‘ArcaneDoor’ Cyberspies Hacked Cisco Firewalls to Access Government Networks
Sources suspect China is behind the targeted exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco’s security appliances.
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Elon Musk Clashes With Australian Court Over Violent Videos on X
Mr. Musk’s defiance over removing content is testing the boundaries of international legal systems.
Biden Signs TikTok ‘Divest or Ban’ Bill Into Law
President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that includes a bill that would ban TikTok if China-based parent company ByteDance fails to divest the app within a year. The Verge: The divest-or-ban bill is now law, starting the clock for ByteDance to make its move. The company has an initial nine months to sort out a deal, though the president could extend that another three months if he sees...
President Biden Signs Bill That Could Ban TikTok
The law will give TikTok a year to divest from Bytedance, its Chinese owner.
Doctors Combined a Heart Pump and Pig Kidney Transplant in Breakthrough Surgery
In the first procedure of its kind, a 54-year-old New Jersey woman received a genetically engineered pig kidney and thymus after getting a heart pump.
18 Best Portable Battery Chargers (2024): For Phones, iPads, Laptops, and More
Keep your phone, tablet, laptop, and other electronics running with these handheld power banks.
Electric car charging surging in South Africa — and it could become a problem
One of South Africa’s biggest public electric vehicle (EV) charging station providers recorded a big jump in usage of its infrastructure in 2023.
Qualcomm Is Cheating On Their Snapdragon X Elite/Pro Benchmarks
An anonymous reader shares a report: Qualcomm is cheating on the Snapdragon X Plus/Elite benchmarks given to OEMs and the press. SemiAccurate doesn’t use these words lightly but there is no denying what multiple sources are telling us. […] Then there were the actual ‘briefings’ for the X Pro SoC. To call them pathetic is giving them more than their due. The deck was 11 slides, three of which...
12 Best Wi-Fi Routers (2024): Budget, Gaming, Mesh
Don’t suffer the buffer. These WIRED-tested systems will deliver reliable internet across your home whatever your needs or budget.
Embattled Post Office to halt retrenchments – for now
The pact between business rescue practitioners and unions relies on funding from the Unemployment Insurance Fund.
‘Thunder Run’: Behind Lawmakers’ Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill
A tiny group of lawmakers huddled in private about a year ago, aiming to keep the discussions away from TikTok lobbyists while bulletproofing a bill that could ban the app.
NVIDIA To Acquire Run:ai
Nvidia, in a blog post: To help customers make more efficient use of their AI computing resources, NVIDIA today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Run:ai, a Kubernetes-based workload management and orchestration software provider. Customer AI deployments are becoming increasingly complex, with workloads distributed across cloud, edge and on-premises data center...
Technology mobilised to combat ‘greenwashing’
Digital technology can be used to stop people from falsifying information related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices.
5 Best VPN Services (2024): For Routers, PC, iPhone, Android, and More
It won’t solve all of your privacy problems, but a virtual private network can make you a less tempting target for hackers.
Outsized Announces Strategic Senior Appointments To Accelerate Global Expansion
Talent on-demand platform Outsized has made a series of senior appointments to lead its global growth strategy. This follows a successful Series A funding round led by Knife Capital. Outsized connects top independent professionals with large enterprise clients across Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. Currently, almost half of Fortune 500 companies use on-demand talent […]
Veteran PC Game ‘Sopwith’ Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Longtime Slashdot reader sfraggle writes: Biplane shoot-’em up, Sopwith, is celebrating 40 years today since its first release back in 1984. The game is one of the oldest PC games still in active development today, originating as an MS-DOS game for the original IBM PC. The 40th anniversary site has a detailed history of how the game was written as a tech demo for the now-defunct Imaginet...
Open Source Database Leader Percona Appoints Liz Warner to Chief Technology Officer
Percona, a leader in enterprise-grade, open source database software, support, and services, today announced the appointment of Liz Warner as its new Chief Technology Officer, to help meet the growing demand to make data simpler, faster, and easier to manage.
South Africa’s digital nomad visa falls short of the mark
South Africa’s digital nomad visa plan falls far short in meeting the key needs of the very people it hopes to attract.
Fibre cables getting stolen and “smoked” in South Africa
MyBroadband recently asked the country’s biggest FNOs how their rollouts and network uptime were impacted by crime.
Building a brand and marketing-centred culture in business
In the rapidly evolving world of marketing, new technology and shifting consumer behaviour present significant opportunities for businesses to position and build their brands.
Microsoft’s AI lead puts AWS cloud dominance on watch
Upcoming quarterly reports may show Microsoft is closing the gap on cloud computing market leader Amazon.