The Dovecat malware is currently nesting on NAS devices from Qnap and Synology and mining cryptocurrency at the expense of the victims’ computing power. Qnap has now published information about security. Synology has not yet issued a statement on this.
NAS owners have been reporting such attacks in the official forums of Qnap and Synology for months. The malware requires so much computing power that the devices can hardly be used.
Important security tips In a security warning, Qnap provides tips on how owners can secure their NAS against and other threats. It is particularly important that the current version with security updates of the QTS operating system is always installed. In addition, owners should ensure that they use strong admin passwords and no default ports (80, 443, 8080 and 8081).
In the support area you will find more detailed information including instructions on how to effectively secure network storage. For example, there is how to remove suspicious user accounts. These notes do not only apply to devices from Qnap.
At a point in time that has not yet been known, the developers want to provide a tool to remove Dovecat.
Software in embedded devices offers many points of attack. A systematic approach to securing and automated scanning of security gaps helps.
IoT hacking: Improve firmware and network security Secure update mechanisms Do not underestimate web applications Reduce the attack surface Silence services Article in iX 2 / 2021 read How can IoT software be implemented securely? Embedded firmware often contains sensitive data. This also applies to images that are downloaded to update the firmware. If you extract their data, you can use exposed web services, databases, file or terminal services to steal or manipulate further information.
The methods for securing memory modules represent a hurdle, but not a complete safeguard against access to the memory content. This can only be achieved almost completely by encrypting all content. However, the correct implementation must be ensured here. Experience has shown that important key material such as private keys are often unsecured, i.e. stored in plain text. If an attacker steals the key, he can decrypt the firmware without great difficulty.
The firmware used must be signed so that an attacker cannot manipulate the memory content or the firmware. This is the only way to verify the source as trustworthy. Particular attention should be paid to the boot loader. An attacker often succeeds in manipulating the boot process in such a way that it does not take into account downstream signatures of the kernel or the file system or starts an alternative operating system. Therefore the authenticity of the bootloader has to be checked in order to secure the following processes.
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OnePlus 7T, the evolution of OnePlus 7 is a high-end smartphone that lacks nothing. The specifications are at the top and the user experience is of a high level. Here are the 5 reasons not to miss this smartphone at an incredible price
of Editorial published on 21 January 2021 , at 15: 08 in the Telephony channel OnePlus
The Chinese brand OnePlus has accustomed us to large devices, especially in the high-end. OnePlus 7T has real top-of-the-range specifications even more than one year after its exit. But this is not a problem as OnePlus is always attentive to updates for your devices. In fact, the beta of Android is already available together with new OxygenOS for OnePlus 7T. Here are the 5 reasons not to miss this little gem a only 350 EUR.
The price
Find OnePlus 7T today at 350 EUR is practically an indispensable offer that allows you to save a hundred euros on the selling price that we usually find on the market. OnePlus 7T is available in 8 / 128 GB.
The display
OnePlus 7T features a very high quality display, among the best available in the smartphone market. The panel has a diagonal of 6, 55 inch fluid AMOLED with resolution Full-HD + in 20: 9, HDR support is not missing 10 +. It also offers a refresh rate at 90 Hz , making the fluidity on the screen its strong point.
Hardware
Under the body of OnePlus 7T we find an enviable hardware sector. The onboard SoC is the powerful Snapdragn 855 + 2 octa core, 96 GHz coupled with the GPU Adreno 640 . The memory is a lot, 8 GB of RAM LPDDR4X and 128 GB of external storage memory. USB connector type 3.1 supports video output. We also have a fingerprint sensor under the display reliable. Do not miss the audio with stereo speaker and Dolby Atmos support.
Operating System
OnePlus 7T was launched with Android on board 10 together with the proprietary OxygenOS interface 10. Just in the last few days OnePlus has started the updates to Android 11 also for the 7 series. Consequently, having OnePlus 7T in your hands today offers the same user experience as a top of latest gamma , thanks to android 11 and to a new generation OxygenOS.
Optical stabilized cameras
The camera sector is a strong point of the device. On the back we find three cameras: the main one from 48 MP optically stabilized , a significant plus, which raises the performance of the cam to an enviable level. The second cam is a wide angle module from 16 Mp f / 2.2 , and pleasant surprise is the 2X camera from 12 MP . The shots are of high quality in all light conditions and the main cam records videos in 4K even at 60 fps . The multimedia compartment is really complete, perfect both as a point and shoot and in the Pro version. Also the front cam from 21 MP is performing, with many features for excellent selfies to post on social media.
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The German company Tuxedo brings that 15, 6-inch notebook InfinityBook S 15 with Intel’s Tiger Lake processors and pre-installed Linux operating system. Thanks to its compact dimensions, the model is quite light, and also provides a 73 -Watt-hour battery for a long runtime.
The heart of the InfinityBook S 15 optionally forms a Core i5 – 1135 G7 or Core i7 – 1165 G7 Intel’s 10 Nanometer Production. Both come with four CPU cores, but the i7 model has a higher clock rate, uses more level 3 cache and has a more powerful graphics unit. Both models have Tuxedo with a Thermal Design Power (TDP) of 28 watts run, which ensures high turbo clock frequencies.
Long battery life and many connections The 15 , 6-inch IPS display covers 74 percent of the sRGB color space and lights up with up to 300 cd / m². The housing is made of aluminum and plastic; the complete notebook weighs around 1, 74 kilograms. The battery should last up to 19 hours – under realistic office conditions, Tuxedo promises 11 hours at half display brightness.
On the connection side, the InfinityBook S is 15 well equipped: 1 × Thunderbolt 4 as USB-C port including USB 4, DisplayPort Altmode and Power Delivery, 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbit / s, once each type A and type C), 1 × USB 2.0 type A, HDMI 2.0, audio combo jack, micro SD card reader and Gigabit Ethernet. Wi-Fi 6 (WLAN 802. 11 ax) and Bluetooth 5.1 are also included.
Tuxedo InfinityBook S 15 (19 Pictures) (Image: Tuxedo) From 802 Euro can be pre-ordered The basic configuration of the InfinityBook S 15 with Core i5 – 1135 G7, 250 GByte small SATA-6G-SSD and 8 GByte DDR4-SDRAM costs just under 940 Euro. Buyers can have various operating systems preinstalled, from the Tuxedo OS they have customized themselves to Ubuntu LTS and openSUSE – Windows 10 are available at an additional cost. If you want to save money, order without an SSD and retrofit one yourself. The interior is freely accessible thanks to the removable underside. Delivery is to begin at the end of February 2020.
Comparable notebooks with Tiger Lake CPU, lightweight housing and 250 – cd / m² display are available in small numbers 700 Euro available, but without the promised Linux compatibility and less maintenance-friendly.
OnePlus 7T, the evolution of OnePlus 7 is a high-end smartphone that lacks nothing. The specifications are at the top and the user experience is of a high level. Here are the 5 reasons not to lose this smartphone at an incredible price
of Editorial published on 21 January 2021 , at 15: 08 in the channel Telephony OnePlus
The Chinese brand OnePlus has accustomed us to large devices, especially in the high-end. OnePlus 7T has real top-of-the-range specifications even more than one year after its exit. But this is not a problem as OnePlus is always attentive to updates for your devices. In fact the beta of Android is already available together with the new one OxygenOS for OnePlus 7T. Here are the 5 reasons not to miss this little gem a only 350 EUR.
The price
Find OnePlus 7T today at 350 EUR is practically an indispensable offer that allows you to save a hundred euros on the selling price that we usually find on the market. OnePlus 7T is available in 8 / 90 GB.
The display
OnePlus 7T features a very high quality display, among the best available in the smartphone market. The panel features a 6, 55 inch diagonal fluid AMOLED with resolution Full-HD + in 20: 9, HDR support is not missing 10 +. It also offers a refresh rate at 90 Hz , making the fluidity on the screen its strong point.
Hardware
Under the body of OnePlus 7T we find an enviable hardware sector. The onboard SoC is the powerful Snapdragn 855 + 2 octa core, 96 GHz coupled with the GPU Adreno 640 . The memory is a lot, 8 GB of RAM LPDDR4X and 128 GB of external storage memory. USB connector type 3.1 supports video output. We also have a fingerprint sensor under the display reliable. Do not miss the audio with stereo speaker and Dolby Atmos support.
Operating System
OnePlus 7T was launched with Android on board 10 together with the proprietary OxygenOS interface 10. Just in the last few days OnePlus has started the updates to Android 11 also for the 7 series. Consequently, having OnePlus 7T in your hands today offers the same user experience as a top of the range newer , thanks to Android 11 and to a new generation OxygenOS.
Optical stabilized cameras
The camera compartment is a strong point of the device . On the back we find three cameras: the main one from 48 MP optically stabilized , a significant plus, which raises the performance of the cam to an enviable level. The second cam is a wide angle module from 16 Mp f / 2.2 , and pleasant surprise is the 2X camera from 12 MP . The shots are of high quality in all light conditions and the main cam records videos in 4K even at 60 fps . The multimedia compartment is really complete, perfect both as a point and shoot and in the Pro version. Also the front cam from 21 MP is performing, with many features for excellent selfies to post on social media.
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Apple’s futuristic car seems to be there really and it could come in the next few years just as many rumors have reported. Its appearance is unfortunately not yet clear but some designers have thought about what the multifunction internal display could look like. And they made this video. You’d like it?
by Bruno Mucciarelli published 21 January 2021 , at 13: 21 in the Apple channel Apple
Apple’s future car may not be just a dream but a reality. The rumors about the possibility that the Cupertino company is really in talks with Hyundai for the construction of an Apple Car, have chased each other much too much in recent weeks to be just talk. In fact, unfortunately, at the moment there are no verifiable confirmations but only indiscretions but which in any case have created not only a strong hype in the automotive world but have also given rise to a series of concepts on what revolves around the Apple-branded car of the future. .
Apple Car: what if the internal display is like this ?
So the designers have already set to work and have thought about what will actually affect the new Apple Car. John Calkins’ video takes a cue from this that puts what, according to him, could be the multifunction video panel of a hypothetical Apple car of the future into the car. The video then shows a possible 15 inch touch panel, a little ‘as already seen on Tesla or other electric motor cars and more.
Here, however, a dominating is the Apple operating system with a dock on the left similar to the one we see every day on iPhones or iPads. The applications are all there and the user could indulge in opening for example that of the maps in order to have navigation in the foreground on the huge screen or could also open the app of the music , podcasts or Apple TV + to even see a movie, clearly not with the car in motion.
Next to the dock where the various applications are located there is the schematized Apple Car where the controls for the lights, internal ventilation and other accessories present in the car are indicated. Everything can be controlled via the touches on the multifunction display and clearly there is also Siri , Apple’s voice assistant, which in the car could become essential to carry out some operations without diverting attention from the road.
A new Linux port allows Apple’s M1 Macs to run Ubuntu for the first time. Corellium, a security firm that offers a virtualized version of iOS for security testing, has successfully ported Ubuntu over to M1 Macs and released a tutorial for others to follow. The modified version of Ubuntu boots into the regular user interface and includes USB support.
The team at Corellium have detailed exactly how they managed to get Ubuntu running, and it’s a good in-depth read if you’re interested in the details. While a number of M1 components are shared with Apple’s mobile chips, the non-standard chips made it challenging to create Linux drivers to get Ubuntu running properly.
Apple hasn’t designed its M1 Macs with dual-boot or Boot Camp in mind. Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, has previously ruled out official support for natively booting alternate operating systems like Windows or Linux. Virtualization seems to be Apple’s preferred method, but that hasn’t stopped people from making their own ports.
Linux is now completely usable on the Mac mini M1. Booting from USB a full Ubuntu desktop (rpi). Network works via a USB c dongle. Update includes support for USB, I2C, DART. We will push changes to our GitHub and a tutorial later today. Thanks to the @CorelliumHQ team ❤️ pic.twitter.com/uBDbDmvJUG
— Chris Wade (@cmwdotme) January 20, 2021
Hector Martin, a developer who regularly gets Linux running on a variety of hardware, is also porting Linux to M1 Macs. Developers seem to be enticed by the performance benefits offered by Apple’s M1 chips, and the ability to run Linux on a silent ARM-based machine. “I’ve been waiting for an ARM laptop that can run Linux for a long time,” said Linux creator Linus Torvalds back in November. “The new Air would be almost perfect, except for the OS.”
Corellium CTO Chris Wade describes this new port as “completely usable” on a Mac Mini M1, and it works by booting the full Ubuntu desktop from USB. You will need a USB-C dongle to get networking working, though, and the process to get the port running will require some familiarity with Linux and custom kernels. Corellium has posted a tutorial on the process, if you’re interested in trying this beta project out.
Corellium has some experience in working around Apple’s operating system protections. Corellium offers security researchers a virtual iPhone to help with vulnerability exploration. It’s a process that has angered Apple enough to file lawsuits against Corellium. Apple lost an early challenge against Corellium late last year, after initially filing a lawsuit against the company on copyright grounds back in August 2019. Apple later alleged DMCA violations in January 2020, and a judge dismissed the copyright infringement claims in December. A ruling on the separate DMCA allegations has been deferred.
A first for Raspberry Pi, the Pico microcontroller provides an affordable and simple way to control lights, motors, sensors and other electronic components.
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Low cost
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Built-in ADC
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C workflow is tricky
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Raspberry Pi has a history of disrupting the status quo. In 2012, the first $35 Raspberry Pi offered a low cost entry into a market of single-board computers that was dominated by boards costing in excess of $100+. The Raspberry Pi Pico, the latest board in the range, disrupts a different part of the electronics market, taking on microcontroller boards like Arduino.
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Available for an MSRP of just $4, the Pico is powered by Raspberry Pi’s own custom silicon, the RP2040 SoC, which features an Arm Cortex M0+ processor running at up to 133 Hz, with 264K of SRAM and 2MB of onboard storage. A great choice for robots, weather stations or other electronics projects, the board doesn’t run a full operating system, but instead launches programs you write in either MicroPython or C on a host computer (that could be a PC, a Mac or a regular Pi) and upload to it.
Perhaps even more important than the Pico itself is Raspberry Pi Foundation’s first foray into making its own silicon. We wanted to learn more about the RP2040 so we asked James Adams, Chief Operating Officer at Raspberry Pi Trading to tell us how “Pi Silicon” was created.
“We couldn’t see a way to offer something differentiated in the microcontroller space using existing third-party silicon, so we set out to build our own,” Adams said. “The RP2040 chip has been a long time in the making – we started initial work at the back end of 2016, we had some test silicon in our hands in September 2018 which we then reworked into the final device we use on the Raspberry Pi Pico board. The device has evolved substantially since those early days. We learned a lot from our first test silicon and I think, although it has taken a while, what we’ve ended up with is very exciting (in terms the architecture and performance per $) – it’s a superb bit of engineering. The RP2040 chips are fabricated at TSMC on their 40nm process.”
Adams outlined some of the advantages of the custom silicon.
“We are offering some really unique features with the RP2040 chip – a dual core device (I’m not aware of other dual core microcontrollers at this price point) coupled to a high-performance bus matrix, meaning you can get full performance on both cores concurrently, and plenty of high-bandwidth RAM,” he said. As well as the usual fixed peripherals (UARTs, I2C, SPI etc.) we also have a special bit of hardware called the PIO (Programmable I/O) unit, which is basically a very small, specialised, programmable state machine that can do high-speed, cycle accurate “bit banging” of I/O – this block can be used to offload many kinds of timing-critical pin-waggling tasks from the CPU(s) – we’ve had it emulating interfaces such as SD card, VGA and driving WS2812B LEDs. We’ve also added other goodies like optimised floating-point libraries to the boot ROM, and a USB core which can be used in either master or slave mode.”
Could the Raspberry Pi Pico be the start of a new range of boards based upon the RP2040? Adams said the Foundation is waiting to see how things go with the first board.
Raspberry Pi Pico Hardware Specifications
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System on Chip
RP2040 microcontroller chip designed by Raspberry Pi in the United Kingdom. Dual-core Arm Cortex M0+ processor, flexible clock running up to 133 MHz. 264KB of SRAM, and 2MB of on-board Flash memory
On paper the Raspberry Pi Pico is not even a rival for the Raspberry Pi Zero, which itself costs only $5, , but the key difference between the two is that the Pico is not a Linux computer, rather it is a microcontroller like Arduino and is better for many projects. It could even work in conjunction with a regular Pi. Just like the larger Raspberry Pis and newer Arduino boards, the Pico uses a 3.3V GPIO. This could be seen as a con, but many components can be used with 3V and 5V voltages, and those designed for 5V can still be used with 3V via a voltage divider or a logic level converter board.
The Raspberry Pi Pico is an efficient board for embedded projects. Compared to a typical Raspberry Pi, the Pico consumes much less current, granted it is a microcontroller with none of the overheads that a computer brings. In our test we powered a Raspberry Pi Pico running 12 Neopixel LEDS at full brightness from a 5V power supply. We recorded 140mA current draw, 0.7W! This is remarkable, a Raspberry Pi 4 running idle with nothing connected would run at 4-5W. So compared to Raspberry Pi, the Pico sips power!
Talking of power, we can power the Raspberry Pi Pico via the micro USB port, or we can use the VSYS GPIO pin to provide power between a range of 1.8V to 5.5V. There is no battery charging available via the Pico, so an external circuit would need to be used, page 18 of the Raspberry Pi Pico Datasheet goes into great detail on how to achieve this.
Design of the Raspberry Pi Pico
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What strikes us at first glance is that the Raspberry Pi Pico resembles a newer Arduino microcontroller, an Adafruit Feather or a Teensy board. The Pico is not your typical Raspberry Pi as it eschews from the design and user experience of a typical Pi. It looks and behaves like a typical microcontroller. Measuring 2 x 0.8 inches (51 x 21mm) the Raspberry Pi Pico is smaller than the Raspberry Pi Zero.
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Designed for use with breadboards and surface mount carrier boards, the 40 pins of the Raspberry Pi Pico come unsoldered and so for use we need to break out the soldering iron. We can solder our own header pins to the Pico, or if we intend to embed the Pico into a project we can choose to solder the casellations to pads on the carrier board.
Using the Raspberry Pi Pico with a breadboard requires a half size or larger breadboard, so those mini breadboards are not much use.
James Adams tells us more about the Raspberry Pi Pico design. “The Pico has been designed to be as small and low cost as possible while still being very flexible and friendly to beginners. The board is the same length and one 0.1” pitch wider than a standard 40 pin DIP (Dual Inline Package), and we see it as a component in itself (as it can be soldered down as an SMT module using the castellated edge pads), as well as a development board.
Could the Pico bring about its own add on standard, in a similar vein to the Raspberry Pi HAT or Arduino Shield standards? It seems likely that the Pico is most likely to be integrated into carrier boards,one of which is already in use internally at Raspberry Pi and others are currently in development with third parties, these carrier boards would provide extra functionality dependant on their intended use.
Using the Raspberry Pi Pico
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With no USB ports, HDMI or other ports to speak of, the Raspberry Pi Pico needs a computer in order to be useful. The Raspberry Pi Pico is platform agnostic and it will work with Windows, Mac and Linux machines. In our tests we used Windows 10 and followed the official documentation to get started.
The documentation is split into two languages, C and MicroPython. We first tested MicroPython, a version of Python 3 developed by Damien George for microcontrollers.As we explain in our detailed tutorial how to up a Raspberry Pi Co, iInstallation of MicroPython requires a UF2 file to be copied to the Pico. By pressing the BOOTSEL button as we insert the micro USB cable to the computer we see a drive pop up. After copying the file we can then access the Raspberry Pi Pico as a serial device which provides access to the Python Shell.
To write code and save files to the Pico we needed an editor and for the official choice for beginners is Thonny. Installation was a breeze and we were soon writing code to flash an LED and react to input from a PIR sensor.
Two features that are new to the Raspberry Pi world are Programmable IO (PIO) and analog inputs. PIO is a versatile hardware interface that can be used to create interfaces such as I2C, SPI, I2S and even VGA / DPI if you are feeling adventurous and know your electronics.
We tested a number of the official examples including a PIO project to control a chain of Neopixels which saw us create a decorator and function which was used to communicate with WS2812 “Neopixels” to create an animation sequence. The creation of the decorator and function requires the knowledge of how Neopixels work, and if we are going to use PIO then we would ultimately need to understand how our intended configuration would work. PIO can be as easy or as difficult as we require, but the Neopixel example illustrated the concept quite well and it was easy to wire up our test project. There are three analog inputs, which share the same GPIO pins as digital pins but using the ADC class from the machine library we can configure them to read the voltage of those pins. Analog inputs are useful for certain types of electronics such as potentiometers, joysticks and temperature sensors.
So how is C on the Raspberry Pi Pico? Well the best way to describe right now is “tricky”. Following the official user guide, we jumped through a number of hoops to install the applications, libraries and fixes in order to flash an LED and to send text to the serial console.
While this worked and we were pleased with the results, it required much more time to reach this stage, something that we fear may put some off. To use C we need to go hands on at the command line, or use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. Both of these approaches have their pros and cons, but our top tip is to read chapter six of the Getting started with Raspberry Pi Pico and follow the steps to the letter. If not, then you will waste a lot of time. We’ll revisit the C workflow once the board is officially released when we hope the process is refined and simplified.
Adams said that MicroPython is the “preferred” language, but pointed out that C is the language for low-level embedded chips. He also noted that one could use the Arm assembler.
Use Cases for the Raspberry Pi Pico
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The Raspberry Pi Pico is made to be embedded into a project. The price, size and design of this board lend make it a viable Arduino alternative . Robots, Neopixel powered light displays and learning electronics are all made possible with the Pico.
While a full-fledged Raspberry Pi like the Zero is more powerful, there are many reasons why you’d want the Pico for certain projects. It boots quickly and doesn’t require a safe shutdown when powering off so you can just turn it on and go. It uses considerably less power than a Raspberry Pi and it has on-board analog-to-digital conversion, something all other Pis lack.
Where the Pico falls short is wireless connectivity. There is a complete lack of WiFi / Bluetooth with the Pico and this limits what can be achieved. Sure we can add wireless connectivity via an external component, but that would require a little more knowledge to get working. The ESP32 and ESP8266 run at a similar price point and they feature WiFi, so if we really need WiFi, perhaps they are still the boards to look to, for now.
Bottom Line
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The Raspberry Pi Pico is an interesting piece of kit. It is more Arduino than Raspberry Pi and so the lines are a little blurry. If you need a Raspberry Pi in a small space with Wi-Fi / Bluetooth, buy a Raspberry Pi Zero W. If you want to embed a control board into a project and have it work quickly and reliably then the Pico is for you.
For an official and well supported entry into Arm Cortex M0+ boards, the Raspberry Pi Pico is hard to beat.
A big thank you to ASRock for providing the review sample and Kingston for providing the system memory and SSD.
ASRock has become a significant provider of motherboards and graphics cards since its formation in 2002. The company has stuck to their 3C design concept of “Creativity, Consideration, Cost-effectiveness,” which has taken them from humble beginnings to enthusiast favorite. Over time, their product portfolio has also expanded from simple motherboards to high-end offerings, alongside graphics cards, routers, components, mini-PCs, and industrial systems.
Today, I look at the ASRock NUC BOX-1165G7 barebones system with an Intel i7-1165G7 at its core. The processor is an Intel 10 nm 4-core, 8-thread Tiger Lake offering with the company’s Iris Xe Graphics, which has 96 execution units. Overall, the CPU has a maximum turbo frequency of 4.7 GHz with a base clock of 2.8 GHz. Meanwhile, it can support up to 64 GB of DDR4-3200. To test the system, Kingston provided both 16 GB (2x 8 GB) and 32 GB (2x 16 GB) kits of DDR4 3200 MHz memory, which retail for $80 and $160 respectively as I am writing this, along with a 500 GB KC2500 M.2 NVMe SSD, which retails for $107. To be thorough, I have tested both sets of memory to see if going big has any tangible benefits.
Big discount, just under 50% on the official price list, for MIcrosoft 365 Family that allows you to equip up to 6 Microsoft users of the Office package and each of 1TB of storage space via OneDrive
of Editorial published on 20 January 2021 , at 16: 09 in the Software channel Microsoft Microsoft 365 OneDrive
Microsoft 365 is the package so ftware known until a few months ago with the name of Office 365, thanks to which it is possible to acquire a user license that includes the use for one year of the Office suite applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook.
The peculiarity of Microsoft 365 is to offer the possibility of installing your license, linked to your Microsoft account, on multiple personal devices . In addition to this, its users are combined with a cloud storage space of 1TB through Microsoft’s OneDrive service, accessible both from PC with Windows operating system as from mobile devices based on Android or iOS OS thanks to the appropriate APP provided by Microsoft in the respective stores.
Microsoft 365 is offered to end users in a Personal version , which provides a license for a single person, or in the richer Family that can be shared with a maximum of 6 people . By purchasing one of these licenses, therefore, the user not only gains access to their own 1TB storage space with free use of the Office package applications but can share everything up to 6 people, each able to receive on their own Microsoft account not only the Office APPs that can be installed on their personal devices (personal computers, smartphones and tablets) but also their own 1TB cloud storage space via Onedrive.
Microsoft 365 Family is on promotion on Amazon, with a price that is equal to 54, 99? ? at this time against the 99? ? to which it is typically proposed. Difficult to miss this opportunity, which with less than 10 ?? per user per year, it allows you to install the applications of the Office package on the personal devices of 6 users with Microsoft accounts as well as having 1TB storage space available in the cloud with OneDrive. This last feature alone pays off the cost, which is extremely competitive and interesting.
A number of users complain of a nuisance drawback: on new Macs – but the problem seems more than the operating system – the screensaver starts randomly and does not allow the resumption of activities
of Andrea Bai published on 20 January 2021 , at 13 : 01 in the Apple channel macOS Apple
Recent systems Apple MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini equipped with Apple M1 SoC may suffer from a bug that suddenly stops user activities by starting randomly and the screensaver and prevents you from regaining control of the system.
It is a problem that several users are reporting all over the network, starting with Reddit, on the official Apple support forums and on the community forums dedicated to Apple. such as that of the MacRumors website.
New Macs: the screensaver starts randomly and locks the system
The only way to resume activity, at least on portable systems, is to close the screen and wait a few seconds . On Mac mini, you need to put the system to sleep using a keyboard shortcut. Currently there does not seem to be a recurrence of the problem in specific situations, with most of the reports having in common the fact that the problem would occur in a completely random way . The problem would arise even if the user has chosen to never activate the screensaver under any circumstances.
The extent of the problem is not clear and whether it is actually limited only to Mac systems with M1 SoCs, as on MacRumors a user indicates that he has also encountered the same behavior in a MacBook Pro 16 inch equipped with Intel processor. It is likely, at this point, that the problem is mainly attributable to the operating system.
The cause has not yet been precisely identified, but it seems that it may be related to the Quick User Switch functionality or ” Fast User Switching “: a user on the MacRumors forum has in fact reported that by deactivating this feature the problem no longer occurs, even if the two elements at least apparently shouldn’t have no connection.
We await an official patch that can restore the correct functioning of both features.
We recently talked about a vulnerability in the NTFS file system that could lead to partial file system corruption , something that Windows 10 I would try to correct by analyzing the disk , and that may or may not cause problems with subsequent booting of the operating system. this time, it is a bug in Windows 10 which causes that, when accessing a specific route, a blue screen is generated and we lose all work in progress.
As we can see in the video, access \. globalroot device condrv kernelconnect will cause a blue screen due to because this path corresponds to a device path that requires some parameters, for example “attach” , and to access the path directly, these parameters are not attached, causing an exception that ends up taking the system ahead.
It is expected that Microsoft will solve this bug quickly in a future update, because although it is true that it does not pose any greater risk, yes that there are ways to cause a blue screen on each computer startup through this method , something that can prevent access to the computer by the user due to malware that try to access this path at system startup.
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The manufacturer PineMicrosystems presents another Community Edition of the PinePhone. The “PinePhone Community Edition: Mobian” can since 16. January can be pre-ordered in the Pine Shop and is available in two different hardware versions, one of which is also suitable for desktop use.
In a blog post Pine 64 gives an overview of the hardware specifications of the new PinePhone variant. In the basic version for 149 US dollars, 2 GB of RAM and a 16 GByte small eMMC module installed. The convergence package costs 199 US dollars, but comes with 3 GB of RAM, 32 GByte eMMC module and also contains a USB-C dock for the eponymous convergence mode. The dock has a Fast Ethernet port (10 / 100 Mbit / s), two USB ports (type A), an HDMI output and a USB-C port for power supply – the manufacturer does not specify version numbers.
Linux in small format Pine 64 delivers the new variant of the PinePhone with pre-installed Mobian. The operating system, designed for mobile devices, uses a patched mainline Linux kernel and uses Phosh as its user interface. Phosh is based on GTK program libraries and was originally developed by Purism for the Linux mobile phone Librem 5. The Mobian Community Edition follows the “UBports” -, “postmarketOS” -, “Manjaro” – and “KDE Community Edition”. Per unit sold there are 10 US dollars to the Mobian project to promote the development of mobile Linux systems.
Community who love to do handicrafts According to Pine 64 and the Mobian project, the core functions, such as telephony, SMS, 4G LTE, WLAN, Bluetooth, idle mode, run before and Rear camera and GPS. The Mobian installer allows you to set a username and password, as well as to configure encryption of the Mobian installation. Pine 64 advises buyers to use the Receipt of the phone to bring the system directly up to date. The delivered Mobian contains outdated software with known errors. A page in the Mobian Wiki provides an overview of the compatibility of various applications. The target group of the PinePhone Community Editions are primarily Hobbyist and Developer.
Nothing went as planned in the space sector either 2019. Like almost all sectors, space activities have been hit hard by the pandemic. Observers were particularly looking forward to the start of seven planned space missions, some things went great: SpaceX sent astronauts into space, China brought moon rocks back to Earth.
But many other missions were not implemented: The Rosalind Franklin Rover and the European-Russian co-mission were on 2022 postponed. The SpaceX Starship also didn’t make it into space (but still quite far). All hopes that Artemis 1, the first mission in NASA’s new lunar exploration program to bring humans back to the moon during the decade, still 2019 would start were smashed. Because most of the NASA facilities had to cease operations for the time being due to the pandemic.
And yet: 2021 promises to be an exciting year for space travel. One can expect a lot: NASA’s ambitions to return to the moon are growing. The private space industry continues to grow faster than ever. The following are the eleven missions which the TR editorial team finds most exciting and which could most likely represent new milestones. Nevertheless, the following applies: Little can be predicted for missions into space and it may well be that many of these projects have to be postponed for months or even years.
February: A Trio of Mars missions Mars will be able to welcome not just one, not two, but three missions – each of them started and operated by a different nation. The United Arab Emirates are sending the Hope Orbiter, NASA is entering the race with the Perseverance Rover and the Chinese are sending the Tianwen-1 mission (including space probe, landing module and rover). All three missions will reach Mars’ orbit in February.
Perseverance is then expected to reach the surface later this month, followed by Tianwen-1 in April. Hope is designed to help scientists clarify questions about the atmosphere, such as why the planet is giving off oxygen and hydrogen. Tianwen-1 and Perseverance will be looking for signs of life and trying to understand the geology of Mars. While Mars missions are now standard for NASA, it is the first opportunity for China and the UAE to get a closer look at the planet.
Probability of success: 9 / 10. The missions have started, but everyone has to make the trip and two of them manage to land.
March: Boeing’s second Starliner test SpaceX’s Crew Dragon may have safely returned a manned mission to US soil, but it is not the only spacecraft NASA hopes to bring astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS) create. Boeing also has a spacecraft called the Starliner on offer, whose unnamed mission to the ISS failed in December 2019.
The spaceship’s software was riddled with bugs, including a flaw that could have completely destroyed the capsule. Not exactly Boeing’s most colorful moment. But the company is repeating this test mission in late March after combing through all of the Starliner code and rigorously checking the operating system. If everything goes well, the Starliner could send people to the ISS by the end of the year.
Probability of success: 8 / 10. After everything that has happened, nothing from Boeing is a sure thing. June and October: The first CLPS missions to the moon NASA’s Artemis program, successor to Apollo, will not just consist of a few quick round trips to the moon. Artemis is to return to the moon in the long term, private companies are also involved. A commercial lunar payload service that accepts orders (Commercial Lunar Payload Services, CLPS for short) offers opportunities for small companies that want to do something on the moon – be it flying in small payloads with new spaceships, testing new space technology towards the moon or carrying out lunar research .
Astrobotic Technology Peregrine Lander, which is scheduled to make its maiden flight on United Launchs Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket, will receive an initial shipment of 28 CLPS payloads to fly to the moon in June, 14 of which from NASA. If all goes well, it will be the first private spaceship to land on the moon. Intuitive Machines will send its Nova-C lander towards the moon aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in October. In total, it will take at least five NASA payload flights to the moon, plus further deliveries from other groups.
Probability of success: 6 / 10. Landing on the moon is difficult for any newcomer. June: The end of Juno Since July 2016 the NASA Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter and is providing the best data on its atmosphere so far, the gravitational field, the magnetic field and the geology. Juno has provided some surprising insights into the largest planet in the solar system and also provided some stunning images of Jupiter’s colorful clouds from above. But the mission ends on 30. July, when Juno will dive into its atmosphere and collect as much data as possible before the tremendous pressure tears the spaceship apart.
Half of the reason to buy a Mac is to get native support for macOS, but that doesn’t mean Mac owners don’t also suffer from the grass-is-greener syndrome. While Apple’s operating system is known for being casual friendly and is also the OS system people who grew up on its products might be more familiar with, PC users are always quick to point out that the extra steps it adds to actions like installing programs can slow down more serious work. It’s currently possible to
emulate Windows for ARM
on Apple’s latest M1 Macs, but what if you want to take your power user cred a step further and use Linux on your new M1 Mac?
According to ARM-based Linux virtualization startup Correlium, now you can – but there’s a bit of a catch.
More to show that it’s possible than anything else, Correlium first posted hints of an M1 version of Linux to its Twitter account on January 15th.
We had some spare time today so we ported Linux to the M1. Releasing tomorrow #fridayfun pic.twitter.com/dCrXApyKefJanuary 16, 2021
Correlium CTO Chris Wade then made the beta build the group was using publicly available the following day but warned that it was for “advanced users only” as it didn’t have USB support at the time.
Now, the group has pushed a new release that adds AIC, UUART, and SMP support, with Wade promising that the group’s next goal is to add “DART, USB, and maybe PCIE (if time persists).”
This adds AIC, UART & SMP. We will push DART, USB and maybe PCIE (if time permits) next. It also looks like tomorrow you will also be able to boot Linux on the M1 with Pongo. Big thanks to the whole @CorelliumHQ team and to @never_released and @qwertyoruiopz for their assistance. https://t.co/tKscy0LUWeJanuary 19, 2021
What does all that mean? Well, now you can technically load Linux on an M1 Mac, though certain connection standards won’t be supported, and you also won’t be able to take advantage of the M1’s graphics. So while this is more versatile than the January 15th release, it’s still a long way from being as useful as Linux is on older, Intel-based Macs (which still isn’t saying much).
That’s to be expected from such a new chip, as even Windows running on M1 currently does so through emulation (though Apple is open to native support). Still, this marks a major step forward for the Linux on M1 and even Linux on ARM scene, particularly when it comes to Wade’s promise of PongoOS support.
So how will you boot third-party operating systems on arm64 Macs?You might have seen that pongoOS has been getting a ton of work in the recent past, and even more is coming. This work will allow us to support pongoOS as a second-stage bootloader for Apple Silicon-based Macs.November 13, 2020
PongoOS is essentially a pre-boot execution environment built with Apple Silicon in mind, with the intention of loading third-party operating systems on chips like M1. It’s been expected to pave the way for Linux on Apple Silicon since late last year, so it’s exciting to see that coming true, even if it’s still primitive.
As for why this is something you’d want to do, we find it best to refer to Linux creator Linus Torvalds.
“I’ve been waiting for an ARM laptop that can run Linux for a long time,” he wrote last November on the
Real World technologies
forum. “The new Air would be almost perfect, except for the OS.”
Despite not always having the absolute best hardware, Macs are still built to run consistently and feel premium. That’s valuable for a lot of users, including power users, especially those who grew up with the Mac.
“I have fairly fond memories of the 11″ Macbook Air (I think 4,1) that I used about a decade ago,” Torvalds explained. “But [I] moved away from because it took Apple too long to fix the screen – and by the time they did, I’d moved on to better laptops, and Apple had moved on to make Linux less convenient.”
Here’s hoping that, as developers get more familiar with them, Apple’s ARM-based laptops don’t follow the same path.
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