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IBM To Buy Confluent For $11 Billion To Expand AI Services (slashdot.org)

2025-12-08 | get Confluent → | tags: confluent, real, real time

2192.

FTC upholds ban on stalkerware founder Scott Zuckerman (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-08 | by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | get Smartphone → | tags: spyfone, stalkerware, techcrunch

2193.

Apache Issues Max-Severity Tika CVE After Patch Miss (darkreading.com)

2025-12-08 | get Apache PDFBox → | tags: advisory, advisory cve, apache

2194.

US Treasury Tracks $4.5B in Ransom Payments since 2013 (darkreading.com)

2025-12-08 | by Alexander Culafi | get Cryptocurrency → | tags: attacks, billion, payments

2195.

Nvidia reportedly wins H200 exports to China — US Department of Commerce set to ease restrictions for full Hopper AI GPU (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-08 | by Anton Shilov | get Hopper → | tags: china, export, hardware

2196.

Has the cost of building software dropped 90%? (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-08 | get Cloud → | tags: incredibly, really, software

2197.

Has the cost of building software just dropped 90%? (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-08 | get Cloud → | tags: incredibly, really, software

2198.

Ransomware gangs turn to Shanya EXE packer to hide EDR killers (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-12-08 | get Shanya → | tags: packer, payloads, ransomware

2199.

The Senate's new SAFE bill is set to curb access to advanced chips to China, but that won't slow down the AI war — training workloads still heavily rely on Nvidia, while alternatives remain inefficient (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-08 | by Jon Martindale | get Nvidia → | tags: china, chinese, chips

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February report from researcher found Chinese KVM had undocumented microphone and communicated with China-based servers, but many of the security issues are now addressed [Updated] (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-08 | by Luke James | get Virtual Private Network (VPN) → | tags: device, hardware, microphone

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Researcher finds Chinese KVM has undocumented microphone, communicates with China-based servers — Sipeed's nanoKVM switch has other severe security flaws and allows audio recording, claims researcher (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-08 | by Luke James | get Sipeed → | tags: device, hardware, microphone

2202.

Researcher finds Chinese KVM switch has serious security flaws — Sipeed's switch allows for audio recording and has other serious security flaws (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-08 | by Luke James | get KVM switch → | tags: device, hardware, microphone

2203.

Splave's Cave: Overclocking the Asus RTX 5090 Astral and setting the 3DMark Port Royal world record (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-08 | by Allen 'Splave' Golibersuch | get RTX 5090 → | tags: cold, hardware, image

2204.

Acer Nitro 60 review: Gaming desktop essentials done right (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-08 | by Charles Jefferies | get Gaming Desktop → | tags: acer, core, hardware

2205.

This scratch-built, period-correct Portable Commodore 64 is a love letter to an alternate Commodore history — Noki's cleverly designed homage to the era merges Commodore, Apple, and Raspberry Pi (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-08 | by Mark Tyson | get Commodore 64 → | tags: design, hardware, keyboard

2206.

Creality K2 Pro Combo 3D printer review: A polished performer (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-08 | by Denise Bertacchi | get Creality K2 Pro → | tags: combo, creality, creality pro

2207.

One too many words on AT&T's $2k Korn shell and other Usenet topics (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-08 | get Korn → | tags: memory, shell, software

2208.

Tiny Core Linux 16.2 still fits a proper Linux desktop into a 23MB download — but it has grown 1MB since the last time we looked at it (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-07 | by Zak Killian | get Linux → | tags: core, core linux, hardware

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New computing platform is ‘Made for Making’ — Caligra c100 Developer Terminal targets creators with distraction-free ‘computer for experts’ (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-07 | by Mark Tyson | get Caligra → | tags: caligra, computer, hardware

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Asus RTX 5070 gaming laptop hits an all-time low price of $1,099 — this 16-inch model comes with a Core i7 CPU, plus expandable 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD storage (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-07 | by Hassam Nasir | get Asus RTX → | tags: benchmarks, core, deals

2211.

Emeet Piko+ Review: A 4K dual-camera, AI-powered webcam for active creators (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-07 | by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | get Piko Plus → | tags: credit tom, hardware, image

2212.

TP-Link Archer GE400 Wi-Fi 7 gaming router review: Excellent gaming features, mixed bag on performance (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-07 | by Brandon Hill | get Router → | tags: archer, hardware, image

2213.

Researchers create 3D displays that can be seen and felt using optotactile surfaces — millimeter-scale pixels rise into perceptible bumps when struck by brief pulses of projected light (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-07 | by Luke James | get Optotactile display → | tags: light, pixel, tactile

2214.

Waymo's robotaxi fleet is being recalled again, this time for failing to stop for school buses (engadget.com)

2025-12-06 | get Autonomous taxi → | tags: advertisement, buses, fleet

2215.

Scythe Big Shuriken 4 Review: Compact SFF cooling for Mini-ITX (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-06 | by Albert Thomas | get Scythe → | tags: cooler, credit, credit tom

2216.

1950s mechanical calculator crumbles in the face of divide-by-zero conundrum — relic spins its gears uncontrollably in 'chaotic loop' of endless motion (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-06 | by Mark Tyson | get Calculator → | tags: calculator, didn, divide

2217.

'World's first scalable DNA data storage offering' announced offering a staggering ‘60PB in 60 cubic inches,’ enough to hold 660,000 4K movies — Atlas Data storage claims its solution is 1000x denser than LTO-10 tape (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-06 | by Mark Tyson | get Data Storage → | tags: atlas, claims, dna storage

2218.

Russia allegedly still using Starlink-guided drones in Ukraine, report claims — Starlink Mini strapped to grounded drone points to ongoing issue, despite U.S. DoD claims threat was blunted (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-06 | by Mark Tyson | get Starlink → | tags: defense, drone, express

2219.

Vast Number of Windows Users Refusing to Upgrade After Microsoft’s Embrace of AI Slop (futurism.com)

2025-12-06 | by Victor Tangermann | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: microsoft, number, software

2220.

Waymo to issue software recall over how robotaxis behave around school buses (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-05 | by Kirsten Korosec | get Autonomous taxis → | tags: nhtsa, recall, safety