Enlarge (credit: Intel) Intel’s latest generation of CPUs contains a vulnerability that allows attackers to obtain encryption keys and other confidential information protected by the company’s software guard extensions, the advanced feature that acts as a digital vault for security users’ most sensitive secrets. Abbreviated as SGX, the protection is designed to provide a fortress...
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Crypto and the US government are headed for a decisive showdown
Enlarge (credit: Elena Lacey | Getty Images) If you have paid casual attention to crypto news over the past few years, you probably have a sense that the crypto market is unregulated—a tech-driven Wild West in which the rules of traditional finance do not apply. If you were Ishan Wahi, however, you would probably not...
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A.I. Is Not Sentient. Why Do People Say It Is?
Robots can’t think or feel, despite what the researchers who build them want to believe.
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Why Alex Jones’s Trial Won’t Stop the Spread of Lies
His success has inspired a new generation of conspiracy theorists, who have learned how to stay away from legal trouble.
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Plug-In Hybrid Cars Gain Ground in Race With Electric Rivals
There has been a surge in the sales of cars that can travel short distances on just electricity and have a gasoline engine for longer trips.
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4 iPhone and Android Tricks You May Not Know About
Keeping up with new software features can be a chore, but here are a few tools from recent updates that may be useful — and potentially lifesaving.
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Crypto ‘Mixer’ Tornado Cash Is Blacklisted by the Treasury Department
The crackdown was the government’s latest effort to rein in the crypto industry.
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Crypto-driven GPU crash makes Nvidia miss Q2 projections by $1.4 billion
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Nvidia doesn’t officially announce its second-quarter financial results until the end of the month, but the company is trying to soften the blow by announcing preliminary results today. And as with so many other tech companies in the last month, the results are mixed at best. With $6.7 billion in revenue,...
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Excel esports on ESPN show world the pain of format errors
Enlarge / Ladies and gentlemen, let’s get ready to modelllllllll! (credit: FMWC) If you watched ESPN2 during its stint last weekend as “ESPN8: The Ocho,” you may have seen some odd, meme-friendly competitions, including corgi racing, precision paper airplane tossing, and slippery stair climbing. Or you might have seen “Excel Esports: All-Star Battle,” a tournament in...
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Cyberattack on Albanian government suggests new Iranian aggression
Enlarge / Tirane, Albania. (credit: Pawel Toczynski | Getty Images) In mid-July, a cyberattack on the Albanian government knocked out state websites and public services for hours. With Russia’s war raging in Ukraine, the Kremlin might seem like the likeliest suspect. But research published on Thursday by the threat intelligence firm Mandiant attributes the attack...