Author: Zach_Wilson
Forget Gorilla Glass – E Ink displays could replace the backs of future phones
As much as it’s about smartphones, connectivity and networks, MWC 2024 is also a bounty of weird and wonderful tech, especially from smaller brands, and one such example is the Infinix E-Color Shift phone. Just a concept/prototype for now, but with real potential to become a real thing, the E-Color…
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Microsoft drops support for the Surface Pro 7 – and the convertible’s not even 5 years old
The Surface Pro 7 is just shy of five years old, and today (February 28) marks the end of support for Microsoft’s once-flagship 2-in-1 computer. So, if you’re still holding onto your model, be warned: there will be no more firmware updates, no new fixes, maintenance improvements, and performance updates…
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AI models could be attacked, flawed by this Hugging Face security issue — security worries add to AI concerns
There is a way to abuse the Hugging Face Safetensors conversion tool to hijack AI models and mount supply chain attacks. This is according to security researchers from HiddenLayer, who discovered the flaw and published their findings last week, The Hacker News reports. For the uninitiated, Hugging Face is a…
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Wendy’s says ‘dynamic’ pricing won’t tack surge pricing onto your nuggets
Earlier this month we issued our fourth quarter and full year 2023 earnings results and included an update on investments we are making in our digital business. One initiative is digital menuboards, which are being added to U.S. Company-operated restaurants. We said these menuboards would give us more flexibility to…
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Honda built a powered chair to zoom around theme parks while wearing an AR headset
At the upcoming SXSW Conference in Texas, Honda will give attendees a chance to try out a new mobility device called UNI-ONE that was specifically designed for mixed reality entertainment experiences. Users can steer the UNI-ONE without the use of their hands — they simply have to lean into one…
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Biden orders crackdown on selling Americans’ personal data abroad
The White House says it’s targeting data brokers, which it says collect more personal data than ever before — data that includes things like personal health and financial data. The scale can be staggering: in a recent extreme example from a Consumer Reports study, 48,000 companies had sent Facebook data…
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