Day: July 26, 2021

Intel details comeback plan to leapfrog chipmaking rivals by 2025 – CNET

New CEO Pat Gelsinger is “putting the tech people back in the driver’s seat.” …read more Source:: CNet


Dell won’t ship energy-hungry PCs to California and five other US states due to power regulations

Energy efficiency rules appears to be limiting the availability of gaming rigs Dell is no longer shipping energy-hungry gaming PCs to certain states in America because they demand more energy than local standards allow.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Police Are Telling ShotSpotter To Alter Evidence From Gunshot-Detecting AI

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: On May 31 last year, 25-year-old Safarain Herring was shot in the head and dropped off at St. Bernard Hospital in Chicago by a man named Michael Williams. He died two days later. Chicago police eventually arrested the 64-year-old Williams and charged him with murder (Williams maintains…


Tesla sees another quarter of record profits, production and deliveries in Q2 – Roadshow

Even with the global silicon shortage, Tesla isn’t letting things slow it down. …read more Source:: CNet


Internal Documents Reveal NSA Cafeteria Sucks

An anonymous reader writes: As reported by Motherboard, Emily Crose, a FOIA researcher, obtained emailed complaints showing how life at the NSA can be incredibly mundane:”The cafe menu items and pricing are out of control! Weighing the food to get more money, the scales are not properly adjusted, ripping us off. They stopped serving fried…


You, too, can be a Windows domain controller and do whatever you like, with this one weird WONTFIX trick

Microsoft offers some mitigations for thwarting PetitPotam attacks Microsoft completed a vulnerability hat-trick this month as yet another security weakness was uncovered in its operating systems. And this one doesn’t even need authentication to work its magic.… …read more Source:: Register


Kaseya denies paying ransom for decryptor, refuses comment on NDA

The company was initially vague about how the universal decryption tool was obtained. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Tesla Q2 report crushes expectations: $11.96 billion revenue, EPS $1.45; shares rise

Tesla said its production is still threatened by parts shortages from global supply chain constraints. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Linux Mint 20.2 arrives: Top desktop Linux keeps improving

New desktop Linux distros arrive a couple of times a week, but Linux Mint retains its hold on my desktop because it works well, and with every release, it only gets better. …read more Source:: ZDNet


WiFiWart Boots Linux, Moves To Next Design Phase

Over the last few months we’ve been keeping an eye on WiFiWart, an ambitious project to develop a Linux single-board computer (SBC) small enough to fit inside a USB wall charger. Developer [Walker] says the goal is to create an easily concealable “drop box” for penetration testing, giving security researchers a valuable foothold inside a…