Hackers have attacked and shut down the IT systems of the company that manages COVID-19 vaccination appointments for the Lazio region surrounding Rome, the regional government said on Sunday. From a report: “A powerful hacker attack on the region’s CED…
Amazon Will Pay You $10 in Credit for Your Palm Print Biometrics
How much is your palm print worth? If you ask Amazon, it’s about $10 in promotional credit if you enroll your palm prints in its checkout-free stores and link it to your Amazon account. From a report: Last year, Amazon introduced its new biometric palm…
How Google Quietly Funds Europe’s Leading Tech Policy Institutes
Google has provided tens of millions of pounds of funding to academics investigating issues closely related to its business model. From a report: A recent scientific paper proposed that, like Big Tobacco in the Seventies, Big Tech thrives on creating u…
Microsoft’s Windows 365 Cloud PC Service Will Range From $20 To $162 Per User Per Month
When Microsoft unveiled its Windows 365 Cloud PC desktop-as-a-service product last month, officials said they’d release pricing on the day the service became generally available, August 2. As promised, the company has published pricing, and it ranges f…
Tale of Fake Hewlett-Packard Gear Spurs Arrest in China, Lawsuit
An anonymous reader shares a report: When three Chinese nationals were jailed in Beijing almost a decade ago and accused of selling fake Hewlett-Packard networking gear, it looked like an example of U.S. companies getting what they’d long demanded: agg…
Google Will Abandon Qualcomm and Build Its Own Smartphone Processors This Year
Google announced Monday it will build its own smartphone processor, called Google Tensor, that will power its new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones this fall. From a report: It’s another example of a company building its own chips to create what it felt w…
Major Ethereum Upgrade Set To Alter Supply, Fix Transaction Fees
Ethereum, the second-largest blockchain network, is about to undergo a technical adjustment that will significantly alter the way transactions are processed, as well as reduce the supply of the ether token and sharply boost its price. The scheduled cod…
Intel Executive Posts Thunderbolt 5 Photo Then Deletes It
AnandTech: An executive visiting various research divisions across the globe isn’t necessarily new, but with a focus on social media driving named individuals at each company to keep their followers sitting on the edge of their seats means that we get …
Hackers Leak Full EA Data After Failed Extortion Attempt
The hackers who breached Electronic Arts last month have released the entire cache of stolen data after failing to extort the company and later sell the stolen files to a third-party buyer. From a report: The data, dumped on an underground cybercrime f…
Square To Buy ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Giant Afterpay in $29 Billion Deal
In a blockbuster deal that rocks the fintech world, Square announced today that it is acquiring Australian buy now, pay later giant Afterpay in a $29 billion all-stock deal. From a report: The purchase price is based on the closing price of Square comm…