The company’s growth decelerated as the rebound from the pandemic normalized and its freight business declined. It also swung to a profit.
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Canon warns printer users to manually wipe Wi-Fi settings before discarding
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Printer manufacturer Canon is warning that sensitive Wi-Fi settings don’t automatically get wiped during resets, so customers should manually delete them before selling, discarding, or getting them repaired to prevent the settings from falling into the wrong hands. “Sensitive information on the Wi-Fi connection settings stored in the memories of inkjet...
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Western Digital HDD capacity hits 28TB as Seagate looks to 30TB and beyond
Enlarge / Western Digital is gearing up to sample its first 28TB HDDs to customers, around a year after announcing its first 26TB drives. (credit: Western Digital) After a couple of decades of talk, Seagate announced earlier this year that it was shipping samples of huge 32TB hard drives using heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR). The...
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Meta plans AI-powered chatbots to boost social media numbers
Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / Getty Images) Meta is reportedly developing a range of AI-powered chatbots with different personalities, a move aimed at increasing user engagement on social platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, according to the Financial Times and The Verge. The chatbots, called “personas” by Meta staff, will mimic human-like conversations and might...
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It’s a hot 0-day summer for Apple, Google, and Microsoft security fixes
Enlarge (credit: WIRED staff) The summer patch cycle shows no signs of slowing down, with tech giants Apple, Google, and Microsoft releasing multiple updates to fix flaws being used in real-life attacks. July also saw serious bugs squashed by enterprise software firms SAP, Citrix, and Oracle. Here’s everything you need to know about the major...
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Multiple Chinese APTs establish major beachheads inside sensitive infrastructure
Enlarge (credit: Steve McDowell / Agefotostock) Hacking teams working for the Chinese government are intent on burrowing into the farthest reaches of sensitive infrastructure, much of it belonging to the US, and establishing permanent presences there if possible. In the past two years, they have scored some wins that could seriously threaten national security. If...
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Twitter Threatens to Sue Center for Countering Digital Hate Over Research
The Center for Countering Digital Hate said it had received a letter from X, Twitter’s parent company, accusing it of trying to hurt the social platform with its research.
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Russian Propaganda on Ukraine Appears in Minecraft and Other Video Games
Propaganda is appearing in Minecraft and other popular games and discussion groups as the Kremlin tries to win over new audiences.
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Dissolving circuit boards in water sounds better than shredding and burning
Enlarge / 30 minutes in near-boiling water, and those soldered chips come right off, leaving you with something that’s non-toxic, compostable, and looking like something from your grandparent’s attic. (credit: Infineon) Right now, the destination for the circuit board inside a device you no longer need is almost certainly a gigantic shredder, and that’s the...
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Arizona law school embraces ChatGPT use in student applications
Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards / Arizona State University) On Friday, Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law announced that prospective students would be allowed to use AI tools, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, to assist in preparing their applications, according to a report by Reuters. This decision comes a week after the University of...