Hackers can exploit vulnerabilities to install malicious firmware that survives reboots.
The Download: capturing carbon with seagrass, and China’s election interference
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside Alphabet X’s new effort to combat climate change with seagrass For years, Tidal, a project within Alphabet’s “moonshot factory” X division, has been using cameras, computer vision […]
Fake Twitter accounts of athletes and other celebrities, some now suspended, are spreading fake announcements and chaos as paid Blue checkmarks become available (Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch)
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch:Fake Twitter accounts of athletes and other celebrities, some now suspended, are spreading fake announcements and chaos as paid Blue checkmarks become available — Elon Musk’s mercurial leadership and half-baked product plans are already creating fertile ground for confusion on Twitter.
Samsung Q80B (65Q80B)
Offering impressive HDR, advanced audio, and top notch gaming options, Samsung’s Q80B is a 65-inch crowd pleaser. We think there are a few cinematic niggles, but for mainstream buyers this model merits a solid recommendation.
Patches for 6 zero-days under active exploit are now available from Microsoft
Exchange, Windows, and a bunch of other Microsoft software all affected.
The Download: how Twitter is breaking, and YouTube’s TV experiment
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Here’s how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks On November 4, just hours after Elon Musk fired half of the 7,500 employees previously […]
Microsoft releases 68 security fixes, including patches for six actively exploited Windows zero-day flaws and 11 vulnerabilities classified as Critical (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:Microsoft releases 68 security fixes, including patches for six actively exploited Windows zero-day flaws and 11 vulnerabilities classified as Critical — Today is Microsoft’s November 2022 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for six actively exploited Windows vulnerabilities and a total of 68 flaws.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever review
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever releases in theaters on November 11 – here’s TechRadar’s spoiler-free review.
Hacker took pains to hide $3.36B of stolen bitcoin. Feds found it anyway
The haul, the second biggest in DOJ history, shows the difficulty of hiding cryptocurrency.
YouTube wants to take on TikTok and put its Shorts videos on your TV
YouTube Shorts, the video website’s TikTok-like feature, has become one of its latest obsessions, with more than 1.5 billion users watching short-form content on their devices every month. And now YouTube wants to expand that number by bringing full-screen, vertical videos into your TV, MIT Technology Review can reveal. From […]