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The SEC did not follow best security practices in run up X account hack, and US lawmakers are not happy
Following on from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) X (formerly Twitter) hack, US lawmakers are pushing for the SEC to review its cybersecurity practices after it was discovered there was no multi-factor authentication active at the time of the hack. The hack resulted in a single tweet being released…
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Risk at the ballot boxes in 2024 – study finds many local US governments severely lacking in protection as election looms
The lack of adequate staff and a proper budget are placing the security of this year’s US elections at great risk, new research has warned, with this risk is further compounded by a rise in the number of threat actors, and the tools at their disposal. A report from Arctic…
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Your Bosch smart thermostat might not be as clever as you thought – this security flaw could let hackers install malicious updates and more, so patch now
Your Bosch smart thermostat can be hacked and used by threat actors for a wide variety of malicious activities, researchers have warned. Cybersecurity experts from Bitdefender have published a new report in which they detailed discovering a vulnerability in the Bosch BCC100 thermostat for versions SW 1.7.0 – HD 4.13.22.…
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Computer RAM gets biggest upgrade in 25 years but it may be too little, too late — LPCAMM2 won’t stop Apple, Intel and AMD from integrating memory directly on the CPU
Today’s computers use either SO-DIMM or Low-power DDR (LPDDR) RAM. LPDDR surpasses DDR5 in terms of speed and comes in a form factor that reduces power and footprint while enhancing performance. However, LPDDR memory isn’t modular and must be soldered onto the motherboard, meaning replacing it for repairs or upgrades…
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‘For many AI applications, GPUs are compute overkill, consuming much more power and money than needed’: How Ampere Computing plans to ride the AI wave
Ampere Computing is a startup that’s making waves in the tech industry by challenging the dominance of tech giants like AMD, Nvidia, and Intel. With the rise of AI, the demand for computing power has skyrocketed, along with energy costs and demand on power grids. Ampere aims to address this…
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Hard disk drives are next in line to become mostly enterprise hardware — as Nvidia (and AMD) could be planning to focus on AI, leaving consumers as second-class citizens
Hard drives may become a technology that’s almost exclusively the preserve of enterprise and businesses over the next few years, and there’s every chance that consumer-grade graphics cards will follow suit. Hard drive shipments declined sharply over the last five consecutive quarters, based on TrendFocus figures, as reported by Blocks…
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