiting Browser Trust - Security Now. Browser Certificate Stores and QWACs
cross-posted from: infosec.pub/post/6945259...
Hackers just leaked sensitive files from over 200 police departments that are searchable by badge number (www.businessinsider.com)
Hackers just leaked sensitive files from over 200 police departments that are searchable by badge number::Police departments have been sharing information about COVID-19, George Floyd protesters, and even tweets critical of the police.
Apple is sending out checks for ‘batterygate’ class action claims (www.theverge.com)
Apple is sending out checks for ‘batterygate’ class action claims::Apple has begun sending money to people whose iPhones were intentionally throttled in the iPhone 6, 6S, and 7 lines, as well as the first iPhone SE.
Half Of All Skills Will Be Outdated Within Two Years, Study Suggests (www.forbes.com)
Half Of All Skills Will Be Outdated Within Two Years, Study Suggests::AI will redirect jobs and career prospects, but its impact on jobs and tasks is murky.
Huawei Teardown Shows 5nm Laptop Chip Made in Taiwan, Not China (www.bloomberg.com)
Huawei Teardown Shows 5nm Laptop Chip Made in Taiwan, Not China::Huawei Technologies Co.’s newest laptop runs on a chip made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a teardown of the device showed, quashing talk of another Chinese technological breakthrough.
Apple's share price drop around 5% -- equal $162 billion lost for investors (www.nexttv.com)
Apple’s share price drop around 5% – equal $162 billion lost for investors::With iPhone sales slowing, Apple just got its second equity analyst downgrade this week
What’s next for Mozilla? (techcrunch.com)
How to Use Social Media as an Artist Without Destroying Your Soul - StayGrounded.online (www.staygrounded.online)
Because artists need to advertise too.
Australian woman used her BYD electric car to power her son's dialysis machine during a blackout (www.businessinsider.com)
Australian woman used her BYD electric car to power her son’s dialysis machine during a blackout::A BYD electric car acted as a life-saving power generator during extreme weather in Australia.
Gamecube is the most underrated console while it was in circulation.
No shit. I mean what console has survived as long as those OG Gamecubes. I have had mine for 20 years and the first issue came up this year. Turns out it’s an easy fix I can do myself and nothing destroying the console itself I can still play while working on this fix....
NASA Successfully Tests Revolutionary Rocket That Could Get Us to Mars Faster (www.sciencealert.com)
After setting foot on the Moon, the next destination for humankind is Mars, which presents a whole new set of challenges in speedy, long-distance space travel.
BYD Electric Car Becomes Lifeline in Australian Blackout (www.businessinsider.com)
Elon Musk's X gets another valuation cut from Fidelity (www.axios.com)
Public urged to be on guard as deepfake content will grow more sophisticated: Experts (www.straitstimes.com)
Public urged to be on guard as deepfake content will grow more sophisticated: Experts::Look out for distorted images, speech that is not in synch with the speaker’s lips, and claims that are too good to be true. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Analysis | Testing Tesla’s Autopilot recall, I don’t feel much safer — and neither should you (www.washingtonpost.com)
Analysis | Testing Tesla’s Autopilot recall, I don’t feel much safer — and neither should you::undefined