Day: July 2, 2021

Google has second thoughts about cutting cookies, so serves up CHIPs

Cookies Having Independent Partitioned State, no fish involved Last week, third-party cookies received a stay of execution from Google that will allow them to survive until late 2023 – almost two years beyond their previously declared decommission date. But the search-ads-and-apps biz is already planning a resurrection of sorts because third-party cookies are just too…


DHS Adds Hundreds of New Cyber Professionals To Its Ranks

The US Department of Homeland Security on Thursday announced that it is onboarding nearly 300 cybersecurity professionals and has extended job offers to 500 others in what it refers to as “the most successful cybersecurity hiring initiative in DHS history.” From a report: The hiring spree is part of the department’s 60-day cybersecurity workforce sprint…


These face masks with biosensors could detect COVID-19 in your breath – CNET

The sensors out of Harvard and MIT could also make their way into lab coats or uniforms to test for other pathogens and toxins. …read more Source:: CNet


Volvo could be switching to real names – Roadshow

The firm’s upcoming flagship-caliber all-electric utility vehicle should feature a nonalphanumeric moniker. …read more Source:: CNet


Not Just OLED: LG is About To Release Its First Mini LED TVs

LG plans to introduce its first consumer Mini LED TVs sometime next month, according to a press release from the South Korean company. Mini LED is a new variant of LCD TV tech that offers better contrast ratios, among other improvements. From a report: The new lineup in the US includes one 4K TV (dubbed…


Ransomware attacks driving cyber reinsurance rates up 40%

Willis Re International told Reuters that recent high-profile ransomware attacks are sending reinsurance rates soaring. …read more Source:: ZDNet


IBM President and former Red Hat boss Jim Whitehurst quits

Krishna: ‘Our hybrid cloud and AI strategy is strongly resonating with clients’ – no, really, it is Former president and CEO of Red Hat, Jim Whitehurst, is quitting the biz less than two years after rocking up at Big Blue, the hard-pressed business claimed today.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


An OSHW IR Remote Control Powered by the ATtiny13A

The new hotness in consumer electronics might be RF remotes based on protocols like Bluetooth Low Energy, but there’s still plenty of life left in the classic infrared remote. Especially with projects like TinyRemoteXL from [Stefan Wagner], which let you build and program an IR “clicker” of your own. Whether you want to spin up…


Ford Mustang Mach-E outsold the regular Mustang in June – Roadshow

The electric Mustang is proving to be pretty popular. …read more Source:: CNet


A real go-GETTR: Former Trump aide tries to batter Twitter by ripping off its UI

Critic points out that restrictive T&Cs just make it ‘Twitter without the porn’ Former Trump campaign communications strategist and expert DNA communicator Jason Miller has launched a new social media platform he hopes will be the long-awaited free-speech utopia to rival Big Tech’s supposedly crushing grip on public discourse.… …read more Source:: TheRegister