1 place 0
Federal prosecutors have revealed that Peter Williams, the former general manager of U.S. defense contractor L3Harris's hacking tools division Trenchant, sold eight stolen software exploits to a Russian broker whose customers -- including the Russian government -- could have used them to access "millions of computers and devices around the world."
Williams, a 39-year-old Australian national, pleaded guilty in October and admitted to earning more than $1.3 million in cryptocurrency from the sales between 2
A newsletter a day!
You may get 10 most important news around midday in daily newsletter. Press the button and we will send you the most important news only, no spam attached.
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
Slashdot
An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
0
A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
0
Whether you just bought a new laptop or keep rocking an old one, you can save money on accessories by 3D-printing some of them. Read more ›
0 newcommer
Regardless of the circumstances around its cancelation, the latest 'Star Trek' series has been robbed of the chance almost every other show in the franchise has been given. Read more ›
0 newcommer
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has been sharing every incremental update about what Apple's long-awaited Siri overhaul will and won't include. His latest article claims that the AI assistant will have a standalone app and will introduce an "Ask Siri" feature that could mark a decidedly different direction in how users will interact with the platform. Gurman reports that Siri is being designed to leverage personal data from messages, emails and notes... Read more ›
0 newcommer
Musk outlines terafab to deliver massive compute, yet production limits, resource shortages, and launch demands raise serious feasibility concerns. Read more ›
0 newcommer
Disney, NBCUniversal, and others are calling for stricter EU rules on smart TV platforms, arguing that companies like Google, Amazon, and Samsung increasingly control what you see on your TV. Read more ›
0 newcommer
The asset management giant's Robbie Mitchnic said clients are focused on bitcoin, ether and only a few other tokens, and aren't looking for broad exposure. Rather, they see opportunity for crypto in artificial intelligence. Read more ›
0 fresh
I wanted to think about my next PC upgrade. Instead, 2026 keeps making the whole hobby feel harder to justify. Read more ›
0 fresh
In a GQ interview, Jay-Z responded to pushback about his wealth and capitalism. The billionaire rapper said he simply makes art and gets paid. Read more ›
0 fresh
Neal Stephenson didn't invent the virtual reality headset. But Meta certainly knows his name - in 1992, his seminal cyberpunk novel Snow Crash coined the phrase "Metaverse" to describe a virtual reality world experienced through VR goggles. It inspired many key VR developers - and in 2021, Facebook decided to rename its entire company to […] Read more ›
0 fresh
Cybersecurity firms are being tasked with implementing AI agents across their teams. But the technology's capabilities remain limited. Read more ›
0 fresh
Привет, Хабр!В каждом проекте рано или поздно появляется логика вида «этот пользователь может редактировать этот пост, а тот нет». И начинается: if ($post->getAuthor() === $currentUser) в контроллерах, в сервисах, в шаблонах. Копипаста расползается, а потом приходит новое требование — «модератор тоже может редактировать, но только в своей категории» — и вы бегаете по двадцати файлам, молясь, что ничего не забыли.Symfony Voters — механизм, который выносит всю логику авторизации в одно... Read more ›
0 fresh
From inexpensive Windows models to affordable MacBooks and even a cheap Copilot Plus PC, these are my favorite low-cost, high-value laptops that I've tested and reviewed. Read more ›
0 fresh
Hey there, vivo V70 FE! We've got the new upper midranger that recently became official in Indonesia. Ours is the Ocean Blue, but there's also Muse Purple and Titanium Silver. vivo went for a unibody feel with the V70 FE - the rear panel curves into the frame mimicking a seamless connection, and the entire phone is matte, which reinforces the feeling. There are two cameras on the back of... Read more ›
0 fresh
Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for March 25 #1018. Read more ›
0 fresh
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is reportedly exploring cheaper Game Pass tiers and a possible Netflix bundle, according to new reports. Read more ›
0 fresh
Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for March 25 No. 548. Read more ›
0 fresh
Here are hints and the answer for today's Wordle for March 25, No. 1,740. Read more ›
0 fresh
Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Wall Street Journal: A battle of insults and threats has broken out between the tech world and Wall Street. What's got everyone so worked up? The same thing that starts most fights: business software. A series of social-media posts went viral in recent days with claims that AI has created a worthy -- and way cheaper -- alternative to the Bloomberg terminal,... Read more ›
0
Kyle Orland writes via Ars Technica: Since deep-learning super-sampling (DLSS) launched on 2018's RTX 2080 cards, gamers have been generally bullish on the technology as a way to effectively use machine-learning upscaling techniques to increase resolutions or juice frame rates in games. With yesterday's tease of the upcoming DLSS 5, though, Nvidia has crossed a line from mere upscaling into complete lighting and texture overhauls influenced by "generative AI." The... Read more ›
0
Residents in rural Ohio are pushing a constitutional amendment to ban large data centers over 25 megawatts, citing concerns about energy use, water consumption, and lack of transparency around proposed projects. "My biggest concern is because I love Adams County," Nikki Gerber told Cleveland.com. "What it feels like they are doing is just taking advantage of the unzoned rural areas of Ohio, where they can go ahead and put in... Read more ›
0
Arizona has filed criminal charges against Kalshi, accusing it of operating an illegal gambling business. "Kalshi may brand itself as a 'prediction market,' but what it's actually doing is running an illegal gambling operation and taking bets on Arizona elections, both of which violate Arizona law," Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a statement. The case could ultimately head to the Supreme Court to decide whether federal oversight by... Read more ›
0
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media, written by Jason Koebler: Over the last few months, various academics and AI companies have attempted to predict how artificial intelligence is going to impact the labor market. These studies, including a high-profile paper published by Anthropic earlier this month, largely try to take the things AI is good at, or could be good at, and match them to existing job... Read more ›
0
Nvidia unveiled its Vera Rubin Space-1 system for powering AI workloads in orbital data centers. "Space computing, the final frontier, has arrived," said CEO Jensen Huang. "As we deploy satellite constellations and explore deeper into space, intelligence must live wherever data is generated." CNBC reports: In a press release, the company said that its Vera Rubin Space-1 Module, which includes the IGX Thor and Jetson Orin, will be used on... Read more ›
0
sciencehabit shares a report from Science.org: In The Martian, fictional astronaut Mark Watney survives the wasteland of Mars by growing potatoes in lunar soil -- with a bit of help from human poop. The idea may not be so far-fetched. In a preprint posted this month on bioRxiv, researchers show potatoes can indeed grow in the equivalent of Moon dust, though they need a lot of help from compost found... Read more ›
0
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Musi, a free music streaming app that had tens of millions of iPhone downloads and garnered plenty of controversy over its method of acquiring music, has lost an attempt to get back on Apple's App Store. A federal judge dismissed Musi's lawsuit against Apple with prejudice and sanctioned Musi's lawyers for "mak[ing] up facts to fill the perceived gaps in Musi's... Read more ›
0
ProPublica reports that federal cybersecurity reviewers had serious, yearslong concerns about Microsoft's GCC High cloud offering, yet they approved it anyway because the product was already deeply embedded across government. As one member of the team put it: "The package is a pile of shit." From the report: In late 2024, the federal government's cybersecurity evaluators rendered a troubling verdict on one of Microsoft's biggest cloud computing offerings. The tech... Read more ›
0
Dave Knott shares a report from the New York Times: On Wednesday, the Association for Computing Machinery, the world's largest society of computing professionals, said Drs. Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard had won this year's Turing Award for their work on quantum cryptography and related technologies. The Turing Award, which was introduced in 1966, is often called the Nobel Prize of computing, and it includes a $1 million prize, which... Read more ›
0
Most popular sources
ArcticStartup
|
0% |
ScienceDaily
|
0% |
Sifted
|
0% |
EU-Startups
|
0% |
StartUp Beat
|
0% |
| View sources » | |
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
24.03.2026 16:42
Last update: 16:36 EDT.
News rating updated: 22:31.
What is Times42?
Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.
