Sony’s PlayStation 5 is still extremely difficult to find. Here are links to all the stores selling Sony’s hot hardware. …read more Source:: CNet

Google “has utilized a secret program to track bids on its ad-buying platform,” writes the New York Post, “and has been accused of using the information to gain an unfair market advantage that raked in hundreds of millions of dollars annually, according to a report.” The initiative — dubbed “Project Bernanke” in an apparent reference…

The 14-inch 2-in-1 receives a Tiger Lake-U processor refresh with a $649 Core i3 model available at Best Buy and a Core i5 version available from the HP online store. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Last month America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation released its annual report on internet crime, which a former federal prosecutor bemoans as “another record year.” The bureau received 791,790 complaints of “internet-enabled crime” in 2020 (a 69 percent increase over the prior year), representing over $4.1 billion in reported losses (a 20 percent increase). These complaints…

Sony’s PlayStation 5 is still extremely difficult to find. Here are links to all the stores selling Sony’s hot hardware. …read more Source:: CNet

It’s not infrequent that we see the combination of moisture sensors and water pumps to automate plant maintenance. Each one has a unique take on the idea, though, and solves problems in ways that could be useful for other applications as well. [Emiliano Valencia] approached the project with a few notable technologies worth gleaning, and…

Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: The New York Times tells the story of Hungarian-born Dr. Kariko, whose father was a butcher and who growing up had never met a scientist — but knew they wanted to be one. Despite earning a Ph.D. at Hungary’s University of Szeged and working as a postdoctoral fellow at its…

Deal could be worth $16 billion, making it Microsoft’s second largest ever. …read more Source:: CNet

While difficult negotiations continue over a deal to curtail Iran’s nuclear ambitions, this morning Iran suddenly experienced a blackout at its underground Natanz atomic facility, the Associated Press reports: While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, suspicion fell immediately on Israel, where its media nearly uniformly reported a devastating cyberattack orchestrated by the country…

“The lopsided vote against a union at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, was a major disappointment to organized labor…” writes the New York Times. “Yet the defeat doesn’t mark the end of the campaign against Amazon so much as a shift in strategy.” The article notes unions and other labor groups enjoyed more success when…