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• Chip Can Transmit All of the Internet's Traffic Every Second

  24-10-2022 23:22 via tech.slashdot.org
  A single computer chip has transmitted a record 1.84 petabits of data per second via a fibre-optic cable -- enough bandwidth to download 230 million photographs in that time, and more traffic than travels through the entire internet's backbone network per second. From a report: Asbjorn Arvad Jorgensen at the Technical University of Denmark in Copenhagen and his colleagues have used a photonic chip -- a technology that allows optical components to be built onto computer chips -- to divide a strea
  
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• PayPal is Getting More Secure Passkey Logins

  24-10-2022 22:41 via it.slashdot.org
  PayPal has announced today that passkeys are being added as a new, password-less login method to secure PayPal accounts for iPhone, iPad, and Mac users on PayPal.com, with plans to expand passkeys to other platforms as they add support. From a report: PayPal passkeys are rolling out to US customers today and will be available to "additional countries" in early 2023. Passkeys are a new type of login credential that replaces passwords with cryptographic key pairs. They are resistant to phishing at
  
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• FTC Brings Action Against CEO of Alcohol Delivery Company Over Data Breach

  24-10-2022 22:00 via news.slashdot.org
  The Federal Trade Commission plans to take the rare step of bringing individual sanctions against the CEO of alcohol delivery company Drizly for data privacy abuses, following allegations that the company's security failures under his watch exposed the personal information of about 2.5 million customers. From a report: The proposed order will follow Drizly CEO James Cory Rellas to future businesses, requiring him to implement a security program at any companies he runs that collect information f
  
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• Apple Releases macOS Ventura, iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16

  24-10-2022 21:20 via apple.slashdot.org
  It's a major Apple update day, as the company is rolling out new versions of its iPhone, iPad and Mac operating systems. While iPhone users at large have already had a taste of iOS 16, this will be the first time that most folks will get their hands on iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura. From a report: Apple delayed the release of iPadOS 16 amid reports suggesting it needed more time to polish up the Stage Manager multitasking feature (which we felt was unrefined in an early iPadOS 16 beta). In fact, A
  
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• Twitter Working on 'Wallet Prototype' that Supports Crypto Deposit and Withdrawal

  24-10-2022 21:00 via slashdot.org
  Social network Twitter has bigger ambitions with crypto. According to Jane Manchun Wong, a Hong Kong-based app researcher and reverse engineer with a great track record of finding evidence of upcoming products and services, the company is working on a "wallet prototype" that supports crypto deposit and withdrawal. The move will make Twitter the latest mainstream tech giant to make further inroads with web 3.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
  
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• Microsoft's 'Project Volterra' Becomes an Arm-powered mini PC with 32GB of RAM

  24-10-2022 20:40 via developers.slashdot.org
  Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that it would be releasing new hardware to encourage more developers to start using and supporting the Arm version of Windows. Dubbed "Project Volterra," all we knew about it at the time was that it would use an unnamed Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and NVMe-based storage, that it would support at least two monitors, and that it would have a decent number of ports. Today, Microsoft is putting Volterra out into the world, complete with a snappy new name: the
  
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• Australia To Toughen Privacy Laws With Huge Hike in Penalties for Breaches

  24-10-2022 20:00 via yro.slashdot.org
  Australia has confirmed an incoming legislative change will significant strengthen its online privacy laws following a spate of data breaches in recent weeks -- such as the Optus telco breach last month. From a report: "Unfortunately, significant privacy breaches in recent weeks have shown existing safeguards are inadequate. It's not enough for a penalty for a major data breach to be seen as the cost of doing business," said its attorney-general, Mark Dreyfus, in a statement at the weekend. "We
  
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• Kids Who Play Video Games Score Higher on Brain Function Tests

  24-10-2022 19:21 via science.slashdot.org
  Kids who play video games have better memory and better control over their motor skills than kids who don't, according to a new study looking at adolescent brain function. From a report: Video games might not be responsible for those differences -- the study can't say what the causes are -- but the findings add to a bigger body of work showing gamers have better performance on some tests of brain function. That lends support to efforts to develop games that can treat cognitive problems. "This st
  
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• Apple Raises Prices on Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, and Apple One

  24-10-2022 18:41 via apple.slashdot.org
  Apple is increasing the prices across its services, including Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, and its overarching Apple One subscription, according to a report. This marks the first time the company has raised the prices of these services in the US. From a report: Here's a breakdown of the new pricing: Apple Music for individuals will increase by $1 a month to $10.99, or by $10 for the annual plan, which will now cost $109 a year. Apple Music for families is going up by $2 a month to $16.99. Apple T
  
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• Meta Shareholder Writes Critical Open Letter, Saying the Company Needs To Slash Headcount and Stop Spending So Much on 'Metaverse'

  24-10-2022 18:02 via tech.slashdot.org
  Altimeter Capital Chair and CEO Brad Gerstner said in an open letter to the company and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday that Meta has too many employees and is moving too slowly to retain the confidence of investors. From a report: The Meta investor recommends a plan to get the company's "mojo back" including reducing headcount expenses by 20% and limiting the company's pricey investments in "metaverse" technology to no more than $5 billion per year. "Meta needs to re-build confidence with investo
  
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• Freeway, Crypto Platform That Promised 43% Returns, Halts Withdrawals

  24-10-2022 17:22 via news.slashdot.org
  Freeway, a UK-based crypto platform that promised annual returns up to a mind-boggling 43%, halted withdrawals on Sunday, according to a notice published to the company's website. Freeway's native cryptocurrency, which goes by the ticker FWT, plummeted 74% following the announcement and, to top it all off, the Freeway website appears to be scrubbing the names and photos of some executives. From a report: Upset users have taken to the community Telegram channel for Freeway, expressing frustration
  
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• UK Fines Outsourcer For Failing To Stop Cyberattack

  24-10-2022 16:44 via it.slashdot.org
  Bruce66423 writes: Britain's data watchdog has fined the construction group Interserve $4.9m after a cyber-attack that enabled hackers to steal the personal and financial information of up to 113,000 employees. The attack occurred when Interserve ran an outsourcing business and was designated a "strategic supplier to the government with clients including the Ministry of Defence." Bank account details, national insurance numbers, ethnic origin, sexual orientation and religion were among the perso
  
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• Rishi Sunak To Be UK's Next Prime Minister

  24-10-2022 16:00 via news.slashdot.org
  Rishi Sunak will become Britain's next prime minister, prevailing in a chaotic Conservative Party leadership race on Monday after his remaining rival for the position, Penny Mordaunt, withdrew. He will be Britain's third leader in seven weeks and the first prime minister of color in its history. From a report: The 42-year-old former chancellor of the Exchequer who is the son of Indian immigrants, Mr. Sunak won the contest to replace the ousted Liz Truss, who resigned under pressure last Thursday
  
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• The Linux Kernel May Finally Phase Out Intel i486 CPU Support

  24-10-2022 13:40 via linux.slashdot.org
  "Linus Torvalds has backed the idea of possibly removing Intel 486 (i486) processor support from the Linux kernel," reports Phoronix:After the Linux kernel dropped i386 support a decade ago, i486 has been the minimum x86 processor support for the mainline Linux kernel. This latest attempt to kill off i486 support ultimately arose from Linus Torvalds himself with expressing the idea of possibly requiring x86 32-bit CPUs with "cmpxchg8b" support, which would mean Pentium CPUs and later:
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• Bono Apologizes for 2014 iTunes Album Stunt, Remembers Pitching Steve Jobs a U2 iPod

  24-10-2022 09:40 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  Remember back in 2014 when every iTunes music library suddenly started showing U2's new album, Songs of Innocence?
  In a new memoir (excerpted by the Guardian), U2's lead singer Bono says he's very sorry — and explains exactly how it happened:"Free music?" asked Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, with a look of mild incredulity. "Are you talking about free music...? But the whole point of what we're trying to do at Apple is to not give away music free. The point is to make sure musicians get paid.
  
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• 30 Million Gamers Were Logged Into Steam Today

  24-10-2022 06:34 via games.slashdot.org
  Steam launched in 2003 — and as recently as 2015, its record for concurrent users logged into the service was 10 million people, reports Kotaku (growing to 14 million in 2017, and by March of 2020, rising up to 20 million).
  But now it's jumped another 50% — just two and a half years:We got to 28 million users earlier this year — more than the entire populations of countries like Australia and Taiwan — and now, in late October, we've hit the nice round number of 30 million
  
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• Behind TikTok's Boom: A Legion of Traumatized, $10-A-Day Content Moderators

  24-10-2022 03:59 via tech.slashdot.org
  Time magazine teamed up with a London based non-profit newsroom called the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, in an investigation that reveals that "horrific" videos "are part and parcel of everyday work for TikTok moderators in Colombia."They told the Bureau of Investigative Journalism about widespread occupational trauma and inadequate psychological support, demanding or impossible performance targets, punitive salary deductions and extensive surveillance. Their attempts to unionize to secure
  
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• Gartner Predicts 'Digital Immune Systems' and Virtual Metaverse Workspaces

  24-10-2022 00:40 via it.slashdot.org
  Gartner, the prestigious tech research and consulting firm, has released its annual predictions for "strategic tech trends" in the coming year.
  Forbes offers a summary. Some highlights:Digital Immune Systems. [A]ntiquated development and testing approaches are no longer sufficient for delivering robust and resilient business-critical solutions that also provide a superior user experience. A Digital Immune System combines several software engineering strategies such as observability, automation,
  
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