TSMC expects customers to pay more for chips fabbed overseas
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by Matthew Connatser
24m ago
It'll be pricier, but there are geopolitical benefits, says CEO TSMC boss C C Wei says customers who want to fabricate in the chip giant's non-Taiwan facilities will need share the cost by paying more ..read more
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NASA will send astronauts to patch up leaky ISS telescope
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by Richard Speed
24m ago
Thermal shield damage is screwing with daytime observations of X-ray bursts NASA is sending astronauts out to fix an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station (ISS) after the instrument developed a "light leak ..read more
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185K people's sensitive data in the pits after ransomware raid on Cherry Health
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by Connor Jones
2h ago
Extent of information seized will be a concern for those affected Ransomware strikes at yet another US healthcare organization led to the theft of sensitive data belonging to just shy of 185,000 people ..read more
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Admin alert: Copilot app lands on Windows Server 2022
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by Richard Speed
2h ago
AI assistant turned up via an Edge update. It was an accident. This time... Microsoft's Copilot obsession has continued with the AI assistant unexpectedly arriving on Windows Server 2022 this week, in a situation the software giant is calling an "incorrect install ..read more
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Google laying off staff again and moving some roles to 'hubs,' freeing up cash for AI investments
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by Paul Kunert
3h ago
Restructure of finance teams will see some leave, and other roles created in Mexico City, Bangalore, and US cities Google is again firing the redundancy cannon for the second time this year, with a restructure being pushed through and teams in the finance and real estate units of the business understood to be impacted ..read more
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EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy
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by Lindsay Clark
3h ago
Platforms should not confront users with 'binary choice' over personal data use The EU's Data Protection Board (EDPB) has told large online platforms they should not offer users a binary choice between paying for a service and consenting to their personal data being used to provide targeted advertising ..read more
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Novelty flip phone strips out almost every feature possible to be as boring as possible
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by Matthew Connatser
4h ago
Only good for calls and texts pretty much, and that's no mistake Those who find modern smartphones too distracting from real life might be interested in the Boring Phone (no relation to the smartphone of the same name), a novelty flip phone based on HMD's Nokia 2660 Flip ..read more
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Prolific phishing-made-easy emporium LabHost knocked offline in cyber-cop op
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by Connor Jones
5h ago
Police mimic Spotify Wrapped videos to let crims know they're being hunted Feature  Cops have brought down a dark-web souk that provided cyber criminals with convincing copies of trusted brands' websites for use in phishing campaigns ..read more
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Debian spices up APT package manager with a dash of color, squishes ancient bug
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by Liam Proven
5h ago
2.9 gives a taste of what's to come Major updates to Debian's Advanced Packaging Tool don't come along very often, but APT 2.9 is here with a significant facelift ..read more
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AI PCs are here but a killer application for biz users? Nope
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by Richard Speed
7h ago
Resist the pressure to jump on the bandwagon just yet warns, warns Forrester Forrester Research says that although 50 models of AI PCs are already on sale today there remains "no killer app" that would make any of them an essential tool for business users ..read more
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