Day: September 3, 2020

Qualcomm flexes latest Arm chipset for laptops: Snappy performance and battery life if you can put off your upgrade long enough

Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G will first appear on the Acer Spin 7 Two years after entering the PC market, Qualcomm has updated its Snapdragon 8cx platform.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Attackers Can Exploit Critical Cisco Jabber Flaw With One Message

An attacker can execute remote code with no user interaction, thanks to CVE-2020-3495. …read more Source:: Threatpost


These Students Figured Out Their Tests Were Graded by AI — and the Easy Way To Cheat

Monica Chin, reporting for The Verge: On Monday, Dana Simmons came downstairs to find her 12-year-old son, Lazare, in tears. He’d completed the first assignment for his seventh-grade history class on Edgenuity, an online platform for virtual learning. He’d received a 50 out of 100. That wasn’t on a practice test — it was his…


Mercedes-Benz S-Class plug-in hybrid: Swanky and frugal – Roadshow

It’s not confirmed for the US, but the S-Class PHEV should do about around 62 miles on electricity alone. …read more Source:: CNet


9th Circuit Rules Apple Owes Retail Workers for Time Spent in Security Screenings

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday said Apple must pay over 12,000 retail workers in California for the time spent waiting for compulsory bag searches at the end of their shifts. From the report: A unanimous three-judge panel reversed a judge who had tossed the case and ordered him to enter summary…


SpaceX hopes to ‘hop’ another Starship prototype today – CNET

A rocket, named simply SN6, is on deck to make a short flight over Texas. …read more Source:: CNet


Under fire for 30% cut, Apple really isn’t giving anything away with introduction of subscription offer codes

Digital services tax? You’ll be paying that on top of VAT, developers told Apple is tweaking its App Store to enable vendors to offer subscription codes. It has also informed developers that new digital service taxes will be deducted from their proceeds.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Facebook says over 1.25 billion people visit Watch tab monthly – CNET

This number represents nearly half of Facebook’s monthly users. …read more Source:: CNet


Scientists work out just how massive megalodon sharks really were – CNET

With a fin the size of an adult human, these monsters of the sea were jumbo-size predators. …read more Source:: CNet


Bringing BEC home: How to protect against BEC attacks while remote

In 2019, Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks – a long-standing cybersecurity threat – accounted for $1.7 billion in losses, with cybercriminals using new tactics and techniques to carry out existing attacks. As cybercrime spikes in the wake of COVID-19, BEC’s toll is expected to rise this year. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently issued…