Day: January 6, 2021

Samsung QLED TVs take on OLED with Neo Mini-LED precision dimming – CNET

The company’s 2021 4K and 8K TVs also come with new gaming, fitness and sustainability features, including a solar-powered remote. …read more Source:: CNet


U.S. homicide rates skyrocket in 2020; exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic

Crime statistics from 2020 show an increase in homicides and violent crimes throughout the U.S. in 2020. Many point to the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the reason for the increase. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine


Deloitte’s Autonomy auditor ‘lost objectivity’ when looking at Brit software firm’s disputed books, says regulator

FRRP’s full report will be uncomfortable reading for ex-CEO Mike Lynch The Financial Reporting Review Panel has said the senior Deloitte auditor who signed off Autonomy’s accounts engaged in “word smithing” to help the British software firm hide its hardware sales from the market.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Cybercriminals Ramp Up Exploits Against Serious Zyxel Flaw

More than 100,000 Zyxel networking products could be vulnerable to a hardcoded credential vulnerability (CVE-2020-29583) potentially allowing cybercriminal device takeover. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Bad Idea for Desoldering Actually Might be Pretty Smart

This video on building a DIY desoldering iron says it all right up front: this is stupid and dangerous, and you shouldn’t do it. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t work, or that it doesn’t have potential to be turned into something else. The story begins, as it often does these days, on the pages…


How to watch today’s Electoral College count in the Senate and House – CNET

The joint session of Congress is expected to certify the results of November’s presidential election. …read more Source:: CNet


UK competition watchdog calls for views on Nvidia’s prospective $40bn acquisition of Brit chip designer Arm

Ahead of a formal probe, CMA want to ascertain risks to licensing, price gouging, and product cancellations The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has invited third parties to comment on the proposed $40bn acquisition of British-based chip designer Arm by US graphics giant Nvidia.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


New movies coming out in 2021: Marvel, James Bond and more – CNET

2021 features a pile-up of Marvel movies and other blockbusters. Check out the latest release dates here for big films coming out this year (and beyond). …read more Source:: CNet


Nissan source code leaked online after Git repo misconfiguration

Nissan was allegedly running a Bitbucket Git server with the default credentials of admin/admin. …read more Source:: ZDNet


The First Pig-to-Human Organ Transplants Could Happen This Year

Every day in the United States, 17 people die waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. To address this crisis, one biotech company is turning to an unlikely source: pigs. Maryland-based United Therapeutics says it plans to begin transplanting organs from genetically modified pigs into people as soon as this year. From a report: “We’re right…