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Until now, Chrome has used the Data Protection API (DPAPI) to protect sensitive data on Windows. However, with Chrome 127, they are introducing app-bound encryption, similar to how the Keychain operates on macOS. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/downloads/4718-google-chrome.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Verge recently spent some time with the wearable and came away impressed. Its retro styling looks like something straight out of the Indiglo and calculator watch era of the 90s, complete with button-activated backlit LCD. It's light on the wrist at just 36 grams, and the two-year battery life... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/104059-casio-baked-step-tracker-retro-styled-wristwatch.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Apple has revealed a surprising amount of detail about how it developed its Apple Intelligence features in a newly-released research paper. The headline news is that Apple opted for Google TPUs – specifically TPU v4 and TPU v5 chips – instead of Nvidia GPUs to train its models. It is... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/104046-apple-opted-use-google-tpus-over-nvidia-gpus.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Dasung has debuted what is likely the world's first portable color e-ink monitor, the Paperlike Color, which is now available for $850. Although e-ink monitors lag behind traditional display technologies in several crucial ways, their unique quirks make them better suited to certain tasks. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/104049-dasung-launches-portable-color-e-ink-monitor-850.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Being a short-throw projector means the Hisense PX3-PRO can be sat just inches away from a wall – as opposed to being placed high up on the opposite side of a room. It's able to project an adjustable image of between 80 to 150 inches in a 4K resolution. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/104051-hisense-launches-ultra-short-throw-projector-xbox-certification.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

When paired with a high-end GPU, SK Hynix says the memory can process more than 1.5 TB of data per second. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/104044-sk-hynix-energy-efficient-gddr7-memory-enter-mass.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The transistor's killer performance stems from the unique properties of the 2021 ferroelectric material, which is composed of razor-thin layers of boron nitride stacked parallel to each other. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/104039-mit-scientists-develop-new-transistor-switches-nanoseconds-lasts.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Apple officially announced it was diving into the AI field at WWDC when it lifted the lid on Apple Intelligence. Like its rival, the tech is able to rewrite text, create images, and organize information across multiple apps. There's also a Siri upgrade that turns it into a generative AI... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/104038-apple-ai-rollout-delayed-samsung-galaxy-ai-closes.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Established leakers claim that incorrectly labeled CPUs are the primary cause behind the delay of AMD's upcoming Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 processors. Although there is no official confirmation about it, Tom's Hardware also reports seeing chips with erroneous markings. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/104028-typo-might-reason-zen-5-delay-ndash-meanwhile.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Police in the Wilshire area of Los Angeles have been dealing with a band of "hi-tech" thieves equipped with Wi-Fi jammers, which they use to disable wireless cameras outside residential homes before breaking in. The LAPD even released a community alert via X, warning Wilshire residents and providing advice on... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/104026-los-angeles-thieves-using-wi-fi-jammers-defeat.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Asus Zenbook S16 is the first laptop to be powered by AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, delivering excellent productivity and graphics performance. However, on battery life side it simply cannot compete with Arm-based laptops. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/products/laptops/asus-zenbook-s-16.297041/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The project is a collaboration between teams at Sony Computer Science Laboratories, the University of Maryland, the University of Tsukuba, and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. The researchers joined forces to develop a force-feedback system that can actuate much faster than traditional approaches using motors or electrical muscle... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/104021-meet-magnus-arduino-powered-glove-turbocharges-shooting-speed.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

On Friday, Musk reposted a nearly two-minute-long video from another user, @MrReaganUSA, writing "This is amazing," followed by a laughing emoji. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/104014-elon-musk-repost-digitally-altered-kamala-harris-video.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Much like other internet-connected devices, the online capabilities of modern vehicles allow companies to collect users' personal data. Reports in March revealed how connected cars with built-in telematics share driver statistics and data with insurers, often without the owners even realizing it. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/104011-senators-urge-ftc-investigate-carmakers-selling-drivers-location.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The researchers have designed a new "computational random-access memory" (CRAM) prototype chip that could reduce energy needs for AI applications by a mind-boggling 1,000 times or more compared to current methods. In one simulation, the CRAM tech showed an incredible 2,500x energy savings. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/104005-breakthrough-cram-technology-ditches-von-neumann-model-makes.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Like many other businesses around the world, CrowdStrike's faulty software caused hundreds of PCs and over 100 servers at Grant Thornton Australia to crash on that fateful Friday, resulting in blue screen of death errors. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/104002-how-36-barcode-scanner-sped-up-fixing-crowdstrike.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Nvidia has reportedly invested some $10 billion developing the Blackwell platform – an effort involving around 25,000 people. With all the performance packed into a single Blackwell GPU, it's no surprise these products command significant premiums. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103994-nvidia-blackwell-server-cabinets-could-cost-somewhere-around.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Secure Boot is a security standard created by PC industry members to ensure that a device can only boot up using software verified and trusted by the respective OEM. This new security breach stems from someone working for multiple US manufacturers accidentally leaking the "platform key" for Secure Boot in... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103999-secure-boot-rendered-useless-over-200-pc-models.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Epsilon Indi Ab, located approximately 12 light-years from Earth, is several times the mass of Jupiter and orbits the K-type star Epsilon Indi A, which is similar in age to our Sun but slightly cooler. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103995-new-images-reveal-truth-about-chilly-giant-exoplanet.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Steam is introducing standalone pages for game demos, complete with demo-specific screenshots, content and reviews. Users can now receive notifications for demos, add them to their library, and easily manage them. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/downloads/4961-steam.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Affinity Photo, one of the best alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, now offers a six-month trial period you can download and use, along with the complete Affinity Suite. Recently acquired by Canva, Affinity Photo provides a comprehensive set of image editing tools suitable for both beginners and experts. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/downloads/7044-affinity-photo.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Home routing is a useful technical solution for travelers interested in seamless internet access through their domestic provider. Users can also enjoy enhanced security if the provider has enabled Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET) such as encryption. However, according to Europol, PET-enabled home routing is making its law enforcement duties much... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103717-home-routing-encryption-technologies-making-lawful-interception-harder.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

More than five years after shareholder Richard Tornetta filed suit against Tesla over claims it breached its fiduciary duty by unjustly enriching its CEO to the tune of $56 billion, Delaware Judge Kathaleen St. J. McCormick voided Musk's pay package in January. Soon after, the four law firms that represented... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103718-court-decide-76-billion-legal-fee-lawyers-who.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

YouTube's "Erase Song" feature lets users precisely zap copyrighted tunes from their clips while keeping all the other audio intact. YouTube chief Neal Mohan hyped the new tool on X/Twitter, saying it will help easily remove copyright-claimed music from videos while preserving everything else. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103713-youtube-unveils-ai-powered-tool-cleanly-remove-copyrighted.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Upscaling technologies continue to improve every year, and today we'll be looking at five games updated to use AMD FSR 3.1 to compare against the latest in Nvidia DLSS 3.7 and Intel XeSS 1.3. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/review/2860-amd-fsr-31-versus-dlss/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Notepad saw barely any major changes for decades following its arrival in 1983, but the editor has undergone several upgrades in recent years. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103710-microsoft-starts-rolling-out-notepad-spellcheck-autocorrect-all.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Last week, a user going by the handle "ObamaCare" posted what cybersecurity experts believe to be the largest compilation of passwords ever posted to a hacking forum. The file, titled rockyou2024.txt, contains 9,948,575,739 unique plaintext passwords. ObamaCare has a history of leaking data, including an employee database from the law... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103704-record-10b-passwords-posted-popular-hacking-forum.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Initially discovered in 2011 by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in Tucson as it passed by, this giant space boulder is estimated to be around a mile wide. But this time it flew past close enough to be imaged by radar. The real surprise, though, was the tiny moon orbiting... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103701-nasa-snaps-images-asteroid-large-enough-have-moon.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Analyst at Sequoia Capital, David Cahn, noted last September that there was a very significant gap between the revenue expectations implied by the AI infrastructure build-out and the actual revenue growth in the AI ecosystem. He estimated that the annual AI revenue required to pay for their investments was $200 billion. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103699-big-tech-needs-generate-600-billion-annual-revenue.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A South Korean research team led by Director Jo Moon-Ho of the Center for Van der Waals Quantum Solids within South Korea's Institute for Basic Science has made a significant advancement in semiconductor and nanomaterial technology that could lead to the development of much smaller, more efficient, and more powerful... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103696-research-team-creates-process-grow-sub-nanometer-transistors.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A Japanese "Overwatch Hostess Club" account was recently banned, only to be replaced by another one for Apex Legends. The clubs are raising eyebrows with their overtly adult-oriented services. The new account, dubbed "Apex Kyabakura," (Apex Cabaret Club) has already amassed nearly 2,000 followers and is offering a range of... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103698-bizarre-japanese-apex-legends-club-promises-female-companions.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A recent Microsoft patent describes a system that encrypts a document, making it indecipherable to anyone other than the reader. The technique encodes the document by modifying letters in the text portion of the original document. It then displays the document in a privacy mode based on an alpha-blended version... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103697-microsoft-patents-system-encrypts-documents-you-can-read.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Epic Games recently announced that its sideloaded iOS game store has passed Apple's submission checks, but not without encountering some final obstacles. According to the Fortnite maker, Apple held up the Epic store because its buttons resembled those on the official App Store too closely. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103694-apple-authorizes-sideloaded-epic-games-store-after-blocking.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The drive supports PCIe Gen4 using the familiar U.2 form factor but is also available in an E3.S form factor to leverage a PCIe Gen5 interface. The first models afford 61.44 TB of capacity, although Samsung teased that future iterations could push that to 122.88 TB – double the capacity... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103691-samsung-joins-60-tb-class-ssd-club-teases.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Australian government, led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, has officially announced a new partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build a "top secret" cloud platform for intelligence-related operations. This "strategic partnership" with the US company will span several years, costing a significant amount of Australian dollars, and will... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103682-australia-new-top-secret-cloud-platform-built-aws.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

As Sean Rafferty, professor of Anthropology at the University at Albany, explains in a recent 'Curious Kids' article, the discovery was likely an accidental stroke of genius. He points out that corn (or maize as it's known) has some pretty hardy components like the outer kernel shell that allowed evidence... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103680-ever-wonder-who-invented-popcorn-all-started-7000.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A code reference on Apple's backend, discovered by MacRumors, uses the identifier "HomeAccessory17,1" – a new identifier, one that bears a resemblance to the HomePod's "AudioAccessory" name. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103681-apple-rumored-launch-ai-powered-home-device-merging.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Just this past week, a report from Akamai was reconfirming that bots make up an enormous amount of overall web traffic, and that AI is making things much easier for cybercriminals and dishonest ventures. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103674-cloudflare-now-offers-one-click-solution-block-ai.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Memory requirements stemming from advanced datasets for AI and HPC applications often swamp the memory built into a GPU. Expanding that memory has typically meant installing expensive high bandwidth memory, which often introduces changes to the existing GPU architecture or software. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103670-new-technology-enables-gpus-use-pcie-attached-memory.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

As the involvement of AI in military applications grows, alarm over the eventual emergence of fully autonomous weapons grows with it. A recent report from the New York Times highlights how battlefield necessities in Ukraine threaten to take humans completely out of the loop. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103668-ai-ukraine-drone-warfare-bringing-us-one-step.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Last week, a hacker or hackers known as ShinyHunters posted a message on a popular hacking forum claiming they had compromised Twilio and obtained 33 million phone numbers registered with the Authy service. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103671-twilio-confirms-millions-phone-numbers-stolen-authy-2fa.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed an atmospheric wonderland of bizarre structures and activity looming over Jupiter's Great Red Spot. It's a turbulent skyscape sculpted by immensely powerful atmospheric gravity waves, making the region at least as dramatic as Earth's famed auroras. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103660-jupiter-great-red-spot-packs-zestful-surprise-atmosphere.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

As we approach the fall iPhone launch season, details are starting to trickle out about Apple's next generation of smartphones. Fresh code findings indicate a significant change for the iPhone 16 series: all models will likely use the same A18 chip. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103656-apple-iphone-16-lineup-could-feature-unified-a18.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A tipster claims Pixel 9 devices will ship with an assortment of AI tools collectively called Google AI, similar to the Galaxy AI suite in the Galaxy S24 series. The tools will reportedly include Gemini, which will replace Google Assistant in the upcoming devices. It will also include "Circle to... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103658-pixel-9-could-ship-microsoft-recall-like-feature.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Back in 2022, Japan declared "war" on floppy disks. Digital minister Taro Kono wrote that floppies, CDs, and even mini-disks were still required for around 1,900 government procedures in which business communities submit applications and other forms. The country's digital agency said it would be bringing these procedures into the... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103657-end-era-japan-finally-removes-floppy-disks-all.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Robert Williams was arrested in January 2020 after his drivers' license photo was flagged as a likely match to a man seen stealing designer watches from a store in 2018. During questioning, Williams was told he was being arrested based solely on the results of a facial recognition lineup. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103653-new-rules-detroit-police-after-wrongful-arrest-prompts.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A group of entrepreneurs is proposing to build the world's largest subsea energy interconnector, linking Europe and North America with three pairs of high-voltage cables. The connection would transport renewable energy back and forth between continents, taking advantage of the sun's daily migration across the sky. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103644-bold-plan-takes-shape-build-world-largest-subsea.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A UK employment tribunal found in favor of senior programmer Paul Ah-Thion, who said CIG's return-to-office policy failed to accommodate his needs as a disabled person, writes Game Developer. Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103641-star-citizen-developer-must-pay-disabled-former-employee.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Western Australian national Michael Clapsis from Perth appeared in the Magistrates Court last week. He faces nine charges of cybercrime violations for allegedly setting up fake public Wi-Fi networks at multiple locations across the country to swipe unsuspecting users' data. He had been arrested earlier this spring. After his court... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103634-man-used-evil-twin-wi-fi-network-airports.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

According to an average estimate based on forecasts from 12 analysts polled by LSEG – as reported by Reuters – Tesla is expected to deliver 438,019 vehicles for the previous quarter, down 6% compared to the same quarter a year earlier. It's noted that seven of the analysts have slashed... Read Entire Article https://www.techspot.com/news/103639-tesla-deliveries-look-set-fall-second-consecutive-quarter.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger