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• Samsung Unveils Industry's First 32Gbit DDR5 Memory Die

  01-09-2023 23:20 via it.slashdot.org
  
  Samsung today revealed the world's first 32 Gb DDR5 DRAM die. From a report: The new memory die is made on the company's 12 nm-class DRAM fabrication process and not only offers increased density, but also lowers power consumption. The chip will allow Samsung to build record 1 TB RDIMMs for servers as well as lower costs of high-capacity memory modules. "With our 12nm-class 32 Gb DRAM, we have secured a solution that will enable DRAM modules of up to 1 TB, allowing us to be ideally positioned to
  
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• Nvidia Quietly Cuts Price of Poorly Reviewed 16GB 4060 Ti Ahead of AMD Launch

  01-09-2023 22:40 via slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader shares a report: AMD last week announced what are probably the last major GPU launches of this generation of graphics cards: the $449 Radeon RX 7700 XT and $499 Radeon RX 7800 XT. AMD's pricing and performance numbers pit the cards against Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (specifically the $499 16GB version) and the $599 RTX 4070. AMD's pricing is aggressive enough that Nvidia is quietly cutting the prices of some 16GB RTX 4060 Ti cards to $449, to match the RX 7700 XT.
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• India Seeks To Top Its Moon Landing with Spacecraft To Study Sun

  01-09-2023 22:00 via science.slashdot.org
  
  Hot on the heels of its lunar landing success, India is readying to blast a probe even deeper into space to study the sun. From a report: The country's first solar observation mission, named Aditya-L1, is set to be launched from India's main spaceport on Sriharikota, an island off the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, at 11:50 a.m. local time on Saturday. The spacecraft is scheduled to spend 125 days traveling 1.5 million kilometers (932,000 miles) to its destination, a point in space where obje
  
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• Japan is Preparing For a Massive Earthquake

  01-09-2023 21:20 via news.slashdot.org
  
  The centenary of the Great Kanto earthquake brings angst, and lessons for the world. From a report: Every year on September 1st, Japan's ministers trek by foot to the prime minister's office to take part in a crisis simulation. Across the country, local officials and schoolchildren drill for disasters. The date marks the Great Kanto earthquake, a 7.9-magnitude tremor that struck near the capital back in 1923. The ensuing disaster killed at least 105,000 people, including around 70,000 in Tokyo i
  
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• Spotify To Cut Back Promotional Spending on White Noise Podcasts

  01-09-2023 20:40 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  
  Spotify is cracking down on white-noise podcasters, reducing the advertising support for programmers that provide little more than soothing sounds like rain or chirping birds. From a report: In an email to creators Friday, the company highlighted changes to its Ambassador Ads program -- promotional spots for Spotify that podcasters read. The company pays hosts to read ads to encourage more creators to make shows and join the platform. As part of the change taking effect Oct. 1, white noise podca
  
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• Cybercrime To Cost Germany 206 Billion Euros in 2023, Survey Finds

  01-09-2023 20:01 via it.slashdot.org
  
  The theft of IT equipment and data, as well as digital and industrial espionage and sabotage, will cost Germany 206 billion euros ($224 billion) in 2023, German digital association Bitkom said on Friday. From a report: The damage will surpass the 200 billion euro mark for the third consecutive year, according to a Bitkom survey of more than 1,000 companies. "The German economy is a highly attractive target for criminals and hostile states. The boundaries between organised crime and state-control
  
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• Hundreds of Tough Mudder Racers Infected By Rugged, Nasty Bacterium

  01-09-2023 19:25 via news.slashdot.org
  
  Hundreds of people who participated in a recent Tough Mudder event -- a very muddy obstacle course race -- held in Sonoma, California, have fallen ill with pustular rashes, lesions, fever, flu-like symptoms, nerve pain, and other symptoms, local health officials and media outlets report. From a report: The cases could be caused by various infectious agents, including Staphylococcus bacteria, but the leading culprit is the relatively obscure Aeromonas bacteria -- specifically A. hydrophila, accor
  
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• Dell and Samsung Grab First-Class Tickets For AI Hype Train

  01-09-2023 18:49 via slashdot.org
  
  Dell and Samsung are the latest beneficiaries of the current frenzy of speculation surrounding anything AI related, with both vendors seeing a rise in share prices related to their future AI prospects. From a report: Shares in Dell were said to be up 8 percent in extended trading following the Round Rock company releasing its results for the second quarter of its financial year 2024. These showed that revenue was $22.9 billion, down 13 percent on the same period last year. However, this figure w
  
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• Paris Becomes the First European Capital To Ban Rented Electric Scooters

  01-09-2023 18:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader shares a report: Paris became the first European capital to outlaw the vehicles on Friday, following a vote in April in which Parisiens overwhelmingly supported a ban, although turnout was low. Privately owned e-scooters, which the city cannot regulate, are exempt. Since their eruption onto the streets and sidewalks of cities across the world in 2019, e-scooters have posed unique regulatory problems for city officials. The vehicles often stayed in legal limbo as officials map
  
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• Lidl Recalls Paw Patrol Snacks After Website on Packaging Displayed Porn

  01-09-2023 17:20 via it.slashdot.org
  
  Supermarket giant Lidl has issued a recall of Paw Patrol snacks after the website listed on the products' packaging began displaying explicit content unsuitable for children. From a report: Lidl, which operates more than 12,000 stores globally, is urging shoppers in the United Kingdom to return the snacks for a full refund. Affected products include Paw Patrol Yummy Bakes and Paw Patrol Mini Biscotti, snacks recommended for children aged two and above. Lidl's recall notice dated August 22 warns
  
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• LogicMonitor Customers Hit By Hackers, Because of Default Passwords

  01-09-2023 16:40 via it.slashdot.org
  
  Some customers of the network security company LogicMonitor have been hacked due to the use of default passwords, TechCrunch reports. From the report: A LogicMonitor spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that there's "a security incident" affecting some of the company's customers. "We are currently addressing a security incident that has affected a small number of our customers. We are in direct communication and working closely with those customers to take appropriate measures to mitigate impact
  
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• Humanity's Ancestors Nearly Died Out, Genetic Study Suggests

  01-09-2023 16:00 via science.slashdot.org
  
  Researchers in China have found evidence suggesting that 930,000 years ago, the ancestors of modern humans suffered a massive population crash. They point to a drastic change to the climate that occurred around that time as the cause. The New York Times: Our ancestors remained at low numbers -- fewer than 1,280 breeding individuals -- during a period known as a bottleneck. It lasted for over 100,000 years before the population rebounded. "About 98.7 percent of human ancestors were lost at the be
  
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• Judge Blocks Arkansas Law Requiring Parental OK For Minors To Create Social Media Accounts

  01-09-2023 15:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Arkansas from enforcing a new law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts, preventing the state from becoming the first to impose such a restriction. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks granted a preliminary injunction that NetChoice -- a tech industry trade group whose members include TikTok, Facebook parent Meta, and X, formerly known
  
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• VMware Releases Security Update for Tools

  01-09-2023 14:00 via cisa.gov
  VMware has released a security update to address a vulnerability in VMware Tools. A cyber threat actor can exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
  CISA encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2023-0019 and apply the necessary update.
  
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• IBM Returns To the Facial Recognition Market

  01-09-2023 12:00 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  During the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, IBM announced that it would no longer offer "general purpose" facial recognition technology due to concerns about racial profiling, mass surveillance, and other human rights violations. Now, according to The Verge and Liberty Investigates, "IBM signed a $69.8 million contract with the British government to develop a national biometrics platform that will offer a facial recognition function to immigration and law enforcement officials." From the rep
  
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• Shell Scraps Its $100 Million-a-Year Carbon Offset Plan

  01-09-2023 09:00 via news.slashdot.org
  
  Shell PLC has quietly abandoned its plan to spend $100 million a year on carbon credits, "which is the largest offset program among corporations," notes CarbonCredits.com. The move comes six months after its new CEO Wael Sawan took office. From the report: In June, Sawan announced a major shift in Shell's strategy -- to maintain its current level of oil production until 2030, not to reduce it as initially declared, while reducing costs and increasing shareholders profits. What the CEO missed to
  
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• Russia Targets Ukraine With New Android Backdoor, Intel Agencies Say

  01-09-2023 05:30 via it.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Russia's military intelligence unit has been targeting Ukrainian Android devices with "Infamous Chisel," the tracking name for new malware that's designed to backdoor devices and steal critical information, Western intelligence agencies said on Thursday. "Infamous Chisel is a collection of components which enable persistent access to an infected Android device over the Tor network, and which periodically collates and exfiltrates victim infor
  
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• US Officials Look To Move Marijuana To Lower-Risk Drug Category

  01-09-2023 04:02 via science.slashdot.org
  
  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has recommended easing restrictions on marijuana, a department spokesperson said on Wednesday, following a review request from the Biden Administration last year. Reuters reports: The scheduling recommendation for marijuana was provided to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) on Tuesday as part of President Biden's directive to HHS, the spokesperson said. "As part of this process, HHS conducted a scientific and medical evaluation for considerat
  
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• Saints Row Developer Volition Has Been Shut Down

  01-09-2023 03:25 via games.slashdot.org
  
  After 30 years of operations, the developer behind 2001's Red Faction and Saints Row, Volition, is being shut down. Its parent company Embracer broke the news on LinkedIn, attributing the decision to a "restructuring program." Game Developer reports: Founded in June 1993 by Mike Kulas and Matt Toschlog, Volition was originally known as Parallax Software. Its debut title was 1995's Descent, which was followed by a sequel the following year. Starting with 1998's Descent: Freespace -- The Great War
  
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• Apple Experimenting With 3D Printing To Create Devices

  01-09-2023 02:45 via hardware.slashdot.org
  
  According to Bloombeg's Mark Gurman (paywalled), Apple is experimenting with a new 3D-printing manufacturing process for some device production, starting with the upcoming Apple Watch Series 9 models. MacRumors reports: The new manufacturing process that Apple is testing would use less material than the large slabs of metal that are needed for traditional CNC manufacturing, plus it would cut down on the time that it takes to make new devices. With a technique called "binder jetting," Apple is ab
  
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• Magic Leap AR Headset Will 'Cease To Function' In 2025

  01-09-2023 02:02 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from UploadVR: Magic Leap 1 AR headsets will 'cease to function' from December 31, 2024, the company announced. Magic Leap 1 launched in mid 2018 as the first transparent AR headset marketed and sold to consumers. The headset is powered by a tethered waist-mounted compute pack and came with a single tracked controller, though it got hand tracking support too. Content for the device included avatar chat, a floating web browser, a Wayfair app for seeing how furn
  
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• AI Quadcopter 'Swift' Beats Top Human Drone Racers

  01-09-2023 01:20 via slashdot.org
  
  An autonomous, artificial-intelligence-powered drone called Swift has beaten humanity's best drone racers. "The AI-equipped drone, developed by researchers at the University of Zurich, came out on top in 15 out of 25 races and recorded the single fastest lap time," reports Gizmodo. The findings have been published in the journal Nature. From the report: Swift beat the humans in the niche but growing sport of first-person view drone racing. Human competitors navigate using a headset connected to
  
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• Wireless Carriers Are Messing With Your Autopay Discount

  01-09-2023 00:40 via mobile.slashdot.org
  
  According to a new report by The Wall Street Journal, mobile carriers including Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile are all requiring customers to switch to a debit card or bank account withdrawal in order to receive an autopay discount on their plan. Verizon has included this requirement for years, but in the past few months the other two carriers have quietly added it too. The Verge reports: The new rule goes into effect for AT&T customers on October 2nd, and as a gesture of goodwill, the compa
  
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• Texas Law Requiring Age Verification On Porn Sites Ruled Unconstitutional

  01-09-2023 00:00 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The day before a Texas antiporn law that requires age verification to access adult websites was set to take effect, the state's attorney general, Angela Colmenero, has been at least temporarily blocked from enforcing the law. US District Judge David Alan Ezra granted a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking enforcement after the Free Speech Coalition (FSC) joined adult performers and sites like Pornhub in a lawsuit opposing the law. Tod
  
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