Month: August 2022
Linux 6.1 will tell you when your CPU is crocked
Audio player loading… Linux users are set to get a new way to identify faulty CPUs, with Linux kernel version 6.1. The new feature will allow users to print the socket and core which are likely responsible when a segmentation fault occurs, which should allow users to spot if a particular…
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Meta’s VP of Horizon is leaving the company
Meta’s Vivek Sharma, the company’s VP of its Horizon social VR platform, is leaving the company, as reported by Reuters. Meta spokesperson Bryan Pope confirmed Sharma’s departure to The Verge and said that Sharma is leaving to pursue an unrelated career opportunity. Sharma’s departure is happening at a somewhat awkward…
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Twitter shopping features could lead to ‘individual or societal harm,’ according to leaked memo
Shopping features on Twitter pose content moderation risks and could be used “in a way that leads to individual or societal harm,” according to an internal memo sent to a team of Twitter employees. The memo, a portion of which was obtained by The Verge, was sent in early July…
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NASA’s Space Launch System: everything to know about the big launch
The SLS is finally ready for its big debut Contributors: Verge Staff NASA’s oft-delayed Space Launch System is scheduled to take off on its debut flight on August 29th, 2022. The megarocket is designed to launch vehicles into deep space, and its first mission is called Artemis I. It will…
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PSA: Bandcamp Fridays are coming back
Bandcamp is bringing back its Bandcamp Fridays promotion where it waives its cut of any money you spend buying music from artists or their labels on its marketplace. Historically, the company ran the promotion on the first Friday of every month, and that appears to be the case this time…
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LastPass confirms attackers stole some source code
Earlier this week, LastPass started notifying its users of a “recent security incident” where an “unauthorized party” used a compromised developer account to access parts of its password manager’s source code and “some proprietary LastPass technical information.” In a letter to its users, the company’s CEO Karim Toubba explains that…
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