Archive for the 'Technology' Category
This Smartphone Has Physical Kill Switches for Its Cameras, Microphone, Data, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi
August 17th, 2020Via: Android Police: Once you open up the PinePhone, you get access to six induvidual dip switches that control the modem, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microphone, rear camera, front camera, and even the headphone jack.
Security Leak Reveals Chinese Government Surveillance of More Ethnic Minorities
August 17th, 2020Via: Sky News Australia:
Microsoft Put Off Fixing Zero Day for 2 Years
August 17th, 2020Via: Krebs on Security: A security flaw in the way Microsoft Windows guards users against malicious files was actively exploited in malware attacks for two years before last week, when Microsoft finally issued a software update to correct the problem. One of the 120 security holes Microsoft fixed on Aug. 11’s Patch Tuesday was CVE-2020-1464, […]
SpaceX Starlink Beta Users Getting Download Speeds of 11 to 60Mbps
August 16th, 2020While these speeds are nowhere near the 1 Gbit/sec that had been mentioned with Starlink, this was already enough to cause me (someone who has struggled with rural Internet access since 2006) to go bug-eyed: Wow. Forget existing satellite based ISPs. They’re dead. And good riddance. *spit* But I do hope that other rural Internet […]
ShadowGate
August 15th, 2020Under normal circumstances, before posting this, I probably would have sifted through it for a couple of days to try to verify the main points. But… Millie Weaver, the independent reporter who produced and directed the film, has just been indicted and arrested in Ohio: According to the information I obtained through my investigative inquiries […]
Fed’s “Direct Money Transfers” Are Coming: Brainard Says Fed Collaborating With MIT On “Hypothetical” Digital Currency
August 14th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: And while this idea may have seemed absolutely ludicrous as recently as just one year ago, the fact that the just as ludicrous Helicopter Money is now de facto policy means that direct deposits of cash by the Fed into individual accounts is becoming increasingly probable, the only thing missing is the “digital […]
VW Will Develop Battery Cells for Electric Cars in U.S.
August 14th, 2020Via: Electrek: Volkswagen announced plans to add electric vehicle engineering at its factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The German automaker mentioned plans to develop cells and battery packs at the US plant. The German automaker has been hard at work developing its next-generation electric cars based on its MEB platform. Much of the work happened in […]
Australia Fast-Tracks Plan to Send Solar Power to Singapore
August 10th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: Australia granted “major project status” to an ambitious A$22 billion ($16 billion) plan to export power from a giant solar farm in the country’s north to Southeast Asia via undersea cable. The status recognizes the “strategic significance” of the project, which is expected to inject billions of dollars into the economy and create […]
Federal Reserve: 24x7x365 Interbank Settlement Service with Clearing Functionality to Support Instant Payments in the United States
August 10th, 2020Via: Federal Reserve: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced details of the FedNow? Service, a new 24x7x365 interbank settlement service with clearing functionality to support instant payments in the United States. … Based on ongoing stakeholder engagement, additional features and service enhancements will be introduced over time. The target launch date for the service […]
Snapdragon Chip Flaws Put Over a Billion Android Phones at Risk
August 9th, 2020Via: Ars Technica: A billion or more Android devices are vulnerable to hacks that can turn them into spying tools by exploiting more than 400 vulnerabilities in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chip, researchers reported this week. The vulnerabilities can be exploited when a target downloads a video or other content that’s rendered by the chip. Targets can […]
