Day: February 24, 2020

Xbox Series X: Specs, backward compatibility, and everything we know so far – CNET

Microsoft unveiled some of the specs of its next-generation hardware. …read more Source:: CNet


Apple-made Mac chips won’t be ready until 2021, report says – CNET

The first Mac chip designed by Apple was previously rumored for 2020. …read more Source:: CNet


Netflix adds Top 10 feature so you can see what everyone’s watching – CNET

Jump on the binge-worthy bandwagon with new lists of what’s most popular. …read more Source:: CNet


Bitluni Brings All the ESP-32 Multimedia Hacks to Supercon

Of all the people I was looking forward to meeting at Supercon, aside from my Hackaday colleagues with whom I had worked for five years without ever meeting, was a fellow from Germany named Matthias Balwierz. The name might not ring a bell, but he’ll certainly be familiar to Hackaday readers as Bitluni, the sometimes…


Realme X50 Pro 5G is a $640 phone with 6 cameras, super-fast charging and a 90Hz screen – CNET

For roughly $640, Realme’s newest flagship phone features a Snapdragon 865 processor, super-fast charging and two selfie cameras as it continues its premium push. …read more Source:: CNet


HackerOne’s Bug Bounties Skyrocketed To $40 Million in 2019

Bug bounty platform HackerOne paid out $40 million in bounties in 2019, roughly equal to the total for all previous years combined. From a report: Moreover, the company announced that its community almost doubled in the past year to 600,000 registered hackers. The announcement comes as the cybersecurity industry struggles with a workforce shortage, which…


SpaceX Falcon 9 meets watery end, and NASA needs someone to go to Mars and whack its mole

Also: Musical Soyuz seats ahead of next ISS mission Roundup SpaceX gets its feet wet, digging for victory with Mars InSight and a changing of the ISS guard await rocket fanciers in this week’s summary of space news.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Apple To Release First ARM Mac Without Intel Processor in Next 18 Months, Predicts Kuo

Ming-Chi Kuo is out with a new analyst note today and the most interesting part of his forecast is that Apple will release its first Mac with an ARM processor in the first half of 2021. From a report: Kuo is predicting that one of Apple’s new products to be released within the next 12-18…


New Part Day: Ooh, the Things You Can Do With a CLUE

There’s a new development board in town from Adafruit, and it’s called the CLUE. This tiny board can be programmed in Arduino or CircuitPython, and it is absolutely stuffed with sensors and functionality, including Bluetooth. It’s essentially a BBC Micro:bit with more sensors, a screen, and a much beefier processor. Sound interesting? Let’s get out…


SSRF 101: How Server-Side Request Forgery Sneaks Past Your Web Apps

Server-side request forgery is a dangerous attack method that is also becoming an issue for the cloud. Here are some of the basics to help keep your Web server from turning against you. …read more Source:: DarkReading