The four 747-8 freighters for Atlas Air will roll off Boeing’s assembly line by next year, 53 years after the first flight of the Queen of the Skies. Boeing receives last 747 order, ending production of the storied airliner – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge DarkMarket, reportedly the world’s largest dark web marketplace, has been taken offline by a Europol-coordinated international operation, according to authorities (via Gizmodo). German law enforcement arrested the Australian man believed to be the operator of the illegal site, and seized 20 servers that hosted it, bringing an end
Read MoreAn extremely futuristic day, even for CES standards. CES 2021 Day 2: Razer's insane concepts, smart lipstick and a flying car – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images You should go read this Gizmodo report that uses Parler’s leaked GPS data to show that its users were among the mob that stormed the Capitol last Wednesday. The report comes in the wake of the social network’s near-complete removal from the Internet, and is a
Read MoreDr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: Interview with Dr. Lisa Su, AMD’s CEO, on the new Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile lineup, Apple’s M1 chip, supply shortages, AMD’s acquisition of Xilinx, and more — Following the keynote press conference, AMD invited a number of key press partners for some Q&A time with Dr. Lisa Su. Interview with
Read MoreA security researcher has publicly disclosed a vulnerability in SaferVPN after the company failed to patch it. This popular VPN has been hit by a major security vulnerability Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MorePhoto by Sean Hollister / The Verge Nvidia’s new RTX 3080, 3070, 3060 Ti and 3090 and the AMD RX 6800 and 6800 XT are all incredibly hard to find, selling out instantly whenever they appear, due to an incredible level of demand that makes these GPUs worth many hundreds of dollars more than MSRP.
Read MoreThe Galaxy S21 Ultra lineup. | Image: Roland Quandt on Twitter Samsung’s next top-of-the-line smartphone may come in brown, according to leaked marketing renders of the entire Galaxy S21 lineup shared by WinFuture writer Roland Quandt, and I have to say that it’s giving me some serious Microsoft Zune vibes. The phone won’t just come
Read MoreBilly Steele / Engadget: Outdoor grill company Weber has acquired smart oven startup June for undisclosed sum; June worked previously to help develop Weber’s smart grilling system — Weber enlisted June, the company behind the June smart ovens, to help it build Weber Connect. That platform powers … Outdoor grill company Weber has acquired smart
Read MoreTruly gigantic TVs are getting more affordable all the time. Here are our current favorites. Best 75-inch TV for 2021: TCL, Samsung, LG and Sony compared – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMaggie Miller / The Hill: European Medicines Agency says that hackers leaked third-party documents on COVID-19 vaccines and medicines as part of a breach discovered late last year — The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced Tuesday that hackers had leaked information on COVID-19 vaccines stolen as part of a breach discovered late last year. European
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Affirm priced its IPO at $49 per share, above the marketed range of $33 to $38 set earlier this week, raising roughly $1.2B — – Affirm is first big technology IPO of this year set to trade — Consumers use Affirm to finance Peloton bikes, other items Sources: Affirm priced its IPO at
Read MoreGavin Bonshor / AnandTech: AMD says it will now directly sell Threadripper Pro CPUs to consumers, which support up to 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes and eight-channel memory, starting in March — Stepping out of its supposed ‘exclusivity deal’ with Lenovo, who had the first rights to Threadripper Pro in the ThinkStation P620 … AMD says
Read MoreOne thing’s for sure: after seeing [Roland Van Roy] build a vertical mill from industrial scrap, we’ve got to find a better quality industrial scrapyard to hang around. The story of this build started, as many good shop stories do, at the lathe, which in this case was also a scrapyard build that we somehow managed
Read MoreThe Inspiration Series is once again limited to 100 units and will sit at the top of the LC range. 2021 Lexus LC 500 Inspiration Series is a black beauty with a handsome rear wing – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreJust 670 million years after the Big Bang, a quasar with a monstrous black hole dominated a growing galaxy. Astronomers just found the oldest supermassive black hole yet – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreClear your Friday plans. WandaVision: When does the Marvel show hit Disney Plus? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSN9 is on deck to boldly follow in the footsteps of SN8, which bravely sacrificed itself in the name of iteration. Next high-flying SpaceX Starship test could blast off as soon as Wednesday – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThis super-limited-edition LC will sit at the top of the coupe’s trim range. Lexus debuts its 2021 LC 500 Inspiration Series in beautiful Obsidian black – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreDave Nyczepir / FedScoop: White House launches the National AI Initiative Office, which will implement national AI strategy and coordinate research across gov., industry, and academia — The White House on Tuesday fulfilled its requirement to establish an office responsible for coordinating artificial intelligence research … White House launches the National AI Initiative Office, which
Read MoreThere aren’t many good ways to lose $220 million, but this New York Times article highlights a particularly egregious one — losing millions of dollars in bitcoin because you forgot the password to your digital wallet. Stefan Thomas’ 7,002 bitcoin (worth roughly $220 million) are locked away in an IronKey hard drive, according to NYT’s
Read MoreThe University of Arizona College of Engineering has signed a renewal agreement with online program management provider All Campus, extending the partnership that has been in place since 2015 to support the institution’s engineering master’s degree programs. U Arizona Sticks with All Campus for Online Graduate Engineering Programs Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreImage: AMD If you’ve yearned for the power of the Threadripper Pro, but haven’t wanted to buy a ThinkStation, you’re in luck: starting in March, AMD will begin selling the CPUs directly to consumers, ending Lenovo’s exclusive access to the processor line. While the vanilla Threadripper seems like the peak of computing power to many
Read MoreZoe Schiffer / The Verge: Report: GitHub fired an employee who used the term “Nazis” in an internal Slack during the US Capitol riot; ~200 staff signed a letter questioning the firing — Roughly 200 employees have signed an open letter asking for answers — GitHub reportedly fired a Jewish employee … Report: GitHub fired
Read MoreAnna Schecter / NBC News: How right-wing extremists are using Telegram channels, including some affiliated with Proud Boys, to call for violence against government officials on Jan. 20 — Right-wing extremists are using channels on the encrypted communication app Telegram to call for violence against government officials on Jan. 20 … How right-wing extremists are
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