An anonymous reader shares a report: A ten-year longitudinal study published in the Journal of Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking on a group in early adolescence from as young as ten years old, investigated how playing violent video games at an early age would translate into adulthood behavior (23 years of age). Titled “Growing Up…

The hackers carried out a widespread cyberattack on several government agencies and private companies. …read more Source:: CNet

The manufacturer has entered into a consent order with NHTSA to solve its issues. …read more Source:: CNet

Commentary: Four years ago, I built a PC, then made it run Mac software. Soon, Apple will stop it from working. …read more Source:: CNet

Merry Christmas and happy holidays! I took Christmas day off from writing the security roundup, coming in a day early with this week’s installment, dodging New year’s day. The SolarWinds story has continued to dominate the news, so lets dive into it a bit deeper. Microsoft has published their analysis of Solorigate, and the details…

An anonymous reader shares a report [the story is behind a paywall; alternative source]: Seven years ago, Apple made a staggering discovery: Among the employees at a factory in China that made most of the computer ports used in its MacBooks were two 15-year-olds. Apple told the manufacturer, Suyin Electronics, that it wouldn’t get any…

The live action show’s second season ended in December, but it set up a whole bunch of spinoffs and paved the way for its third season. …read more Source:: CNet

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will soon complete in Austria the world’s largest steel plant capable of attaining net-zero carbon dioxide emissions. Mitsubishi Heavy, through a British unit, is constructing the pilot plant at a complex of Austrian steelmaker Voestalpine. Trial operation is slated to begin in 2021. From a report: The plant will use hydrogen…

Super Heavy could launch one Starship and return to Earth to launch another one as soon as an hour later. …read more Source:: CNet

We rarely see teardowns this detailed. [txyzinfo] wanted to know what hardware was under the hood, and did an amazing Amazon Halo Teardown. Sometime around the middle of 2020, Amazon jumped on to the health and fitness tracker space with the introduction of the Halo — a $100 device with an add on $4 monthly…