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UAC-0145 Uses ClickFix CAPTCHAs to Infect Ukrainian Devices wih Malware
Russian state-sponsored threat actors have been observed leveraging the infamous ClickFix strategy to trick Ukrainian targets into infecting their own machines with data-stealing malware. According to...
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The Clapper was a bad smart home gadget — and a viral sensation
Clap on. Clap off. Well, more like, Clap, pause for half a beat but no longer because otherwise it'll stop hearing you, clap again because you...
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‘Phantom Twist’ drone spins so fast that it is nearly invisible — flying device adds motion blur to the real world
Researchers from Northwestern University in Illinois have built a drone that rotates so fast it is cloaked by motion blur.
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SonicWall SMA Zero-Days Exploited Before Disclosure to Gain Root Access
A previously undocumented threat actor has been attributed to the exploitation of recently disclosed SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 series VPN appliances as zero-days prior...
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Self-healing GPU nodes in Kubernetes: What we learned building the EKS node monitoring agent
When you run Kubernetes at the scale we do on Amazon EKS, nodes break constantly. GPUs fall off the PCIe The post Self-healing GPU nodes in...
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Samsung cuts hundreds of US consumer electronics jobs ahead of Texas HQ move — 739 roles affected in New Jersey as chip division posts record profit
Samsung told Reuters that a majority of the affected New Jersey employees received relocation offers, while others were let go.
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Hembased Launches Cold Compostable 3D Printing Filament Made Out of Palm Leaves
Dutch firm Hembased is launching a cold compostable filament. Cold compostable means that the material should return completely to nature in a regular compost bin that...
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Russian drones spotted using screwed-on magnetic compasses as navigation aids — the on-board camera can occasionally tilt down to check bearings if satellite comms are lost
Russian drone troops are adding cheap magnetic compasses to help find their bearings. Crude add-on helps them find their bearings and locate their targets even without...
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The future of physical games is not looking great
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on video games and physical media, follow Jay...
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Gears of War's creator is considering returning to game development, but whatever he makes won't be PvP like his last efforts: 'Good luck to anyone in that space'
"Players just want to hop online with friends and shoot some stuff."
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Coil whine can be musical, demonstrates engineering student — this usually hated noise can make some people happy
Video shows that electronic noise pollution can become music.
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