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• Hackers Can Force iOS and macOS Browsers To Divulge Passwords

  25-10-2023 23:20 via it.slashdot.org
  
  Researchers have devised an attack that forces Apple's Safari browser to divulge passwords, Gmail message content, and other secrets by exploiting a side channel vulnerability in the A- and M-series CPUs running modern iOS and macOS devices. From a report: iLeakage, as the academic researchers have named the attack, is practical and requires minimal resources to carry out. It does, however, require extensive reverse-engineering of Apple hardware and significant expertise in exploiting a class of
  
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• Pope Francis Encourages More Children To Code

  25-10-2023 22:40 via developers.slashdot.org
  
  theodp writes: The BBC reports that Pope Francis has endorsed a global project aimed at getting more children into computer programming. The Code with Pope initiative, championed by Cosmose AI founder Miron Mironiuk, aims to bridge "the glaring disparities in education" across the globe by providing access to Python coding education through the free online learning platform Codeforia for students aged 11-15 across Europe, Africa and Latin America. Mironiuk will meet the Pope at the Vatican, but
  
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• NASA's First Two-Way End-to-End Laser Communications System

  25-10-2023 22:00 via science.slashdot.org
  
  NASA is demonstrating laser communications on multiple missions -- showcasing the benefits infrared light can have for science and exploration missions transmitting terabytes of important data. NASA: The International Space Station is getting a "flashy" technology demonstration this November. The ILLUMA-T (Integrated Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal) payload is launching to the International Space Station to demonstrate how missions in lo
  
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• White House To Unveil Sweeping AI Executive Order Next Week

  25-10-2023 21:20 via news.slashdot.org
  
  The Biden administration on Monday is expected to unveil a long-anticipated artificial intelligence executive order, marking the U.S. government's most significant attempt to date to regulate the evolving technology that has sparked fear and hype around the world. Washington Post: The administration plans to release the order two days before government leaders, top Silicon Valley executives and civil society groups gather in Britain for an international summit focused on the potential risks that
  
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• Boeing Has Now Lost More Than $1 Billion on Each of Air Force One's Two New Jets

  25-10-2023 20:40 via news.slashdot.org
  
  Cost overruns for the new Air Force One jets continue to pile on massive losses for Boeing. From a report: Boeing on Wednesday reported another $482 million in red ink on the contract to retrofit two 747 jets into the next generation of the presidential plane. Boeing has now lost more than $1 billion on each of the two jets. The company has been reporting losses on the planes for years, as CEO Dave Calhoun admitted last year that the company should never have signed the contract with the Air For
  
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• Intel's New 14th Gen CPUs Get a Boost To Gaming Performance With APO Feature

  25-10-2023 20:00 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Intel's latest 14th Gen chips aren't a huge improvement over the 13th Gen in gaming performance, but a new Intel Application Optimization (APO) feature might just change that. From a report: Intel's new APO app simply runs in the background, improving performance in games. It offers impressive boosts to frame rates in games that support it, like Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege and Metro Exodus. Intel Application Optimization essentially directs application resources in real time through a schedul
  
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• Japanese Research is 'No Longer World Class'

  25-10-2023 19:20 via slashdot.org
  
  Japan's contribution to world-class research continues to decline, despite having one of the world's largest research communities, according to a report by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), released in English on 25 October. From a report: Masatsura Igami, the director of the Center for S&T Foresight and Indicators at the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP) in Tokyo, and one of the authors of the 2023 edition of the J
  
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• Honda Says Making Cheap Electric Vehicles is Too Hard, Ends Deal With GM

  25-10-2023 18:40 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  The previously announced joint collaboration between Honda Motor and General Motors to develop a platform for affordable electric vehicles (EVs) has been cancelled, the firms said today. Initially publicized in April 2022, the collaboration aimed to produce lower-cost EVs for the North American, South American, and Chinese markets, with the first models expected to roll out in 2027. However, the companies disclosed that they have mutually agreed to disband the project. ArsTechnica: "After extens
  
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• Amazon Now Lets Advertisers Use Generative AI To Pretty Up Their Product Shots

  25-10-2023 18:00 via slashdot.org
  
  Amazon is beta testing AI image generation tools for its advertisers, offering an easy way to create backgrounds or scenes around whatever product ad buyers are hoping to sell. From a report: The company says the new feature is "designed to remove creative barriers and enable brands to produce lifestyle imagery that helps improve their ads' performance." This could prove to be a quick, convenient option for brands that would otherwise be stuck working with boring standalone images of a product a
  
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• Sergey Brin's Airship Gets FAA Clearance

  25-10-2023 17:16 via news.slashdot.org
  
  Mark Harris, reporting at IEEE: Expect traffic on the 101 highway in Mountain View, California, to be even worse in the days or weeks ahead, as motorists slow down to watch Google co-founder Sergey Brin's 124-meter long airship Pathfinder 1 launch into the air for the first time. IEEE Spectrum has learned that LTA Research, the company that Brin founded in 2015 to develop airships for humanitarian and cargo transport, received a special airworthiness certificate for the helium-filled airship in
  
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• Apple Raises Prices of TV+, Arcade, One, News+

  25-10-2023 16:40 via apple.slashdot.org
  
  Apple is increasing the prices of some of its subscription-based services, including Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+, in the U.S. and many other countries around the world. The higher prices are shown on Apple's website. The price changes in the U.S. are as follows: Apple TV+: $6.99 per month to $9.99 per month
  Apple Arcade: $4.99 per month to $6.99 per month
  Apple News+: $9.99 per month to $12.99 per month
  For those who subscribe to Apple TV+ on an annual basis, the price has increased
  
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• New PS5's Optional Disc Drive Requires an Internet Connection To Connect

  25-10-2023 16:00 via games.slashdot.org
  
  The upcoming optional disc drive for the PlayStation 5 will require an internet connection to pair it to a console for the first time. From a report: As spotted on the back of the box for the upcoming Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 PS5 slim bundle, small print confirms that players who purchase the new model with the optional drive will be required to connect to the internet when pairing it to a machine for the first time. It's likely that this is a security measure in order to ensure that the di
  
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• SiFive Lays Off Hundreds of RISC-V Developers

  25-10-2023 15:00 via hardware.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom's Hardware: SiFive, one of the key companies in the RISC-V ecosystem, is undergoing a significant restructuring marked by extensive layoffs and apparently a shift in business focus, reports More Than Moore. The company is seemingly retracting from its pre-designed core offerings, which means it may focus on custom cores instead. Meanwhile, the move casts uncertainty over SiFive's future in general along with its contributions to the RISC-V.RISC-V has
  
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• US Conservatives Are Trying To Kill Government's Top Cyber Security Agency

  25-10-2023 12:00 via politics.slashdot.org
  
  SonicSpike shares a report from Politico: An agency set up under Donald Trump to protect elections and key U.S. infrastructure from foreign hackers is now fighting off increasingly intense threats from hard-right Republicans who argue it's gone too far and are looking for ways to rein it in. These lawmakers insist work by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to combat online disinformation during elections singles out conservative voices and infringes upon free speech rights -- a
  
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• Scientist, After Decades of Study, Concludes: We Don't Have Free Will

  25-10-2023 09:00 via science.slashdot.org
  
  Corinne Purtill reports via Phys.Org: Before epilepsy was understood to be a neurological condition, people believed it was caused by the moon, or by phlegm in the brain. They condemned seizures as evidence of witchcraft or demonic possession, and killed or castrated sufferers to prevent them from passing tainted blood to a new generation. Today we know epilepsy is a disease. By and large, it's accepted that a person who causes a fatal traffic accident while in the grip of a seizure should not b
  
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• Biden Administration Moves To Ban Solvent Trichloroethylene, Linked To Cancer

  25-10-2023 05:30 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: The Biden administration has proposed to ban all uses of trichloroethylene, an industrial solvent used in glues, other adhesives, spot removers and metal cleaners, saying exposure to even small amounts can cause cancer, damage to the central nervous system and other health effects. The proposed ban is the latest twist in a yearslong debate over whether to regulate trichloroethylene, commonly referred to as TCE. In its final weeks, the
  
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• Okta Cybersecurity Breach Wipes Out More Than $2 Billion In Market Cap

  25-10-2023 04:02 via it.slashdot.org
  
  Since disclosing a security breach of its support systems Friday, Okta has shed more than $2 billion from its market valuation "Okta shares slumped more than 11% Friday after the company said an unidentified hacking group was able to access client files through a support system," reports CNBC. "The company did not provide more details beyond a set of technical identifiers. The company's stock continued to fall in Monday trading, ultimately closing down 8.1%." From the report: Okta is a lesser-kn
  
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• Face Search Engine PimEyes Blocks Searches of Children's Faces

  25-10-2023 03:25 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  PimEyes, a search engine that relies on facial recognition to help people scan billions of images to find photos of themselves on the internet, announced that it has banned searches of minors as part of the company's "no harm policy." The New York Times reports: PimEyes, a subscription-based service that uses facial recognition technology to find online photos of a person, has a database of nearly three billion faces and enables about 118,000 searches per day, according to [PimEyes CEO Giorgi Go
  
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• Atom Computing Is the First To Announce a 1,000+ Qubit Quantum Computer

  25-10-2023 02:45 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  John Timmer reports via Ars Technica: Today, a startup called Atom Computing announced that it has been doing internal testing of a 1,180 qubit quantum computer and will be making it available to customers next year. The system represents a major step forward for the company, which had only built one prior system based on neutral atom qubits -- a system that operated using only 100 qubits. The error rate for individual qubit operations is high enough that it won't be possible to run an algorithm
  
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• ICE Uses Tool To Find 'Derogatory' Speech Online

  25-10-2023 02:02 via developers.slashdot.org
  
  An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has used a system called Giant Oak Search Technology (GOST) to help the agency scrutinize social media posts, determine if they are "derogatory" to the U.S., and then use that information as part of immigration enforcement, according to a new cache of documents reviewed by 404 Media. The documents peel back the curtain on a powerful system, both in a technological and a policy sense -- how information i
  
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• Apple Announces October 30 Event With Focus On 'M3 Series MacBook Pro'

  25-10-2023 01:20 via hardware.slashdot.org
  
  Apple has announced a Mac event for October 30th with the caption "Scary Fast." According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the company is expected to focus on the M3 series MacBook Pro models. MacRumors reports: Kuo's wording suggests that he is expecting multiple M3 chips rather than just a single M3 chip, hinting at the possibility of M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips. If Apple does release M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips at once, we can expect to see the new chips introduced in 13-inch, 14-inch, and 16-inch
  
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• Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite Chips Promise Major PC Performance

  25-10-2023 00:40 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  Qualcomm unveiled a new laptop processor designed to outperform rival products from Intel and Apple on Tuesday, stepping up its long-running effort to break into the personal computer market. From a report: Qualcomm formally launched the Snapdragon X Elite, the flagship platform of its Snapdragon X family that leverages its Oryon CPU core, and promises to double -- yes, double -- the performance of some of the most popular 13th-gen Core chips from AMD and Intel. Sound familiar? It should. Qualco
  
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• College Warns To 'Avoid All Robots' After Bomb Threat Involving Food Delivery Robots

  25-10-2023 00:00 via hardware.slashdot.org
  
  Oregon State University on Tuesday urged students and staff to "avoid all robots" after a bomb threat was reported in Starship food delivery robots. NBC News reports: The warning was issued at 12:20 p.m. local time and by 12:59 p.m., the potentially dangerous bots had been isolated at safe locations, the school said. The robots were being "investigated by" a technician, OSU said in a statement posted at 1:23 p.m. "Remain vigilant for suspicious activity," the school said. Finally, at around 1:45
  
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