Samsung Group has unveiled a 240 trillion won ($205 billion) expansion that will entail hiring 40,000 people over three years, a sprawling investment blueprint intended to build the South Korean conglomerate’s lead in next-generation technologies. From…
More Than 80 Cultures Still Speak in Whistles
An anonymous reader shares a report: Tourists visiting La Gomera and El Hierro in the Canary Islands can often hear locals communicating over long distances by whistling — not a tune, but the Spanish language. “Good whistlers can understand all the me…
Apple and Google’s Fight in Seoul Tests Biden in Washington
For months, Apple and Google have been fighting a bill in the South Korean legislature that they say could imperil their lucrative app store businesses. The companies have appealed directly to South Korean lawmakers, government officials and the public…
YouTube Says Content Policing is Good for Business
While critics allege YouTube puts profits over public safety, product head Neal Mohan insists that the Google-owned video site is working to be a better content moderator in part because it is good for business. From a report: Users spend billions of h…
Hundreds of Thousands of Realtek-based Devices Under Attack from IoT Botnet
A dangerous vulnerability in Realtek chipsets used in hundreds of thousands of smart devices from at least 65 vendors is currently under attack from a notorious DDoS botnet gang. From a report: The attacks started last week, according to a report from …
Intel Inks Deal with Department of Defense To Support Domestic Chip-Building Ecosystem
Intel has signed a deal with the Department of Defense to support a domestic commercial chip-building ecosystem. The chipmaker will lead the first phase of a program called Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes – Commercial (RAMP-C), which aims to …
38 Million Records Were Exposed Online — Including Contact-Tracing Info
More than a thousand web apps mistakenly exposed 38 million records on the open internet, including data from a number of Covid-19 contact tracing platforms, vaccination sign-ups, job application portals, and employee databases. The data included a ran…
Google Pay Team Reportedly in Major Upheaval After Botched App Revamp
Google Pay is apparently just as much a disaster internally as the app transition has been externally. From a report: That’s the big takeaway from a recent Business Insider article detailing an exodus of executives from Google’s payment division, lower…
Gain Admin Privileges To a Windows Machine By Plugging In a Razer Mouse
An anonymous reader writes: A Razer Synapse zero-day vulnerability has been disclosed that allows you to gain Windows admin privileges simply by plugging in a Razer mouse or keyboard.
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Ethiopia To Build Local Rival To Facebook, Other Platforms
Ethiopia has begun developing its own social media platform to rival Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, though it does not plan to block the global services, the state communications security agency said on Monday. From a report: Ethiopia has been engulfe…