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YubiKeys are vulnerable to cloning attacks thanks to newly discovered side channel

YubiKey vulnerability allows cloning attacks

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Enlarge (credit: Yubico) The YubiKey 5, the most widely used hardware token for two-factor authentication based on the FIDO standard , contains a cryptographic flaw that makes the finger-size device vulnerable to cloning when an attacker gains temporary physical access to it, researchers said Tuesday. The cryptographic flaw, known as a side channel , resides in a small microcontroller used in a l

Qualcomm’s new 8-core Snapdragon chip is aimed at cheaper Arm Windows PCs

Qualcomm launches Snapdragon X Plus chip

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Enlarge (credit: Qualcomm) Windows-on-Arm is finally just about good enough to serve as your main PC, thanks to a combination of long-awaited Snapdragon X-series silicon from Qualcomm, Arm-specific improvements in the Windows 11 24H2 update, and third-party software developers that are slowly but surely putting out Arm-native versions of their most popular apps. So far, those Snapdragon X chips h

Relativity Space has gone from printing money and rockets to doing what, exactly?

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Enlarge / The Terran 1 rocket made its only flight (a beautiful one) in March 2023. (credit: Relativity Space/John Kraus) A splashy California-based launch company named Relativity Space shared a photo of sleek-looking rocket hardware on its social media channels last week. The image featured an impressively large payload fairing, which protects satellites on the ride into space. "Time to take a

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Bird flu reaches cows in California, the country’s largest milk producer

Bird flu suspected in California dairy

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Enlarge / A cow grazes in a field at a dairy farm on April 26, 2024, in Petaluma, California. (credit: Getty | Justin Sullivan ) The outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in US dairy cows has now spread to three herds in California, the largest milk-producing state in the country, with around 1.7 million dairy cows, federal and state health officials have confirmed . Fourteen states and 197 herds have now be

TV viewers get screwed again as Disney channels are blacked out on DirecTV

DirecTV drops ABC ESPN channels

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Enlarge (credit: Disney) Disney-owned channels have been blacked out on DirecTV for the past two days because of a contract dispute, with both companies claiming publicly that they aren't willing to budge much from their negotiating positions. Until it's resolved, DirecTV subscribers won't have access to ABC, ESPN, and other Disney channels. While there have been many contentious contract negotia

Metal bats have pluses for young players, but in the end it comes down to skill

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Enlarge / Washington State University scientists conducted batting cage tests of wood and metal bats with young players. (credit: YouTube/Baseball Bat Bros. ) There's long been a debate in baseball circles about the respective benefits and drawbacks of using wood bats versus metal bats . However, there are relatively few scientific studies on the topic that focus specifically on young athletes, w

Oprah’s upcoming AI television special sparks outrage among tech critics

Oprah hosts AI special on ABC

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Enlarge / An ABC handout promotional image for "AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special." (credit: ABC ) On Thursday, ABC announced an upcoming TV special titled, "AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special." The one-hour show, set to air on September 12, aims to explore AI's impact on daily life and will feature interviews with figures in the tech industry, like OpenAI CEO Sam A

Rust in Linux lead retires rather than deal with more “nontechnical nonsense”

Wedson Almeida Filho retires from Rust

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Enlarge / Rust never sleeps. But Rust, the programming language, can be held at bay if enough kernel programmers aren't interested in seeing it implemented. (credit: Getty Images) The Linux kernel is not a place to work if you're not ready for some, shall we say, spirited argument. Still, one key developer in the project to expand Rust's place inside the largely C-based kernel feels the "nontechn

Intel Core Ultra 200V promises Arm-beating battery life without compatibility issues

Intel launches Core Ultra 200V processors

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Enlarge (credit: Intel) Intel has formally announced its first batch of next-generation Core Ultra processors, codenamed "Lunar Lake." The CPUs will be available in PCs beginning on September 24. Formally dubbed "Intel Core Ultra (Series 2)," these CPUs follow up the Meteor Lake Core Ultra CPUs that Intel has been shipping all year. They promise modest CPU performance increases alongside big powe

Natural piezoelectric effect may build gold deposits

Earthquakes create giant gold nuggets

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Enlarge / A lot of gold deposits are found embedded in quartz crystals. (credit: Pierre Longnus ) One of the reasons gold is so valuable is because it is highly unreactive—if you make something out of gold, it keeps its lustrous radiance. Even when you can react it with another material, it's also barely soluble, a combination that makes it difficult to purify away from other materials. Which is

Sony is shutting down Concord, refunding players after just two weeks

Concord sells 25000 copies

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Concord Enlarge / This team-based FPS combat scene was apparently too familiar to attract all that many players to Concord . (credit: Sony) Sony's team-based online shooter Concord has been removed from sale and will be taken offline on Friday, September 6, just two weeks after its August 23 launch. Firewalk Studios Game Director Ryan Ellis said in an announcement Tuesday that publisher Sony will

Cops’ favorite face image search engine fined $33M for privacy violation

Clearview AI fined 30.5 million euros

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Enlarge (credit: EyeEm Mobile GmbH | iStock / Getty Images Plus ) A controversial facial recognition tech company behind a vast face image search engine widely used by cops has been fined approximately $33 million in the Netherlands for serious data privacy violations. According to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) , Clearview AI "built an illegal database with billions of photos of faces

Hyundai updates Ioniq 5 with bigger battery, Tesla-style port

2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 introduces XRT trim

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Enlarge / The lifted, rugged, off-road version-of-normal trend has come to the Ioniq 5 with the new XLT. (credit: Hyundai) The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is one of our favorite electric vehicles . It offers excellent efficiency and really rapid charging, all wrapped up in a shape that exudes late-'80s hatchback vibes. Today, Hyundai revealed details about the Ioniq 5's update for model year 2025 (MY25), and

Starlink tells Brazil it won’t block X until government unfreezes its assets

X banned in Brazil

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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images) Elon Musk's Starlink broadband service said it would defy an order to block Musk's X platform in Brazil after the country's top court required Internet providers to block the site. SpaceX's Starlink division, which says it has 250,000 customers in Brazil, reportedly told the country's telecom agency on Sunday that it will not comply with orders to bloc

Bugs, performance issues hinder Huawei’s AI chips

Huawei AI chips face performance issues

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Enlarge (credit: Barcroft Media | Getty Images) China’s efforts to match US computing power in artificial intelligence are being hampered by bug-ridden software, with customers of leading AI chipmaker Huawei complaining about performance issues and the difficulty of switching from Nvidia products. The Chinese technology giant has emerged as the frontrunner in the race to develop a domestic altern

Sep 2, 2024

The New Glenn rocket’s second stage set to roll to the launch pad on Monday

NASA Blue Origin Mars mission launch

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Enlarge / Image of the New Glenn second stage on its mobile test stand. (credit: Blue Origin) Blue Origin plans to enter the final phase of its launch preparations for the New Glenn rocket on Monday by rolling the vehicle's second stage to Launch Complex 36 in Florida. Pending weather and other final considerations, a rollout could occur as early as Monday afternoon. This is the flight version of

Sep 1, 2024

The good and bad about the 2025 Volvo EX90, the company’s new electric SUV

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Enlarge / After launching some smaller and cheaper electric vehicles, it was time for Volvo to push the boat out with a flagship SUV, the EX90. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Volvo provided flights from Washington to Orange County and accommodation so Ars could drive the EX90. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. An early convert to the idea of an all-electrified lineup, Volvo has taken a sligh

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