Month: August 2023
NYC’s transit agency disables feature that made it possible to track subway riders
New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced today that it’s disabling the “feature” on its website that made it possible to track people’s movements by entering their credit card info. The MTA says it’s turning off the seven-day history feature for OMNY as part of its commitment to privacy.…
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Watch India’s lunar rover take a spin on the Moon
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is riding on the high of its Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission’s successful landing, sharing more of it with the world by posting a new video of the lander’s imager observing the rover as it rotates on the no-longer-Super-Blue Moon’s surface. The post describes the rover…
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Super Mario Bros. Wonder hands-on: A delightful reinvention of a classic
It’s hard to believe that the last brand-new 2D Mario game came out more than 10 years ago. That’s not to say I don’t appreciate updates to classics like Super Mario 35 or remixes such as the Super Mario Maker series. But without a fresh entry to the franchise, it…
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Nvidia and AMD say they face new restrictions on AI chip sales
Nvidia and AMD say they face new restrictions in some Middle Eastern countries, Reuters reports. This widens the restrictions on these chips beyond China and Russia. The new licensing requirement applies to “a subset” of Nvidia’s top-end chips, the company said. In response, the Biden administration said it “has not…
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Apple kills support for older Touch Bar MacBooks – could this be the end of the line?
Apple has reportedly added the 2017 Touch Bar MacBook Pro to its list of vintage products around the world, with both the 13- and 15-inch versions affected. The move means that getting those laptops repaired could now be more difficult than ever before. The Touch Bar was first introduced in…
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Paramount confirms data breach, user personal data compromised
Entertainment powerhouse Paramount Global was hacked earlier this year, between May and June, with threat actors running away with sensitive data. As reported by BleepingComputer, Executive Vice President (EVP) of Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Brian Keane, mailed the victims earlier this week, to explain what had happened and what the company…
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