Day: January 10, 2019

Nvidia CEO calls AMD’s Radeon 7 ‘underwhelming,’ ‘lousy’ – CNET

Begun, the graphics card wars have. …read more Source:: CNet


Ryuk Ransomware Attribution May Be Premature

The eagerness to tie recent Ryuk ransomware attacks to a specific group could be rushed, researchers say. …read more Source:: DarkReading


CES 2019: Every product you need to know about – CNET

Here’s every noteworthy product being shown at CES 2019. …read more Source:: CNet


Some Nevada Governments Are Using Blockchain For Public Records

Some northern Nevada counties are using blockchain, the online ledger best known for helping secure virtual currencies such as bitcoin, to store digital versions of government records like birth and marriage certificates. From a report: The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that as of December in Washoe County, about 950 couples had received secure digital marriage certificates…


Beto O’Rourke’s livestreamed teeth cleaning brushes on border issues – CNET

There’s more going on in this Instagram story at the dentist’s office than just a sparkling smile. …read more Source:: CNet


At CES 2019 I found a suitcase with ears that wiggle when petted – CNET

This should make it easy to find your suitcase in baggage claim. …read more Source:: CNet


Next-gen Ford Ranger Raptor should come to the US, report says – Roadshow

The report says it may not surface until 2022 at the earliest. …read more Source:: CNet


IMDB’s new streaming service FreeDive offers free movies, tv shows – CNET

Freedive, from the Amazon-owned company IMDB, will let you watch movies and shows like Momento and The Bachelor. …read more Source:: CNet


35C3: Biggest Communication Congress, Yet Little Chaos

Every year for the past 35 years, the German Chaos Computer Club has met just after Christmas for a few days of “Spaß am Gerät” — having fun with the machines. And that’s everything from trying to bring an old PDP-8 back into running condition to forging new software to replace the old and busted…


Linux systemd Affected by Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities, No Patches Yet

Major Linux distributions are vulnerable to three bugs in systemd, a Linux initialization system and service manager in widespread use, California-based security company Qualys said late yesterday. From a report: The bugs exist in ‘journald’ service, tasked with collecting and storing log data, and they can be exploited to obtain root privileges on the target…