Universal basic income has become a favored cause for many high-profile Silicon Valley entrepreneurs as a solution to the job losses and social conflict that would be wrought by automation and artificial intelligence — the very technologies their own companies create. But the conversation has changed. Its center of gravity has shifted away from “universal…

The report provides additional details on tactics of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service following public attribution of the group to last year’s SolarWinds attack. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Tribit’s Flybuds C1 true-wireless earbuds are quite good for their modest price. You can now get them for 25% off with a CNET-exclusive code. …read more Source:: CNet

If you want to coax more power out of your car’s engine, a turbocharger is a great way to go about it. Taking waste energy from the exhaust and using it to cram more air into the engine, they’re one of the best value ways to make big gains in horsepower. However, unlike simpler mods…

The U.S. and U.K. released details on Friday about how Russia’s foreign intelligence service operates in cyberspace, the latest effort to try to disrupt future attacks. From a report: The report contains technical resources about the group’s tactics, including breaching email in order to find passwords and other information to further infiltrate organizations, in addition…

Totally Sucks, Buddy: Debit payments held up since April, online and app still wobbly, say readers TSB admitted today it still hadn’t fixed a transaction processing issue that has for days held up customers’ payments, with users continuing to have issues at the time of publication.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

The G70 wagon will likely only be sold in Europe, and that sucks. …read more Source:: CNet

Nintendo’s worst-selling home console, the Wii U, continues to be the source for some of its biggest hits on the record-setting Nintendo Switch. From a report: With the Switch, Nintendo is putting on a clinic about how to turn prior failure into fortune as it repurposes games from the disastrous Wii U and tries selling…

You can’t totally build your pickup yet, but Hyundai gave away a lot more info in this basic configurator. …read more Source:: CNet

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