Fancy new system shown off at online summit Google has introduced a new Intrusion Detection Service together with “Adaptive Protection” for its cloud firewall, but such services make security a costly feature.… …read more Source:: Register

Meet Kariselle, a panda who wants a man with health insurance. …read more Source:: CNet

In 2021 all our electronics are solid state, in that they exclusively use semiconductor devices as their active components. Some of us may experiment with vacuum tubes, but only for curiosity or aesthetic purposes. Semiconductors have overtaken vacuum devices in all but the rarest of niche applications due to their easier design requirements, greater reliability,…

Wildfire smoke from Canada and the Western United States stretched across North America this week, covering skies in a thick haze, tinting the sun a malevolent red and triggering health alerts from Toronto to Philadelphia. Air quality remained in the unhealthy range across much of the East Coast on Wednesday morning. From a report: The…

Olly Joshi talks environmental issues, fundraising, and whether he’d hire ’70s Jobs himself A former ad exec is trying to make some cash history by pitting two copies of a job application penned by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 1973 against each other at auction – one the original physical copy, and the other a…

Google is expanding the number of cities where Maps offers information about public transport crowding. The number of cities covered is increasing from around 200 today, to “over 10,000 transit agencies in 100 countries,” the company says. As well as crowdedness, Google says Maps is also being updated to offer more information about past travel….

It was bound to happen at some point. An entrepreneur is putting the physical and digital versions up for sale at the same time to see which does better. …read more Source:: CNet

Early Bronco First Edition models are now going for six figures on eBay Motors. …read more Source:: CNet

Plastic-backed TFT part positioned as perfect for the Internet of Things Researchers at chip designer Arm have shown off a prototype microprocessor – dubbed PlasticARM – built on flexible plastic, letting it curve around surfaces and even flex backwards and forwards.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

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