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• There's a New Way To Flip Bits in DRAM, and It Works Against the Latest Defenses

  19-10-2023 23:20 via it.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader shares a report: In 2015, researchers reported a surprising discovery that stoked industry-wide security concerns -- an attack called RowHammer that could corrupt, modify, or steal sensitive data when a simple user-level application repeatedly accessed certain regions of DDR memory chips. In the coming years, memory chipmakers scrambled to develop defenses that prevented the attack, mainly by limiting the number of times programs could open and close the targeted chip regions
  
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• Discord is Going To Give Out Warnings Instead of Permanent Bans

  19-10-2023 22:40 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Discord is overhauling the way it moderates its platform with a new warning system and teen safety assist feature. From a report: The new Discord warning system has been totally revamped to be far more transparent, educating Discord users how they've broken rules and are restricted from parts of the service rather than permanently banning them. "The new system gives users more room to learn from their mistakes and correct misjudgments," explains Savannah Badalich, Discord's senior director of po
  
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• FCC Greenlights Superfast Wi-Fi Tethering for AR and VR Headsets

  19-10-2023 22:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  The FCC has unanimously approved plans by several tech companies to use the 6GHz band for wireless devices. From a report: FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel proposed the new rules, which would authorize very low power (VLP) operations -- meaning their signals won't be able to go very far -- in about 850MHz of the spectrum, on September 27th. The rules will also allow devices to "use higher power levels" so long as they're geofenced to keep from interfering with actual licensed 6GHz usage, and the FC
  
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• New York Sues Crypto Firms For Losing Over $1 Billion

  19-10-2023 21:20 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing three cryptocurrency companies -- Gemini, Genesis, and Digital Currency Group (DCG) -- over claims they misled investors, leading to the loss of over $1 billion. From a report: In a lawsuit filed on Thursday, James says their alleged fraudulent schemes affected over 230,000 investors. The lawsuit targets Gemini, the crypto exchange owned by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and its Earn program. The firm marketed Gemini Earn as a high-yield program th
  
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• Google-Hosted Malvertising Leads To Fake Keepass Site That Looks Genuine

  19-10-2023 20:40 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Google has been caught hosting a malicious ad so convincing that there's a decent chance it has managed to trick some of the more security-savvy users who encountered it. From a report: Looking at the ad, which masquerades as a pitch for the open source password manager Keepass, there's no way to know that it's fake. It's on Google, after all, which claims to vet the ads it carries. Making the ruse all the more convincing, clicking on it leads to Äeepass[.]info, which, when viewed in an add
  
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• Netflix Plans Price Increase as Password-Sharing Crackdown Boosts Subscriber Growth

  19-10-2023 20:00 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  
  Netflix said its effort to limit password sharing led to a 10.8% rise in subscriptions in the third quarter, a better-than-expected result that comes as the company plans to increase some prices in the U.S. and other markets. From a report: The streaming giant added 8.8 million subscribers in the third quarter with customer growth in every region, its largest quarterly customer gain since the second quarter of 2020. The company plans to immediately raise prices for its basic plan in the U.S., wh
  
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• Universal Music Sues AI Startup Anthropic For Scraping Song Lyrics

  19-10-2023 19:20 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  Universal Music has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic, as the world's largest music group battles against chatbots that churn out its artists' lyrics. From a report: Universal and two other music companies allege that Anthropic scrapes their songs without permission and uses them to generate "identical or nearly identical copies of those lyrics" via Claude, its rival to ChatGPT. When Claude is asked for lyrics to the song "I Will Survive" b
  
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• FCC Moves Ahead With Title II Net Neutrality Rules in 3-2 Party-Line Vote

  19-10-2023 18:40 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  The U.S. FCC voted Thursday to advance a proposal to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules and assume new regulatory oversight of broadband internet that was rescinded under former President Donald Trump. From a report: In a 3-2 party-line vote, the FCC approved Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which seeks public comment on the broadband regulation plan. The comment period will officially open after the proposal is published in the Federal Register, but th
  
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• In Antitrust Trial, Google Argues That Smart Employees Explain Its Success

  19-10-2023 18:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  In its antitrust confrontation with the government, the pillar of Google's defense has been that innovation -- not restrictive contracts, backed by billions in payments to industry partners -- explains its success as the giant of internet search. From a report: Its competitive advantage, it says, is brilliant people, working tirelessly to improve its products. Pandu Nayak, Google's first witness in the antitrust trial that began last month, is the face of that defense. Mr. Nayak, a vice presiden
  
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• Nokia To Axe Up To 14,000 Jobs To Cut Costs

  19-10-2023 16:43 via slashdot.org
  
  Finnish telecoms giant Nokia is to axe between 9,000 and 14,000 jobs by the end of 2026 to cut costs. From a report: The announcement was made as the company reported a 20% drop in sales between July and September. The company blamed slowing demand for 5G equipment in markets such as North America. It currently has 86,000 employees around the world, and has axed thousands of jobs since 2015. Nokia wants to cut costs by between $845m and $1.27bn by 2026, it said.
  Its customers have been cutting s
  
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• Google To Manufacture Pixel Smartphones in India

  19-10-2023 16:40 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Google plans to begin assembling its Pixel smartphone lineup in India, a company executive said, becoming the latest tech giant to bet on the South Asian market for devices manufacturing. From a report: The company intends to start the local manufacturing with the current lineup -- both the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro -- in India and expects to ship the India-made batch starting next year, Rick Osterloh, Senior VP of Devices and Services at Google, shared at the company's annual India event Thursday
  
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• AMD's Monstrous Threadripper 7000 CPUs Aim For Desktop PC Dominance

  19-10-2023 16:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  AMD's powerhouse Threadripper chips are back for desktop PCs. Despite declaring the end of consumer Threadripper chips last generation, AMD announced three new Ryzen Threadripper 7000-series chips on Thursday, with up to 64 cores and 128 threads -- and the option of installing a "Pro"-class Threadripper 700 WX series for a massive 96 cores and 192 threads, too. PCWorld: Take a deep breath, though. The underlying message is the same as when AMD released the Threadripper 3970X back in 2019: these
  
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• Xbox Boss Is Open To Breaking the Seal On Some Forgotten Games

  19-10-2023 15:00 via games.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from PC Gamer: Whether you think Microsoft's recent acquisition of Activision Blizzard is a move toward a dry gaming monopoly or a financial windfall for Activision and Blizzard games both, it's definitely happened. The UK's CMA has given the thumbs up, Kotick's on his way out -- the deal's closed, and now we get to see the impact ripples spread. It looks like there's already some great news for fans of Activision Blizzard's older catalogue, as confirmed by Xb
  
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• Oracle Releases October 2023 Critical Patch Update Advisory

  19-10-2023 14:00 via cisa.gov
  Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update Advisory for October 2023 to address 387 vulnerabilities across multiple products. A cyber threat actor could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.
  CISA encourages users and administrators to review the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2023 and apply the necessary updates.
   
  
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• CISA, NSA, FBI, and MS-ISAC Release Update to #StopRansomware Guide

  19-10-2023 14:00 via cisa.gov
  Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released an updated version of the joint #StopRansomware Guide. The update includes new prevention tips such as hardening SMB protocols, revised response steps, and added threat hunting insights.
  Developed through the U.S. Joint Ransomware Task Force (JRTF), #StopRansomware Guide is
  
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• CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

  19-10-2023 14:00 via cisa.gov
  CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.
  CVE-2023-4966 Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
   CVE-2021-1435 Cisco IOS XE Web UI Command Injection Vulnerability
  These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. Note: To view other newly added vulnerabilities
  
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• India Plans To Land Astronauts On the Moon In 2040

  19-10-2023 12:00 via science.slashdot.org
  
  The government of India said on Tuesday that it plans to put an astronaut on the moon by 2040 and build an Earth-orbiting space station by 2035. Space.com reports: On Aug. 23, India became just the fourth nation ever to soft-land a spacecraft -- its Chandrayaan-3 lander-rover duo -- on the surface of the moon. In a recent meeting with the Indian government department that manages the country's space program, Prime Minister Narendra Modi "directed that India should now aim for new and ambitious g
  
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• US Is Receiving Dozens of UFO Reports a Month, Pentagon Official Says

  19-10-2023 09:00 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  
  The U.S. government is receiving dozens of reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) each month. "The office has received approximately 800 reports of unidentified objects to investigate as of this past April, up from 650 reports in August 2022, Sean Kirkpatrick, who heads the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office at the Pentagon told CNN." From the report: The vast majority are benign objects, such as balloons or drones, but some may be the result of America's adversaries trying to spy o
  
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• Adobe Unveils Dress That Can Change Its Pattern On the Fly

  19-10-2023 05:30 via hardware.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader writes: Adobe has unveiled a sparkling, interactive dress -- and got the research scientist who created it to model the high-tech couture. Video of the dress debut shows researcher Christine Dierk wearing the slinky strapless number that, upon first glance, looks like the average sequined cocktail dress. With the click of a handheld remote, however, the dress began to shift patterns like something out of a fashion-forward science fiction film. Created under Adobe's "Project P
  
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• 'Apple Is Approaching Social On Vision Pro the Way Meta Should Have All Along'

  19-10-2023 03:50 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Apple is taking a different approach to social with its Vision Pro headset: making apps social right out of the box. This, according to Road to VR's Ben Lang, is what Meta should have done all along. Instead, it's pioneered a social experience on the Quest platform that involves "jumping through a fragmented landscape of different apps and different ways to actually get into the same space with your friends." From the report: Apple is taking a fundamentally different approach with Vision Pro by
  
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• AlmaLinux Stays Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compatible Without Red Hat Code

  19-10-2023 03:10 via linux.slashdot.org
  
  AlmaLinux is creating a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) without any Red Hat code. Instead, AlmaLinux OS will aim to be Application Binary Interface (ABI) compatible and use the CentOS Stream source code that Red Hat continues to offer. Additional code is pulled from Red Hat Universal Base Images, and upstream Linux code. Benny Vasquez, chairperson of the AlmaLinux OF Foundation, explained how all this works at the open-source community convention All Things Open. ZDNet's Steven Vaughan-Nichols r
  
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• Android Will Now Scan Sideloaded Apps For Malware At Install Time

  19-10-2023 02:30 via it.slashdot.org
  
  Ron Amadeo reports via Ars Technica: To help combat the surge of sideloaded malware, Google Play can now pop up a malware scanner at install time if it decides the app you're trying to sideload is interesting. Google Play's malware system, called "Google Play Protect," has always been able to check sideloaded apps for malware, but it used faster techniques like a definition file, and this happened quietly in the background. This new technique will delay your app installation with a full-screen "
  
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• Tesla Announces Cybertruck Deliveries In November, Claims 125K Production Capacity

  19-10-2023 01:50 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: Today, Tesla released (PDF) its Q3 2023 financial results and as expected, there was an update about Cybertruck in there. In the quarterly presentation, Tesla mentioned that "pilot production" of the Cybertruck has begun: "At Gigafactory Texas, we began pilot production of the Cybertruck, which remains on track for initial deliveries this year." While that doesn't include any new information, in the photo section of the presentation, Tesla added
  
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• Binance.US Halts Direct Dollar Withdrawals

  19-10-2023 01:10 via slashdot.org
  
  Sandali Handagama reports via CoinDesk: Binance.US users can no longer withdraw dollars directly from the platform after the exchange updated its terms of use on Monday. "In the event that customers wish to withdraw U.S. dollar funds from their account, they may do so by converting U.S. dollar funds to stablecoin or other digital assets, which can subsequently be withdrawn," the email said.In early June, the firm suspended dollar deposits, saying the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SE
  
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• Amazon Plans To Deploy Delivery Drones In the UK and Italy Next Year

  19-10-2023 00:30 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Amazon announced today that it plans to expand its Prime Air drone delivery program to Italy and United Kingdom, as well as one more yet-to-be-named U.S. city. "The new Prime Air locations will be announced in the coming months, with an anticipated launch date of late 2024," reports The Verge. From the report: Another step by Amazon today suggests it's ready to make drones a more serious part of its actual delivery network. The company said it plans to add Prime Air delivery to its existing fulf
  
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