Defense

Bezos’ climate fund faces a reckoning with Amazon’s pollution

Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos speaks to the media on the companys sustainability efforts on September 19, 2019 in Washington,DC.Photo credit should read ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images People living with Amazon’s pollution see gaps in Bezos’ funding Once he steps down as CEO of Amazon later this year, Jeff Bezos will have more… Read more

A Glitch in the Matrix is quirky, creepy, and way too unreal

In February 2003, a 19-year-old named Joshua Cooke shot his parents to death in their Virginia home. Cooke told his lawyers that he believed he was living in the Matrix, a simulated universe outlined in the 1999 Keanu Reeves blockbuster of the same name. Cooke pleaded guilty, and the defense was never used. But years… Read more

Microsoft made a giant climate pledge one year ago — here’s where it’s at now

One year after pledging to remove all of its historic and future planet-heating emissions within a few decades, Microsoft says it has already slashed its carbon footprint by 6 percent. It’s an incremental change that’s in line with what’s needed globally to address the climate crisis, but there is a whole lot of work left… Read more

Joe Biden made climate change a national security priority — what’s next?

President Joe Biden signed a sweeping executive order today that makes climate change a top US national security priority. He commissioned a “National Intelligence Estimate on the security implications of climate change.” He also directed the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to develop plans to adapt to a warming world. The environmental and… Read more

The Medium is slow-burning psychological horror on the Xbox Series X

Filed under: Games Review It can be clunky, but a chilling, gruesome atmosphere makes it work The Medium is a game about a person who is able to live in two worlds, experiencing the realms of the living and the dead at the same time. Developed by the same team behind the 2019 adaptation of… Read more

Apple launches limited-edition ‘Black Unity Collection’ Apple Watch

Apple is launching a limited-edition Apple Watch for Black History Month, with a unique watch band, new watchface, and some of the proceeds going toward civil rights organizations. The watch, part of a new Black Unity Collection of products, comes with a black, green, and red striped band and face, meant to reflect the Pan-African… Read more

Some RTX 3060 Cards Could Cost More Than RTX 3060 Tis

Home News GeForce RTX 3060 (Image credit: Nvidia) The GeForce RTX 3060 (codename Ampere) will launch next month at $329. However, early retailer pricing suggests that third-party GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card will likely cost a lot more than Nvidia’s MSRP – maybe even as much as the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. CCL Computers (via… Read more

US Defense Intelligence Agency admits to buying citizens’ location data

An intelligence agency has just confirmed that the US government does indeed buy location data collected by its citizens’ smartphones. In a memo sent to Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and obtained by The New York Times, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) admitted that it buys location data from brokers — and that the data isn’t… Read more

The 3 phases of a ransomware attack and how to protect yourself. Ivanti's advice

Chris Goettl, Director of Product Management for Security Products by Ivanti, analyzes the steps necessary to launch a ransomware-type attack, highlighting the countermeasures to be taken at each stage, including recovery from backup by Alberto Falchi published on 21 January 2021 , at 14: 41 in the channel Security Ivanti Ransomware is one of the… Read more

heise offer: iX workshop IT security: current attack techniques and their defense

heise offer On two days you will analyze current attack techniques in order to better evaluate your own vulnerability and protective measures. Early bird discount until 3.2. The online course Current attack techniques and their defense provides an overview of the current threat situation over two days. Strategies and techniques of frequent attacks are explained… Read more

Smart working is under attack! For Trend Micro, IT teams will need to invest in staff training

With Access-as business model -a-Service, cybercriminals will put a strain on IT’s ability to protect data, which with smart working are no longer found within the corporate perimeter. Bees will become the preferred attack vector of Alberto Falchi , Vittorio Manti published on 21 January 2021 , at 08: 21 in the Security channel Trend… Read more

Bug in Windows 10: Path specification can cause blue screen

Security researcher Jonas Lykkegard has published details of a bug that affects several versions of Windows 10 (including the current 20 H2) and possibly server – Operating system versions concerned. The error ensures that calling up a certain file path, for example in the address bar of a web browser, causes a blue screen. Administrator… Read more

Virgin Orbit set to try and send satellites to space for the first time

Virgin Orbit — the sister company of billionaire Richard Branson’s space tourism outfit Virgin Galactic — will try a second test of its small satellite-launching rocket later today, months after it failed to reach orbit during a first attempt. It will also be the first time that the company tries to launch working satellites into… Read more

Xiaomi added to “Communist Chinese military companies” US Blacklist

João Silva 4 mins ago Featured Tech News, Mobile The US government has added Xiaomi to its list of companies with alleged connections to the Chinese military. Unlike Huawei, Xiaomi hasn’t been added to the Entity List, meaning the company will still be allowed to use US technology and components within its products. According to CNBC, Xiaomi… Read more

New Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger draws a comparison with Apple

Although the future CEO of Intel, Pat Gelsinger, will not officially inherit his role until February, he held a company-wide meeting in Oregon yesterday. In it Gelsinger commented on the current situation of the chip manufacturer and found only limited words of praise. First and foremost, the meeting was about Intel’s dwindling market power, which… Read more