Day: September 2, 2021

Uber pledges $1M to help Afghan refugees – CNET

It’ll also match in-app donations and says it’s adding two of Afghanistan’s major languages to its driver app to help refugees get work. …read more Source:: CNet


Today’s mortgage rates for Sept. 2, 2021: Rates go up – CNET

Today a number of major mortgage rates climbed higher. If you haven’t locked yet, see how that could affect you. …read more Source:: CNet


Current refinance rates on Sept. 2, 2021: Rates increase – CNET

Multiple benchmark refinance rates advanced today. …read more Source:: CNet


ASUS Bets on OLED for All of Its New Creator Laptops

ASUS has just four letters to sell you on its latest creator-focused notebooks: OLED. From a report: The company is bringing OLED screens to all of its new models, a move meant to differentiate them in the increasingly crowded PC market. Compared to traditional LCD screens, OLED offers deeper blacks levels, vastly better contrast, and…


Bluetooth Bugs Open Billions of Devices to DoS, Code Execution

The BrakTooth set of security vulnerabilities impacts at least 11 vendors’ chipsets. …read more Source:: Threatpost


A Microcontroller Friendly AR Headset On The Cheap

Generating the real-time images required for augmented reality (AR) goggles usually requires a fair amount of processing power, to the point that DIY efforts based around the Raspberry Pi often have trouble keeping up. But what if your AR aspirations don’t require fancy high-resolution graphics? If text and the occasional icon is enough to get…


NASA Perseverance Mars rover may finally have its first intact rock sample – CNET

Let’s rock. …read more Source:: CNet


WhatsApp Fined Over $260 Million for EU Privacy Violations

WhatsApp didn’t fully explain to Europeans how it uses their data as called for by EU privacy law, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said on Thursday. The regulator hit the messaging app with a fine of 225 million euros, about $267 million. From a report: Partly at issue is how WhatsApp share information with parent company…


Autodesk was one of the 18,000 firms breached in SolarWinds attack, firm admits

Door was opened but nobody stepped inside, luckily Autodesk, makers of computer-aided design (CAD) software for manufacturing, has told the US stock market it was targeted as part of the the supply chain attack on SolarWinds’ Orion software.… …read more Source:: Register


Juniper Breach Mystery Starts To Clear With New Details on Hackers and US Role

An anonymous reader shares a report: An anonymous reader Days before Christmas in 2015, Juniper Networks alerted users that it had been breached. In a brief statement, the company said it had discovered “unauthorized code” in one of its network security products, allowing hackers to decipher encrypted communications and gain high-level access to customers’ computer…