Gillmor Gang: Nothing was delivered
Somehow it’s Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday this week. Some of you may not think that’s a big deal, but I do. The fact of his talent pretty much drowns out most other ideas of what to write about, but here’s to the birthday boy. Ke.....»»
Musk "confident" of Starship orbital launch this year
Elon Musk delivered updates on SpaceX's efforts to develop its interplanetary Starship rocket on Thursday night, but stopped short of announcing a firm launch date for an orbital test or new missions, despite considerable buildup ahead of the rare p.....»»
Judge Gives 40-Month Prison Sentence to Nintendo Switch Hacker Called "Bowser"
A U.S. district judge "sentenced a Nintendo Switch hacker to 40 months in federal prison," reports the Independent: Gary Bowser, 52, is one of the leaders of the "Team Xecuter" hacker criminal enterprise, a notorious video game piracy gang, authorit.....»»
New system speeds screening of drug-delivering nanoparticles
James Dahlman and Phil Santangelo are helping to define an evolving era in medicine, one in which messenger ribonucleic acid—mRNA—can be delivered directly to cells to fight against disease. And their latest groundbreaking study could clear the w.....»»
Scientists determine comet delivery to Moon
Southwest Research Institute scientists joined a team that reanalyzed and modeled data from a planned lunar impact more than a decade ago. The findings suggest that volatiles present in a crater near the Moon's south pole were likely delivered by a c.....»»
Silicon Motion looks to SSD controllers for 2022 growth
Flash device controller IC supplier Silicon Motion Technology, which delivered record operating results in 2021, expects that 2022 will be another banner year for the company because SSD controller sales will drive its growth......»»
USPS under fire for new mail truck’s dire fuel economy
The new US Postal Service fleet would be less efficient than a Hummer H1, and barely more frugal than the aging outgoing vehicles, the EPA has warned, throwing an EV roadblock into the multi-billion revamp of how Americans’ mail is delivered. T.....»»
Intel says it had half the number of bugs in its CPUs as AMD last year
Intel’s 2021 product security report starts by revealing that the company delivered mitigations for 226 product security issues last year, of which 113 (50%) were found internally by Intel employees, and 97 (43%) were reported through its bug bount.....»»
Tonga in lockdown after COVID spread from wharf workers
The five new cases brings Tonga's pandemic case count to six. Enlarge / This photo shows the Australian Navy's HMAS Adelaide docked at Vuna Wharf in the Tongan capital of Nukualofa on January 26, 2022. The Adelaide delivered aid follo.....»»
Increase in home delivery service usage during COVID-19 pandemic unlikely to last
Services like Instacart, Grubhub, DoorDash, and Amazon certainly existed before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, demand for groceries, food, and other products purchased online and delivered directly to your door substantially increased when the coron.....»»
YouTube Ad Revenue Tops $8.6 Billion, Beating Netflix In the Quarter
YouTube topped Netflix in terms of quarterly revenue, with the Google-owned video platform delivering $8.6 billion in advertising revenue in Q4, the company said Tuesday. The Hollywood Reporter reports: For fiscal 2021, YouTube delivered $28.8 billio.....»»
Access broker found exploiting Log4j vulnerability in VMware
The Prophet Spider gang uses the Log4Shell vulnerability to target the Tomcat service in unpatched VMware Horizon systems......»»
Booby-trapped Sites Delivered Potent New Backdoor Trojan To macOS Users
Researchers have uncovered advanced, never-before-seen macOS malware that was installed using exploits that were almost impossible for most users to detect or stop once the users landed on a malicious website. From a report: The malware was a full-fe.....»»
Dell’s powerhouse XPS 13 gets a AU$650 price cut in back-to-school sales
Dell has delivered discounts of up to 20% on its XPS laptops, along with price cuts on Alienware gaming machines......»»
Booby-trapped sites delivered potent new backdoor trojan to macOS users
Written from scratch, DazleSpy is the latest advanced piece of Mac malware. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have uncovered advanced, never-before-seen macOS malware that was installed using exploits that were almost.....»»
UnaBiz, Kineis connect satellites, IoT for logistics and transportation
Headquartered in Singapore, UnaBiz is a multi-tech IoT service provider that has delivered over 1.4 million sensors in 28 countries worldwide. The 5-year-old scale-up has recently raised US$25 million in its Series B funding and is looking to grow it.....»»
Russia says it has dismantled the REvil ransomware gang
REvil members were arrested by Russia's FSB intelligence bureau which also seized close to $5.5m from the group......»»
Russia says it has neutralized the cutthroat REvil ransomware gang
"Big-game hunter" REvil has menaced the world for 3 years with massive attacks. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Russian law enforcement authorities said on Friday that they have arrested 14 people associated with REvil, a top r.....»»
FSB Arrests 14 Members of REvil Ransomware Gang
An anonymous reader writes: The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said today that it has raided and shut down the operations of the REvil ransomware gang. Raids were conducted today at 25 residents owned by 14 members suspected to be part of the.....»»
Fire management in Australia has reached a crossroads and "business as usual" won"t cut it
The current wet conditions delivered by La Niña may have caused widespread flooding, but they've also provided a reprieve from the threat of bushfires in southeastern Australia. This is an ideal time to consider how we prepare for the next bushfire.....»»
New color-coded test quickly reveals whether medical nanoparticles have successfully delivered their payload
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have developed a color-coded test that quickly signals whether newly developed nanoparticles—ultra small compartments designed to ferry medicines, vaccines and other therapies—deliver their cargo into target cel.....»»