Technology

A local news report called it “a futuristic dream, now a reality in Las Vegas: self-driving vehicles moving customers up and down the Las Vegas strip.” Lyft’s ride-hailing service now lets customers book Motional’s all-electric (and autonomous driving) IONIQ 5. Not everyone’s sold. “Love technology — love it, promote it Read more…

The USB Rubber Ducky “has a new incarnation, released to coincide with the Def Con hacking conference this year,” reports The Verge. To the human eye, the USB Rubber Ducky looks like an unremarkable USB flash drive. Plug it into a computer, though, and the machine sees it as a Read more…

Last month, it was announced that a specialized security algorithm co-authored by security experts of NXP, IBM, and Arm had been selected by the U.S. Government’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to become part of an industry global standard designed to counter quantum threats. IoT Times interviews the Read more…

[Swedish car publication Vi Bilagare] tested 11 new cars alongside a 2005 Volvo C70, timing how long it took to perform a list of tasks in each car. These included turning on the seat heater, increasing the cabin temperature, turning on the defroster, adjusting the radio, resetting the trip computer, Read more…

TSMC will begin mass producing chips using its leading-edge N3 (3nm-class) manufacturing process this September, according to a Commercial Times report that cites equipment manufacturers. The contract chipmaker will deliver the first products made using its N3 node to its customers early next year. Traditionally, TSMC begins its high-volume manufacturing Read more…