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VMware users warned to brace for next big upheaval as latest Broadcom changes rumble on
VMware’s end-user compute products are set to undergo substantial changes imminently, with service providers and customers bracing for the impact of yet another potentially colossal shakeup by Broadcom. An email seen by The Register is reportedly warning service providers of VMware’s Horizon range to either face increased costs or an…
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Researchers produce thinnest sheet of metal ever using a 100-year old Japanese technique — Goldene could pave way for super catalysts, ultra high density optical storage and much more
Described by Nature as the “gilded cousin of Graphene”, Goldene is a one-atom-thick sheet of gold created by scientists from Linköping University (LiU) in Sweden. It has unique properties that the researchers believe could pave the way for applications such as carbon dioxide conversion, hydrogen production, water purification, and communication.…
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Developing countries are being used by hackers to try out new ransomware strains
IT security pros are not the only ones with sandboxes and honeypots to test malware in, as hackers are doing the same – in developing parts of the world. A report from Performanta says that many hackers would first try out new malware strains in developing countries, before targeting companies…
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Samsung unleashes new computer memory technology that promises to accelerate AI to new heights — 10.7Gbps LPDDR5X RAM could be last one before expected game-changing LPDDR6 release later this year
Five years after LPDDR5 was first introduced, and a matter of months before JEDEC finalizes the LPDDR6 standard, Samsung has announced a new, faster version of its LPDDR5X DRAM. When the South Korean tech giant debuted LPDDR5X back in October 2022, its natural successor to LPDDR5 ran at a nippy…
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Phone tracking app with millions of users has a major security flaw that can expose precise locations
A popular phone tracking app was found to be leaking sensitive data on millions of its users. A security researcher named Eric Daigle discovered the flaw in iSharing, a mobile app for device tracking with more than 10 million downloads on the Google Play Store, alone. By abusing the vulnerability,…
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Top network performance tool Flowmon has a serious security flaw, so patch now
Network monitoring and security solution Progress Flowmon was found to be carrying a maximum-severity vulnerability which could allow threat actors to escalate privileges and gain full access to the target endpoint. As reported by BleepigComputer, the performance tracking, diagnostics, and network detection and response tool was vulnerable to CVE-2024-2389, a…
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