Passenger caught using electric wheelchair to smuggle more than 100 mobile phones into China By Jeff Butts published 10 August 24 A Macau man was recently apprehended when he tried to smuggle more than 100 mobile phones into China hidden in his modified electric wheelchair.
The Royal Mint, official maker of British coins, begins mining gold from motherboards ā a 40,000 square feet facility yields half a ton of gold per year By Jeff Butts published 10 August 24 To help become more sustainable and eco-friendly, the Royal Mint of the United Kingdom has opened a new factory that will recover thousands of tons of gold each year from e-waste.
New 3D printer ink makes recyclable electric circuits without heat or light By Jeff Butts published 9 August 24 Researchers from the US and Korea have developed a new 3D printable ink that solidifies in salt water and is easily recyclable using just fresh water
TSMC Arizona struggles to overcome vast differences between Taiwanese and US work culture By Jeff Butts published 8 August 24 As TSMC fights to bring its new Arizona fabs online, the company learns the Taiwanese way isn't going to work in America and needs to change.
GhostWrite vulnerability exploits architectural bug in RISC-V CPU to gain root access By Jeff Butts published 8 August 24 Researchers from Germany recently outlined a hardware flaw in two popular RISC-V CPUs that could grant attackers root access in less than a second.
New Linux kernel attack slips past modern defenses ā SLUBStick boasts a 99% success rate By Jeff Butts published 6 August 24 Despite the protections afforded by modern kernel defenses, a team of researchers has discovered a reliable way to carry out cross-cache attacks on Linux kernels.
Hackers hope to democratize laser-based processor hacking ā $500 RayV Lite relies on 3D printing, a laser pen, and a Raspberry Pi to bring costs down By Jeff Butts published 4 August 24 To help raise awareness of the threat of laser hacking techniques, security researchers plan to release the design for an ultra-inexpensive one to the public.
Pineboards announces Raspberry Pi AI HAT bundle combining both NPU and M.2 NVMe storage By Jeff Butts published 2 August 24 Popular maker of storage and AI HATs for the Raspberry Pi Pineboards has announced one card capable of tackling your AI projects while still allowing you to use NVMe SSD storage with your Pi.
Particle launches Tachyon, a Snapdragon powered single-board computer with its own AI accelerator By Jeff Butts published 31 July 24 Particle, well known to innovative businesses for its IoT platform-as-a-service, is launching an extremely powerful SBC with 5G connectivity and an on-board AI accelerator.
New technique uses 3D printing to fab three-dimensional chip circuits By Jeff Butts published 31 July 24 To further drive the capabilities of 3D circuit fabrication, scientists from the National University of Singapore have developed a novel approach to direct ink writing 3D printing technology.
Intel allegedly plans imminent lay off of thousands of employees to fuel turnaround By Jeff Butts published 31 July 24 According to sources familiar with Intel's plans for the future, the tech giant could be preparing to lay off thousands of its employees.
Raspberry Pi 5 hits world-record 3.4 GHz with thermoelectric cooling and firmware tweaks By Jeff Butts published 30 July 24 In the "let's see how far we can push this puppy" scene, Jeff Geerling has managed to max out the Raspberry Pi 5 CPU to a speedy 3.4 GHz.
Overnight fiber optic sabotage disrupts telecommunications in several French regions ā Paris and the Olympic Games unaffected By Jeff Butts published 29 July 24 Just days after saboteurs struck France's train network, unknown parties cut fiber optic bundles, affecting phone and internet service in several country regions.
New memory tech unveiled that reduces AI processing energy requirements by 1,000 times or more By Jeff Butts published 29 July 24 Seeing the need to improve the energy-efficiency of AI applications, one research team from Minnesota may have cracked the code to lowering energy consumption by a huge amount.
Intel's CPU instability and crashing issues also impact mainstream 65W and higher 'non-K' models ā damage is irreversible, no planned recall By Jeff Butts published 28 July 24 While we thought the crashing bug plaguing Intel CPUs had been solved, the problem has been revealed to be more expansive than initially thought.
AI can snoop on your computer screen using signals leaking from HDMI cables ā researchers develop new AI model that enables using antennas for long-range attacks By Jeff Butts published 28 July 24 A research team in Uruguay has outlined how savvy and well-equipped hackers could intercept leaked signals from your monitor cable and snoop on your display.
Secretive network exploits GitHub to spread malware and phishing links ā nefarious actors attack from 3,000 shadow accounts By Jeff Butts published 28 July 24 Cyber security researchers have identified a massive network of "ghost" accounts on GitHub proliferating malware and phishing links.
Nvidia RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU specs revealed and it's as weak as expected ā comes with just 1,768 CUDA cores and 4GB VRAM on a 64-bit bus By Jeff Butts published 26 July 24 Turning bruised bananas into banana bread.
Electronics engineer builds 1986 Macintosh Plus clone By Jeff Butts published 25 July 24 Following their success in building a clone of the Apple Lisa, a vintage computer enthusiast has built a (mostly) working clone of the 1986 Macintosh Plus.
Antec has a new woody PC case ā buyers can pick between walnut or birch trim By Jeff Butts published 25 July 24 Adding to its existing Flux PC case lineup, Antec has released two wood-trimmed variants of the mid-tower PC enclosure.
Patched Microsoft Defender flaw still being used to deliver information-stealing malware to vulnerable machines By Jeff Butts published 24 July 24 Despite the security vulnerability being patched in February, hackers are still finding out-of-date servers and workstations to exploit the hole and steal data.
Switzerland mandates government agencies use open-source software By Jeff Butts published 24 July 24 Switzerland's new law mandates the use of open-source software in the public sector in a push to increase transparency, security, and efficiency of the software it uses.
TP-Link and Walmart tout first sub-$100 Wi-Fi 7 router, but it lacks speedy 6 GHz band By Jeff Butts published 23 July 24 The $99 price comes with some pretty big strings attached.
Ultra-rare NES Gold Nintendo World Championships cartridge auction sits at $77,000 ā one of only 26 ever made By Jeff Butts published 23 July 24 A mega-rare gaming cartridge that was never sold but was instead given away to the winners of a sweepstakes in Nintendo Power Magazine is up for auction.
Microsoft defends Game Pass price changes, tells FTC that adjustment offers multiplayer for less By Jeff Butts published 21 July 24 Microsoft has responded to FTC criticism of its planned price increases and changes to the Game Pass subscription service, saying its new entry-level product offers more value, not less.
