Not even emoji are safe from hackers – smiley faces can be hijacked to hide data, study claims

Researcher finds a way to add invisible text to emojisIt probably can't be used for malware...probablyIt could be used for watermarking or bypassing human moderationA security researcher claims to have…

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Intel slams Nvidia and AMD, claims chip giants have huge numbers of security flaws

Intel releases its sixth annual Product Security Report, outlining how it addresses security vulnerabilitiesIntel also slammed AMD and Nvidia, sharing unflattering statsClaims AMD has 78 vulnerabilities with no planned fixes,…

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AMD wants to launch the Instinct MI355X GPU within months claims report as it looks to capitalize on surging datacenter business

AMD MI355X features 288GB of HBM3E memory and delivers 8TB/sec bandwidthInstinct GPU sales surpassed $5 billion in 2024Despite rapid growth and innovation, AMD’s production challenges persistAMD is set to bring…

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“A tracking cookie farm for profit” – report claims reCAPTCHA has caused 819 million hours of wasted human time, and billions in Google profits

reCAPTCHA tests are not particularly effective at blocking security threats, research claimsSecurity tests are also costing millions of hours in lost time for usersNew 'invisible challenges' could be an alternative…

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Changing a few lines of code in Linux could apparently save hyperscalers billions, research claims, but I am not convinced

A new feature could almost miraculously cut energy consumption of data centers by 30% Interrupt request suspension dynamically alters CPU power usage and can be done via OS Hyperscalers are…

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FBI claims North Korean workers are hacking the US companies which hired them

The FBI’s missive follows three previous ones in as many yearsStatement is aimed at educating businesses and warding off domestic collaboratorsSuggested remedies include employing endpoint protection on computer systems and…

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Nvidia RTX 5090 FE rumor claims high-end GPU gets loud – but other reports tell a very different story

A new rumor suggests the RTX 5090 will use 600W of power Comments in a Chinese forum point toward the new GPU being much louderOther reports contradict this, howeverUpdate: We've…

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