ASUS tells users to urgently patch routers
Firmware issues which are not armless
ASUS has released new firmware for several router models to address security vulnerabilities, including critical ones like CVE-2022-26376 and CVE-2018-1160, which can lead to denial-of-service attacks and code execution.
OpenAI is “lobbying” EU after all
So much for we favour regulation
While OpenAI is saying that it favours tough AI legislation it has been actually lobbying the EU to water down some of its rules.
Intel refreshed Raptor Lake expected out in October
Chinese leaker believes
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming Intel is about to release a refreshed Raptor Lake in October.
Banned Chinese decryption chips used by US military
They are even on a list
While the US government is increasingly paranoid about Chinese hardware containing spyware, the US military does not appear to have gotten the memo.
AI will prop up Moore’s Law
Cringely prediction
Tech pundit Robert X. Cringely has been consulting his Tarot cards and rattled his crystal balls and reached the conclusion that Generative Artificial Intelligence will keep Moore's Law in force.
Most Americans would prefer life without the Internet
Particularly older millennials and Gen Xers
A new Harris Poll shared exclusively with Fast Company found that most Americans would prefer to live "in a simpler era before everyone was obsessed with screens and social media."
Google builds a town next to is offices
Will mean workers will not need a long commute
Google has got the go-ahead to build a 153-acre mixed-use neighborhood just south of its headquarters in north Mountain View with unanimous city council approval.
EU close to ordering Apple to have easier battery repairs
Will also require it to “walk its talk” on green recycling
The Tame Apple Press is furious as it discovers that the European Union is moving closer to enacting a law that will not just require smartphones like the iPhone to have easier battery repairs, but will tell it how much of a battery must be reclaimable after recycling.
Oracle lays off more employees
Despite making profits
While Oracle is continuing to make a lot of cash it seems that the staff who bring them all that cash are surplus to requirements.
Two Megaupload site workers jailed in NZ
But at least they avoided extradition to the US
Two men who helped run the website Megaupload were each sentenced by a New Zealand court to more than two years in prison.