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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30683 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Ouch https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/modified-power-banks-routers-and-usb-ports-i-soon-leaks-reveal-disguised-chinese-spy-tools-2507385-2024-02-26 Why do we allow any Chinese electronics to escape China? |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20334 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Here's an interesting review: Framework Laptop 16 review: the ultimate in modular PCs wrote: Packed with swappable parts including the keyboard, ports and graphics card, this machine is unique... A good idea? IT is really what we make it! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34871 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Oh dear.Elon just has the sh##s because he got left behind. LOL |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30683 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
This is bad: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa24-060b that a cyber threat actor may be able to gain root-level persistence despite issuing factory resets |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34871 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
It's now the world's weakest link, but 2 countries are fighting for control of it. The cloud under the sea. |
Scrooge McDuck Send message Joined: 26 Nov 99 Posts: 706 Credit: 1,674,173 RAC: 54 |
It's now the world's weakest link, but 2 countries are fighting for control of it.It is shocking that entire continents like Australia are connected to submarine cables at just a few publicly known points. One would expect such information to be kept secret. So that potential attackers have to do extensive research into, what counterintelligence might notice. During the Cold War, the major powers shied away from shooting at each other. Today they don't seem to have any problems destroying submarine infrastructure. This gives rise to fears of the worst possible escalation. Submarine cables, power cables, gas and oil pipelines. There are several subsea tunnels for highways and railways in the Baltic Sea. We install massive Wind power capacities far offshore out of view from the coastlines. It's shocking that after the Nordstream pipeline was blown up, it still wasn't possible to clearly determine who was responsible because even this small inland sea cannot be monitored around the clock. Send some ships, transponders off, explosives planted, Boom. Who's the culprit? Perfect deniability. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3228 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
What could possibly go wrong with this? This ‘weapon’ can wipe the AI slate clean The White House is also concerned about AI being used by malicious actors to develop Artificial intelligence (AI), like other technologies such as gene editing and nuclear energy, can be used for both good and bad purposes. With so much money and effort being poured into developing AI at such a fast rate, there are concerns about large language models (LLMs) being used for harmful purposes like developing weapons. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
I've often said that too much reliance in technology will come to the point where it will bite in the but... ...sadly, a tetanus shot won't be the cure. Oh dear, junk/fast food eaters had to go on a diet for 7 hours worldwide |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3228 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Lol ... Priceless. When fast food turns into no food all because of a 'computer glitch' |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22222 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
I'd say that's a dramatic improvement in food availability..... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14653 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
And the day after that, one of our major food supermarket chains - Sainsbury's - has a similar breakdown: Sainsbury's: 'Vast majority' of deliveries cancelled over technical issues Have the tech-bots formed a trade union? |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Saw that. Cash is King. The more I see incidents like that, I feel that a blast from the past will eventually return. CiH. Great days. :-) We keep an emergency fund of £200 cash here. So far & many a time over the past several years, that has been a lifesaver. Never leave home without at least £50 cash between us. |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14653 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
And now the Tesco bots have joined the union. [same link] |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3228 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
And now the Tesco bots have joined the union. [same link] Maybe the cyborg boys are doing an early Saint Patrick's Day celebration at the Irish pubs? |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3228 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
The firm is currently trying to buy Virgin Money in a £2.9bn deal which would create the UK's second largest mortgage and savings group.Hilarious if it wasn't so serious |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20334 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Just look what 120kW can get you: One rack. 120kW of compute. Taking a closer look at Nvidia's DGX GB200 NVL72 beast wrote: 1.44 exaFLOPs of FP4, 13.5 TB of HBM3e, 2 miles of NVLink cables, in one liquid cooled unit That is VERY hot!... ... And still not as bright as a human baby AI running at a mere 12W... ... But, can it play Crysis? IT really is what we make it! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20334 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Apple very deliberately breaks a significant part of the internet: Apple Criticized For Changing the macOS version of cURL That little bit of techno-obscurity has badly big implications... IT is what we allow it to be... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30683 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Apple very deliberately breaks a significant part of the internet: Just love this comment
Apple never claimed their O/S was Linux. They do claim it to be Unix(r). |
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