Month: February 2024
HMD is making a Barbie flip phone alongside a smartphone for tinkerers
HMD is crossing its fingers for a second summer of Barbie. The company, which has exclusively sold phones under the Nokia brand name for the past seven years, has announced plans to release a Barbie-branded flip phone this July in partnership with Mattel. It’s one of several devices HMD has…
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‘Inspired by a car wash’: Researchers unveil quasi-universal tag that’s virtually unhackable thanks to glue — terahertz antitampering tag could help save billions of dollars in counterfeiting costs
Traditional radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, commonly used for product authentication, have several limitations including size, cost, energy requirements, and security vulnerabilities. Researchers at MIT have developed a revolutionary cryptographic ID tag that overcomes these hurdles and could help combat the billion-dollar problem of supply chain counterfeiting. This minuscule, battery-free tag,…
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The latest ‘Woj bomb’ was just a scam NFT tweet from a hacked account
People who still use NBA Top Shot were the primary targets of a scam tweet posted to ESPN reporter Adrian Wojnarowski’s account on X Saturday evening at about 6:30PM ET. The tweet referred to NBA Top Shot as a “popular” NFT platform, despite the fact that current activity levels are…
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The new Dell XPS 14 is good but… the older models start at just $599 right now
If you’re a fan of high-end laptops no doubt you’ve heard that Dell has just released a new line of gorgeous 14-inch and 16-inch XPS models. With a design that’s reminiscent of last year’s Dell XPS 13 Plus, these models are shaping up to be a fantastic option for those…
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin sued over a plane crash that killed two pilots last year
Google co-founder Sergey Brin is facing a wrongful death lawsuit from the widow of one of two pilots who died in a plane crash off the coast of California in May 2023. It blames a poorly installed modification for the crash and claims his representatives intentionally slowed recovery efforts to…
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China’s CPU rival to Intel and AMD is rapidly catching up on a key metric — but don’t expect it to be competitive with Ryzens and Cores anytime soon
You might not be too familiar with Loongson, but it has been developing computer processors since 2000, and in China the company is widely viewed as the grandfather of domestic CPUs. The launch of Loongson 1 in 2002 was China’s first independently developed general-purpose CPU, using the MIPS III instruction…
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