August 2024

World’s largest companies at near-universal risk of supply chain breach

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Out of the world’s 2,000 largest companies, 1,980 have a direct connection to a technology supplier that has experienced a recent cyber security incident or data breach, highlighting escalating risk levels to the global economy presented by multi-party supply chain attacks. In research released to mark the opening day of the annual Black Hat security…

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Chinese cyber attack sparks alert over six year old MS vuln

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The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a Microsoft vulnerability dating back to 2018 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalogue after evidence emerged that it is being used in an attack chain by the China-backed APT41 advanced persistent threat group. CVE-2018-0824 was first addressed by Microsoft in the May 2018…

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Here’s when the iPhone 16 will ship to your door

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The iPhone 16 is about a month away, as Apple routinely launches its newest iPhone in mid-September. A new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that Apple isn’t likely to delay the latest iPhone models so they can run Apple Intelligence out of the box.Apple is expected to launch the first Apple Intelligence features only…

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Nvidia is reportedly dropping the RTX 3060, even though it remains the most popular GPU by far on Steam

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Nvidia’s RTX 3060 graphics card has long been a popular relatively wallet-friendly GPU, topping the rankings on Steam – but the death knell has apparently sounded for this Ampere (last-gen) model.VideoCardz reports that news has filtered down from the Board Channels in China – a common source of GPU rumors, but one that requires some…

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M3 MacBook Air is the only Apple laptop you should get right now. Period.

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Apple’s MacBook Pro lineup is still the go-to laptop series for Apple fans who really need tons of power. If you edit video for a living, the cutting-edge M3 Pro and M3 Max chips make all the difference in the world. Of course, only a very small percentage of users have a real, genuine need…

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8 incredible iPad Pro apps I use every day

4 minutes of reading / Apple, Apple Pencil, Apple TV, Apple Watch, ChatGPT, iPad, iPhone, machine learning, Magic Keyboard, Netflix, Tech / By

The M4 iPad Pro is one of the best electronic devices you can buy today. It’s beautiful hardware with top-of-the-line specs, and while iPadOS isn’t perfect, it gives me enough tools to mix work and entertainment while using the new 13-inch model.Since I started using the new iPad with a Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil…

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Why Google’s Pixel 9 won’t be a worthwhile upgrade if you already have a Pixel 8

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We’ve reached a point in smartphone history where mid-range phones are incredibly fast and dependable. Flagships feature even better hardware, as top-of-the-line processors can power fast experiences, advanced camera features, and AI. That’s why we can’t expect major performance upgrades from year to year.Even so, the Pixel 9’s Tensor G4 might disappoint some Android fans,…

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Police hunt scammers after takedown of Russian Coms fraud platform

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The National Crime Agency (NCA) has arrested four people after taking down a phone number spoofing platform used by criminals to defraud thousands of people in the UK, with more arrests to follow The National Crime Agency is analysing huge quantities of data seized from an online platform to identify hundreds of criminals who used…

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AWS profits and revenue rise as public cloud giant plots AI infrastructure investments

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reported a 19% year-on-year (YoY) increase in revenue, and a 72% uptick in operating income in its second quarter results, and pledged to grow its artificial intelligence (AI)-related datacentre investments. The quarter covers the three months to 30 June 2024, which also saw Amazon.com report a total revenue of $148bn,…

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Second round of ChipStart sees 11 more companies receive support

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A further 11 companies have received funding through the government-backed ChipStart incubator, which is being delivered by Silicon Catalyst. The initiative was launched in October 2023, providing funding and support for 12 semiconductor startups to help them bring new products to market.  The second round of startup companies to receive support includes HeronIC, which is…

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