The ecommerce giant reportedly purchased 1,500 cameras from China’s Zhejiang Dahua earlier this month to curb the spread of COVID-19 through its warehouses. Dahua is one of the largest makers of surveillance camera tech in the world, and its products are often relabelled and sold under other popular brand names such as Honeywell. This is an obvious security concern, as US authorities have continuously warned that tech firms like Dahua are capable of inserting backdoors that could allow Chinese intelligence to access sensitive data....

Head to https://t.co/AHl6AiJr5Y for unannounced features & details, new accessories, small design changes, pricing & an FPGA developer program. MANY announcements below: pic.twitter.com/mCK6FYxzCS — Analogue (@analogue) July 27, 2020 We first discovered the Pocket last year — for those who don’t know, it’s a retro-styled handheld capable of playing Game Boy cartridges of all three varieties. With adapters, the Pocket can also play cartridges from the Game Gear, the NeoGeo Pocket Color, and the Atari Lynx....

Yes, the company is doing rather well. The financials are filled with a raft of interesting facts and figures. For example, the company has now sold 79.87 million Switch units — finally overtaking the 3DS. On top of that, it also reported a 98.2% year-on-year increase in operating profit. Overall, not a bad time to be Nintendo. As impressive as these stats are, they weren’t what really caught my attention....

Tim Cook started by revealing a new home screen, with full-screen content previews for every show in your list. Every user who has their own profile will have a personalized “Up Next” list. Apple also revealed it’d be offering more Apple Music support on TV — tvOS will now generate on-screen lyrics for the songs you listen to. Also, if you plan to use Apple’s upcoming Arcade gaming service, you’ll be able to use PS4 and Xbox OneS game controllers (read more about that here)....

A report from Bloomberg stated that we’ll see the first Macs with Apple’s own ARM-based chips come out in 2021. What this means is the company is building its own chips, but using technology licensed from Arm Ltd. But why the wait between the announcement at WWDC and the launch in 2021? Well, that’s all due to preparation time. Because the underlying architecture differences between the currently-used Intel processors and Apple’s upcoming own ARM-based chips, the company needs to give developers plenty of time to adapt and optimize their software....

Apple, Facebook, Google and other companies have long scanned customers’ images that are stored on the companies’ servers for this material. Scanning data on users’ devices is a significant change. However well-intentioned, and whether or not Apple is willing and able to follow through on its promises to protect customers’ privacy, the company’s plan highlights the fact that people who buy iPhones are not masters of their own devices. In addition, Apple is using a complicated scanning system that is hard to audit....

The case stems from a 2016 European Commission ruling that Ireland had breached the EU’s state-aid rules by giving Apple illegal tax benefits for more than a decade. The EU’s General Court on Wednesday annulled the decision because the Commission hadn’t shown “to the requisite legal standard” that Apple had received an unfair advantage. “The General Court considers that the commission did not prove, in its alternative line of reasoning, that the contested tax rulings were the result of discretion exercised by the Irish tax authorities,” the court said in a press release....

This decision may mean anyone who runs a social media page can theoretically be sued over disparaging comments posted by readers or random group members — even if you aren’t aware of the comment. — marquelawyers (@marquelawyers) September 8, 2021 In other words, if you post content on your social media page and encourage or invite comments — and people post defamatory comments there — you’re legally the “publisher” of those comments and can be sued, thanks to today’s ruling....

I think about this a quote lot these days when I observe politics, but also in terms of social interactions, and even in how I manage my company — which I realize can be quite paradoxical at times. For me and the people I surround myself with, tolerance comes easy, but applying those values to a whole organization can be tricky. The reason is that for a company or organization to be truly tolerant, you’ll have to be a little intolerant....

I mean, on day one there is always a (smallish) core of ‘founders’ — perhaps ex-colleagues with a desire to break away and be their own bosses, or college friends with a shared passion or goal to get an idea off the ground. But what do you do next? Who is next on the recruitment list and how do startups go about attracting the ‘right’ talent? Firstly, it’s very difficult for startups to attract the right talent....

Vaccine distribution algorithms have already been deployed in many places. In December 2020, researchers at Stanford University rolled out a system that ranked individuals in its 20,000-plus strong community by priority. Around that time, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services revealed it had partnered with the data-analysis firm Palantir in harnessing “Tiberius,” an algorithm to efficiently allocate doses across the hardest-stricken areas. And at the state level, Arizona, South Carolina, Tennessee and at least four others are building proprietary technologies to modulate vaccine rollout....

According to ZDNet, CyrusOne is working with law enforcement and forensic firms to analyze the attack. The company is also assisting customers to restore the lost data. CyrusOne is yet to disclose the attack. ZDNet reached out to CyrusOne but says a spokesperson was not available for comment at press time. Sodinokibi: What we know Sodinokibi has been doing the rounds in recent months. Back in June, it attacked at least three managed service providers....

Tx: https://t.co/Y0Ia5t2rEA — Whale Alert (@whale_alert) July 29, 2019 Earlier today, this unknown Bitcoin holder shifted 49,755.64 BTC ($468.5 million) in a single transaction, which was included in block #587601. The Bitcoin network charged just $374.98 to facilitate the transfer, demanded no identity documentation or permission, and asked minimal trust. Four hundred dollars is certainly higher than some of the fees recently paid by other whales, but still significantly lower than costs associated with traditional finance....

In a statement released yesterday, the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) also alleged the firm and its founders Bruce Bise and Sam Mendez fraudulently promised investors interest in a cryptocurrency mining facility through sales of a secondary token, BitqyM, and its related blockchain-powered smart contract. That facility was supposed to be powered by below-market rate electricity. As it turns out, there was no such deal, and no such facility – the entire mining operation was a fake....

According to a report from CAR magazine, BMW’s 2024 M5 will have a spec sheet to rival the Tesla Model S, or any other high-performance sedan for that matter. [Read: China’s Xpeng ‘copies’ Tesla’s website after allegedly ‘stealing’ Autopilot source code] The report says the vehicle will have a tri-motor setup, with two 250 kW motors at the rear, and one at the front. That will equate to 750 kW of electric power; that’s around 1,006 horsepower in conventional terms....

Here’s what you need to know: Nearly 200 cases have been reported so far. The illness has widely varying symptoms, but some doctors are calling it a ‘chemical pneumonia.’ The CDC has not finished its initial investigation, the exact cause of the illness is not yet known. Vaping nicotine and/or THC cartridges seems to be a common link between victims. A handful of reports indicate that some of the afflicted had purchased bootleg cartridges from illegal sources....

And here’s the scoop—the bigger your crew, the bigger your discount. There is something for everyone at TNW2020, so joining forces with the department down the hall is a good play. So how how much is it? 10+ people = 10% off 25+ people = 15% off 50+ people = 20% off 100+ people = 25% off It’s really a no-brainer to bring your team to the forefront of the tech future at TNW2020....

Accused of committing securities fraud, Brooklyn-based Maksim Zaslavskiy was sentenced by United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie yesterday. “Zaslavskiy committed old-fashioned fraud camouflaged as cutting-edge technology,” stated United States Attorney Donoghue. “This Office will continue to investigate and prosecute those who defraud investors, whether involving traditional securities or virtual currency,” Donoghue added. Back in July 2017, Zaslavskiy marketed RECoin as “the first-ever cryptocurrency backed by real estate,” and Diamond as an “exclusive and tokenized membership pool” backed by diamonds....

In the stock iOS Mail app, hackers can create a pop-up that asks for various log-in credentials. It looks legitimate, and happens because the Mail app allows a line of code to load when it should be ignored, which loads remote HTML content. That HTML code can be used to bring up a very plain password collector, which can be created using simple HTML and CSS. The more straightforward grab would be iCloud credentials, since the code uses your email address to prompt for a password....

Warzone players will get to experience Verdansk at night, and it’ll come with “more than a few Halloween-themed frights” — and I’d be content with that, to be honest. But Modern Warfare‘s also getting a fright-themed coat of paint. My favorite new addition is that, if you get three kills in a single life, your operator’s head will turn into a jack-o-lantern. Get ten kills, and it’ll light on fire....