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Microsoft’s deep-sea experiment just revealed some very shocking server data Underwater Data Center
Two years ago, Microsoft’s Project Natick team conducted an experiment where it submerged a self-sustaining data center off the coast of Scotland’s Orkney Islands. The data center has now been retrieved from the ocean floor and the company’s researchers have already learned a lot from the experiment. For starters, the…
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AMD reveals its Radeon RX 6000 GPU design on Twitter — and in Fortnite
AMD’s last batch of new graphics cards, the midrange Radeon RX 5700 series, didn’t wow with their designs or high-end performance — but the new Radeon RX 6000 looks like it could actually be the long-awaited answer to Nvidia’s flagship graphics cards. When I say “looks like,” I mean it…
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Facebook ignored blatant political manipulation around the world, claims former data scientist
A fired Facebook data scientist has written a 6,600-word memo condemning the company for ignoring evidence the platform was wielded to sway public opinion and manipulate elections around the world, according to a report from BuzzFeed News, which obtained a copy of the memo. The data scientist, Sophie Zhang, was…
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Razer data leak may have exposed info of over 100,000 customers
If you recently bought something from Razer, you'll want to keep an eye on your email inbox for suspicious links. According to security researcher Bob Diachenko, the company recently misconfigured one of its Elasticsearch servers, leaving the sensiti… Source
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Anchor says it’s cracking down on stolen podcasts
Anchor, a Spotify-owned company, is addressing the copycat podcast problem that’s roiled the industry for the past month. In an interview with The Verge, Mike Mignano, Anchor’s co-founder and head of podcast mission at Spotify, says the company is recalibrating its automated copycat detection system, implementing additional rules and checks…
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Most cloud cyberattacks just want to mine cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency
The vast majority of cyberattacks on cloud servers are designed to mine cryptocurrency as opposed to stealing sensitive company data according to a new report from Aqua Security. Team Nautilus, the firm’s cybersecurity research team, tracked and analyzed 16,371 attacks between June 2019 and July of this year to compile…
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