Month: July 2020
Billions of Windows and Linux devices at risk of hijacking null
Billions of devices running modern operating systems such as Linux and Windows could be at risk from a wide-ranging new security vulnerability, new research as found. Security firm Eclypsium has discovered a EUFI Secure Boot vulnerability that allows unfettered access to affected systems. Virtually all modern servers, client PCs, and…
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OpenAI’s latest breakthrough is astonishingly powerful, but still fighting its flaws
The most exciting new arrival in the world of AI looks, on the surface, disarmingly simple. It’s not some subtle game-playing program that can outthink humanity’s finest or a mechanically advanced robot that backflips like an Olympian. No, it’s merely an autocomplete program, like the one in the Google search…
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Impossible Burger’s fake meat is coming to 2,000 Walmart stores
Impossible Foods has just announced that its plant-based Impossible Burger will be available at Walmart starting today, which is the most significant rollout of its faux-meat product so far. The company had already started expanding its grocery store… Source
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NASA’s life-hunting Mars rover is officially on its way to the Red Planet
NASA’s latest Mars rover — a six-wheeled SUV-sized robot named Perseverance — successfully launched from Florida this morning, embarking on a nearly seven-month journey to the Red Planet. Once it reaches Mars, it will attempt a harrowing landing to the surface and start exploring the planet’s terrain, hoping to solve…
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Intel Evo could be a revolutionary new lineup of processors null
Intel has some new logos for its processors, or at least there are some trademark filings for them, and a new brand has popped up among these – a certain Intel Evo range, which could, theoretically, be Alder Lake (12th-gen) desktop CPUs. This was spotted by PC Gamer, with the…
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Huawei tops the worldwide smartphone market for the first time
Despite bans in the US and its own dire predictions, Hauwei shipped more smartphones last quarter than any other company, according to research firm Canalys. The Chinese company took over from previous world leader Samsung, as Huawei’s sales declined… Source
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