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Pedal Car vs Ministry of Transport - [Tim] from the “Way Out West” Youtube channels has started a fun project — buildin... - https://hackaday.com/2023/08/09/pedal-car-vs-ministry-of-transport/ #transportationhacks #electricassist #quadricycle #e-bike #news

Never Tweet - Remember when Donald Trump tweeted? Of course you do! The 45th president commanded the wo... - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/08/trump-twitter-account-special-counsel-search-warrant/674969/?utm_source=feed

Nearly every AMD CPU since 2017 vulnerable to Inception data-leak attacks - It's like a nesting doll of security flaws AMD processor users, you have another data-lea... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/09/amd_inception/

Disney Raises Prices For Streaming Services By As Much As 27% - Disney is raising prices on almost all of its streaming offerings as it looks to a... - https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/23/08/09/2130238/disney-raises-prices-for-streaming-services-by-as-much-as-27?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #business

US Supreme Court allows 'ghost guns' to fall under federal purview - 3D printers beware, Biden's on the Build-Your-Own-Blunderbuss beat The Biden administrati... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/09/supreme_court_ghost_guns/

Hackers Rig Casino Card-Shuffling Machines for ‘Full Control’ Cheating - Security researchers accessed an internal camera inside the Deckmate 2 shuffler to learn ... - https://www.wired.com/story/card-shuffler-hack/ #security/cyberattacksandhacks #cardtricks #security

Panasonic Warns That IoT Malware Attack Cycles Are Accelerating - The legacy electronics manufacturer is creating IoT honeypots with its products to catch ... - https://www.wired.com/story/panasonic-iot-malware-honeypots/ #security/cyberattacksandhacks #security/securitynews #catchandrelease #security

Sports Betting Won - There’s no such thing as a smart sports bet, but the first one I ever made was, by any me... - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/08/espn-sports-betting-mobile-gambling/674967/?utm_source=feed

Intel's GPU Drivers Now Collect Telemetry, Including 'How You Use Your Computer' - An anonymous reader quotes a report from ExtremeTech: Intel has introduced a telem... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/08/09/2030205/intels-gpu-drivers-now-collect-telemetry-including-how-you-use-your-computer?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #intel

Twitter held in contempt, fined $350K over Trump data delay - Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto)

Today, an ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1959973 #departmentofjustice #2020election #donaldtrump #truthsocial #sanctions #elonmusk #january6 #joebiden #twitter #policy #x

CLI-beautifying ANSI escape sequences can also make your log files a security threat - When you can't even cat your telemetry safely, who can you trust? Black Hat  Spend much t... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/09/ansi_escape_sequence_risks/

China Universities Waste Millions, Fail To Make Real Use of Research, Audit Finds in Indictment of Tech-Sufficiency Drive - Universities in a southern Chinese region are not doing enough to turn academic re... - https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/08/09/1812215/china-universities-waste-millions-fail-to-make-real-use-of-research-audit-finds-in-indictment-of-tech-sufficiency-drive?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #china

Top Web Development Companies in Saudi Arabia in 2023 - According to a survey, there are 5.07 billion internet users globally, accounting ... - https://readwrite.com/top-web-development-companies-in-saudi-arabia-in-2023/ #webdevelopmentcompanies #webdevelopment #tech #web

DARPA tells AI world: Make a model that secures software, there's $20M in it for you - If you're so smart, prove it by safeguarding our infrastructure Black Hat  In a surprise ... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/09/darpa_aixcc/

X tries to win back advertisers with brand safety promises - Meanwhile, platform keeps paying creators a share of ad revenue, but without similar safe... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2023/08/09/x_tries_to_win_back/

Quizlet’s AI study tools think I’m a bad student - Quizlet, a tool that helps personalize studying for studen... - https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/9/23826191/quizlet-generative-ai-chatgpt-education

Saudi Arabia Announces Standard USB-C Charging Ports for All Electronic Devices From 2025 - Saudi Arabia has announced its plans to standardise charging ports for all electro... - https://it.slashdot.org/story/23/08/09/189247/saudi-arabia-announces-standard-usb-c-charging-ports-for-all-electronic-devices-from-2025?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #it

A Clever Honeypot Tricked Hackers Into Revealing Their Secrets - Security researchers set up a remote machine and recorded every move cybercriminals made—... - https://www.wired.com/story/hacker-honeypot-go-secure/ #security/cyberattacksandhacks #candidcamera #security

Whitney Wolfe Herd is coming to the Code Conference - Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder of Bumble. | Photo: Ramona... - https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/9/23826211/bumble-ceo-whitney-wolfe-herd-code-conference-2023

Twitter was fined $350,000 for failing to turn over Trump’s data - An unsealed ruling shows that the special counsel investigating Jan. 6 requested the reco... - https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/09/twitter-fine-jan-6-trump/