Car Production in US Could Shut Down in Weeks Due to China Rare Earth Magnet Ban The president says he has worked this out with China – we will see how much of a squeeze China wants to put him in. Xi, as a master deal maker, could choose to squeeze the hell out of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I had not heard about this before today and will have to do some experimenting. Some of us have used virtual desktops, often called VDI, in the cloud before and while they are not as fast desktop PCs, they have some very interesting features such as infinite scaling and great desktop management. They are not […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The FBI says that BADBOX 2.0 is a malware campaign that has infected over a million home Internet-connected devices. Once infected it becomes part of hacker’s attack army. It is commonly found in Chinese smart TVs (where most of them are made) and also on streaming boxes, projectors, tablets and even your smart dishwasher. Even […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I am guessing that this is just the tip of the iceberg. That by itself is scary. Researchers discovered nearly 35,000 solar power systems from 42 vendors that have exposed management interfaces. This includes devices like power inverters, data loggers, monitors, etc. The researchers found nearly 50 vulnerabilities that could be exploited. Most of these […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]TLS Certificate Lifetimes Will Officially Reduce to 47 Days If you are responsible for a website, this applies to you. TLS certificates, the tech behind making HTTPS:// work on your website, has been changing over the years. A website owner used to be able to buy a certificate and it would be valid for 10 years. But […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We knew this was just a matter of time. It will be interesting to see what the courts do with this. Disney and NBCUniversal filed a suit this week against Midjourney, an AI startup that allows its customers to create images, including copies of Disney and NBCUniversal characters. In the lawsuit, they claim that there […]
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