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CPU security module “Pluton”: Intel promises choice

In future, all AMD and Intel processors for Windows PCs (and notebooks) will incorporate the Microsoft controller “Pluton”, which anchors a so-called Root of Trust with a cryptographic Microsoft key directly in the CPU. After Microsoft announced the Pluton project, AMD and Intel published their own information on it. Both manufacturers emphasize that they already… Read more

Gaia-X: Big US hyperscalers want to get involved in the EU cloud

Gaia-X should become an interoperable European alternative to cloud services from IT giants such as Amazon, Alibaba, Google or Microsoft. But most of the Americans in particular immediately expressed interest in participating and are now all on board at least as partners and members of technical working groups. At the two-day digital “Gaia-X Summit”, all… Read more

Microsoft Intros Pluton Processor, Intel Will Adopt AMD’s Security Approach

Home News (Image credit: Microsoft ) In response to a new wave of attacks that have compromised standard approaches to Windows security, Microsoft announced its Pluton security processor that will reside inside of future consumer chips from both AMD and Intel – but it’s built using a technology that AMD pioneered with its custom processors… Read more

IBM is to take over the central specialist service for the e-prescription

IBM is to operate the specialist service that stores the electronic prescriptions prescribed by the doctor on the server in encrypted form until they are redeemed by a pharmacy. This specialist service can then download the prescriptions into the insured person’s prescription app and into the pharmacy’s administration systems. The e-prescription is to be introduced… Read more

Researcher: Governments have to work on the acceptance of Corona apps

In view of the low usage figures for Corona warning apps, Swiss scientists see governments as responsible for ensuring wider acceptance. Many Corona apps are not even used by 30 percent of the population, write Effy Vayena and Alessandro Blasimme from ETH Zurich in an article for the specialist journal Science . The scientists explain… Read more

Microsoft says hackers from Russia and North Korea attacked COVID-19 vaccine makers

Cyberattacks that originated in North Korea and Russia have been targeting companies conducting research for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, Microsoft said in a new blog post. The company says the attacks were aimed at seven leading pharmaceutical companies and researchers in the US, Canada, France, India, and South Korea. “Among the targets, the majority are… Read more

For the first time since 2018: Bitcoin briefly back over 16,000 US dollars

The crypto currency Bitcoin continues course to past record highs: For the first time since 2018 digital money was again more than 16. 000 worth US dollars – although the exchange rate dropped again shortly afterwards. The Coinmarketcap service currently counts an average price of 15. 860 US dollars at the trading venues. The last… Read more

Best upcoming Xbox One games to look forward to in 2020

(Pocket-lint) – There are amazing games coming out for Xbox One in the coming months. Whether you own an Xbox One S, 4K-ready Xbox One X or one of the newly-released next-gen consoles, most games work across them all. We’ve rounded up the Xbox One games we’re looking forward to the most for you to get… Read more

heise + | 10 years E-Perso: What Germany can learn from Austria

10 Years E-Perso: What Germany can learn from Austria Austria has passed Technology-neutral law Promotion of the digital ID card Question of trust Perso should be in the mobile phone Austria also with data protection in front Article in c’t 24 / 2020 read The hopes were high when in November 2010 the “Law on… Read more

OnePlus N10 5G: it seems not to be a real OnePlus! Sin. The review

Let’s talk about OnePlus again this time but with the Nord series, the cheapest one. We tried the new OnePlus N 10 5G, the smartphone from 349 ?? that wants to attack the medium-low end of the market. Unfortunately we stay a while? disappointed because it is not the usual OnePlus that we would have… Read more

How Bunny the dog is pushing scientists’ buttons

Bunny the dog lounges with her buttons.Image: Alexis Devine TikTok’s most famous talking dog has inspired some serious research Like many devoted dog owners, Alexis Devine spends hours every day sitting in her living room talking to her dog, Bunny. The peculiar thing is that Bunny “talks” back. Scroll through Devine’s TikTok page and you’ll… Read more

Digital capitalism: Public law platforms against Facebook & Co.

“The social media are outside of our constitutional system,” complained Shoshana Zuboff, who coined the term surveillance capitalism, on Tuesday at the start of the online congress “Digital capitalism – a turning point through Corona?” of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. When Facebook went public, the founder Mark Zuckerberg was given “total control over the world’s… Read more

macOS Big Sur looks very similar to iOS but does a lot differently (update)

Apple is not only striving for a paradigm shift in the hardware of the Macs – the software is also being fundamentally revised. First of all, the name of the next macOS generation has been revealed. The first version of macOS 00011 will be given the suffix Big Sur. So you stay true to the… Read more

Best blender 2020: Blitz and juice food with ease

(Pocket-lint) – Blenders are one of those bits of kitchen kit that doesn’t feel essential until you’ve got one. Whether it’s to help you get into a daily smoothie routine, or you’re hoping to make more soups, or if milkshakes particularly float your boat, there are myriad reasons to pick up a blender. Best stand… Read more

Crypto Wars: Massive protests against EU attack on encryption

The planned declaration of the EU Council of Ministers on “Security through encryption and security despite encryption”, with which the member states want to demand the aid of service providers such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Threema, Signal or WhatsApp for decryption, is making waves . Representatives from science, business and politics are storming the project…. Read more