schwit1 quotes a report from ZDNet: On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said that Yi-Chi Shih, a part-time Los Angeles resident, attempted to secure semiconductor chips used in US military applications in order to transfer them to Chinese associates. The 64-year-old was subject to a six-week trial in a Los Angeles, California federal…

Microsoft’s hostility to Linux has softened dramatically in recent years, but the scars from the war against Linux are still visible today. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Scalable probe manufacturing process a boon for medicine, human-computer interfaces Boffins at the University of Surrey are working on a novel method of scanning cells for information – they claim to have developed a scalable manufacturing process for U-shaped nanowire field-effect transistor probes, which were then successfully used to record the inner activity of human…

Chrome to unload ad iframes that use too much bandwidth and CPU. …read more Source:: ZDNet

How did cryptographic certificates and keys issued to Huawei end up in Cisco gear? …read more Source:: ZDNet

Legal proceedings launched over ‘false, misleading and deceptive’ representations Samsung created “false, misleading and deceptive” representations in marketing material about the Galaxy smartphone range’s resistance to water, according to a consumer watchdog down under.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Sunscreen formulas have never been better. Here are some of the best you can buy. …read more Source:: CNet

Expect it to arrive in the US by the end of the year. …read more Source:: CNet

With six wartime patrols, multiple ships sunk, and dozens of POWs rescued, the USS Pampanito has a fascinating story. Here’s an up-close look. …read more Source:: CNet

Just 8 out of 42 matches correct, say uni researchers Facial recognition technology trialled by the Metropolitan Police is highly inaccurate and its deployment is likely to be found “unlawful” if challenged in court, an excoriating independent report has found.… …read more Source:: TheRegister