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• Telcos Struggle To Boot Chinese Hackers From Networks

  03-12-2024 23:00 via news.slashdot.org
  
  China-linked spies are still lurking inside U.S. telecommunications networks roughly six months after American officials started investigating the intrusions, senior officials told reporters Tuesday. From a report: This is the first time U.S. officials have confirmed reports that Salt Typhoon hackers still have access to critical infrastructure -- and they're proving difficult to kick out. Officials added that they don't yet know the full scope of the intrusions, despite starting the investigati
  
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• Digital Preservation Is Not Keeping Up With the Growth of Scholarly Knowledge

  03-12-2024 21:30 via science.slashdot.org
  
  Nature: Millions of research articles are absent from major digital archives. This worrying finding, which Nature reported on earlier this year, was laid bare in a study by Martin Eve, who studies technology and publishing at Birkbeck, University of London. Eve sampled more than seven million articles with unique digital object identifiers (DOIs), a string of characters used to identify and link to specific publications, such as scholarly articles and official reports. Of these, he found that mo
  
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• The Number of Americans Wanting To Switch Jobs Hits a 10-Year High

  03-12-2024 20:30 via news.slashdot.org
  
  More Americans are looking to switch jobs than at any point in the past decade. In a cooling job market, that's a lot easier said than done.ÂFrom a report: White-collar hiring continues to slow, but workers' restlessness to find new work is intensifying, new Gallup data show. More than half of 20,000 U.S. workers surveyed in November said they were watching for or actively seeking a new job. That's the largest share since 2015, eclipsing the so-called Great Resignation of 2021 and 2022, wh
  
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• Amazon AI Data Centers To Double as Carbon Capture Machines

  03-12-2024 19:31 via slashdot.org
  
  Amazon's data centers could soon double as carbon capture machines, offsetting the harmful effects of the massive amounts of energy required to run them. From a report: Amazon Web Services is partnering with startup Orbital Materials, which used artificial intelligence to create a new material specifically designed for separating carbon from hot air exhaust in data centers, the companies announced Monday.
  Orbital Materials CEO Jonathan Godwin said he expects AWS to capture enough carbon to excee
  
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• FTC Bans Location Data Company That Powers the Surveillance Ecosystem

  03-12-2024 18:30 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday announced sweeping action against some of the most important companies in the location data industry, including those that power surveillance tools used by a wide spread of U.S. law enforcement agencies and demanding they delete data related to certain sensitive areas like health clinics and places of worship. From a report: Venntel, through its parent company Gravy Analytics, takes location data from smartphones, either through ordinary apps installed on
  
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• Intel Debuts Arc Battlemage Discrete Graphics Cards

  03-12-2024 17:30 via slashdot.org
  
  MojoKid writes: Intel officially revealed its next generation discrete graphics cards, code named Battlemage, this morning. There are two midrange cards in the series so far, branded Arc B580 and Arc B570, though future higher-end B700 series cards are unknown currently. The graphics architecture for Battlemage is Xe2, and it debuted in the iGPU on Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V mobile processors earlier this year.
  Arc B580 is paired to 12GB of GDDR6 memory operating at an effective data rate of 19G
  
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• Middle Manager Hiring has Plunged

  03-12-2024 16:35 via slashdot.org
  
  Major U.S. corporations have eliminated thousands of middle management positions over the past two years in a widespread restructuring trend, with no signs of rehiring, according to workforce data from Revelio Labs.
  Job postings for middle management roles remained 42% below April 2022 levels in October, even as hiring rebounded for other positions. Meta, Citigroup, UPS, and Amazon have all reduced management layers or increased worker-to-supervisor ratios, citing efficiency goals. Middle manage
  
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• UK Cyber Chief Warns Country 'Widely Underestimating' Risks From Cyberattacks

  03-12-2024 15:30 via news.slashdot.org
  
  The cyber risks facing the United Kingdom are being "widely underestimated," the country's new cyber chief will warn on Tuesday as he launches the National Cyber Security Centre's (NCSC) annual review. From a report: In his first major speech since joining the NCSC -- part of the signals and cyber intelligence agency GCHQ -- Richard Horne will drive a shift in tone in how the cybersecurity agency communicates these risks. Despite some evidence showing cyberattacks growing year-on-year for half a
  
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• India's EV Paradox: Highest Subsidies, Lowest Uptake

  03-12-2024 14:29 via tech.slashdot.org
  
  India, the world's fifth-largest economy, is offering the heftiest electric vehicle subsidies globally -- yet has achieved just 2% market penetration so far. From a report: India's total EV subsidies amount to 40-50% of vehicle prices when accounting for GST (goods and services tax), road tax benefits, state subsidies and production-linked incentives. For larger vehicles like the Grand Vitara, the effective subsidy reaches 61%.
  This dwarfs incentives in other major markets. China's subsidies rep
  
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• CISA and Partners Release Joint Guidance on PRC-Affiliated Threat Actor Compromising Networks of Global Telecommunications Providers

  03-12-2024 13:00 via cisa.gov
  Today, CISA—in partnership with the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and international partners—released joint guidance, Enhanced Visibility and Hardening Guidance for Communications Infrastructure. Partners of this guidance include: Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD’s) Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)
   Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS)
  New Zealand’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ)This g
  
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• China Retaliates Over New US Chip Restrictions

  03-12-2024 12:38 via slashdot.org
  
  China banned exports of minerals and metals used in semiconductor manufacturing and military applications to the United States on Tuesday, escalating tensions in the growing technology trade war between the world's two largest economies.
  The commerce ministry halted shipments of gallium, germanium, antimony and related compounds, citing national security concerns. These materials are crucial components in advanced electronics and military hardware, with China controlling 98% of global gallium pr
  
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• Australia Struggling With Oversupply of Solar Power

  03-12-2024 09:32 via slashdot.org
  
  Mirnotoriety writes: Amid the growing warmth and increasingly volatile weather of an approaching summer, Australia passed a remarkable milestone this week. The number of homes and businesses with a solar installation clicked past 4 million -- barely 20 years since there was practically none anywhere in the country. It is a love affair that shows few signs of stopping.
  And it's a technology that is having ever greater effects, not just on the bills of its household users but on the very energy sy
  
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• Coinbase Expands Crypto Buying Reach With Apple Pay Integration

  03-12-2024 05:45 via slashdot.org
  
  Major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has integrated Apple Pay into its Onramp service, enabling third-party apps to offer direct cryptocurrency purchases through Apple's payment system.
  The move significantly streamlines the traditionally complex process of converting traditional currencies to cryptocurrencies, eliminating multiple steps and extra fees previously required. It also marks a notable shift in Apple's historically cautious stance toward cryptocurrency, following years of restrictin
  
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• India Takes Out Giant Nationwide Subscription To 13,000 Journals

  03-12-2024 03:20 via science.slashdot.org
  
  India has struck a landmark $715 million deal with 30 global academic publishers to provide nationwide free access to nearly 13,000 research journals. The "One Nation One Subscription" initiative, launching January 2025, will benefit an estimated 18 million students and researchers. The agreement, which surpasses similar arrangements in Germany and the UK, marks a significant shift in India's academic publishing landscape, despite the country's position as the world's third-largest producer of r
  
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• Mexican Cartels Lure Chemistry Students To Make Fentanyl

  03-12-2024 01:45 via yro.slashdot.org
  
  schwit1 writes: Recruiters approach students with tempting offers, often after observing them for weeks. Promising salaries of over $800 per month -- double the average pay for chemists in Mexican companies, along with potential bonuses like cars or housing -- recruiters capitalize on the financial struggles of young professionals.
  These "cooks" are tasked with improving fentanyl's addictive quality and finding alternative synthesis methods to mitigate supply chain disruptions caused by stricter
  
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• Nike-owned NFT Wearables Startup RTFKT is Winding Down

  03-12-2024 00:31 via slashdot.org
  
  RTFKT, the NFT project most known for its attempt at making "digital shoes" a thing, is shutting down, according to a statement on Monday. From a report: The project, acquired by athletic wear juggernaut Nike in 2021 for an undisclosed sum, plans to fully unwind by the end of January, though its Ethereum-based tokens will remain accessible.
  Launched in 2020 amid the beginnings of the mania around NFTs and the metaverse, RTFKT quickly garnered a reputation as a fast-moving startup. It spun up "dr
  
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