The White House is warning the chip industry to diversify its supply chain in case Russia retaliates against threatened U.S. export curbs by blocking access to key materials, people familiar with the matter said. The potential for retaliation has garnered more attention in recent days after Techcet, a market research Read more…
“Apple said Thursday it plans to add more safeguards to AirTags to cut down on unwanted tracking,” reports CNN, “following reports that the devices have been used to stalk people and steal cars.” In a blog post, Apple said it has worked with safety groups and law enforcement agencies to Read more…
A U.S. district judge “sentenced a Nintendo Switch hacker to 40 months in federal prison,” Gary Bowser, 52, is one of the leaders of the “Team Xecuter” hacker criminal enterprise, a notorious video game piracy gang, authorities said. The gang sold software to hack and download stolen games to various Read more…
Network gear maker Cisco Systems has made a takeover offer worth more than $20 billion for software maker Splunk, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The offer was made recently and the companies are not in active talks, the newspaper said, citing some of the sources. In November last Read more…
Playboy has plans to reboot its brand in the digital world through NFTs, digital subscriptions and a new mansion in the metaverse. The company has dropped thousands of Playboy NFTs featuring bunny avatars, launched a digital social platform called Centerfold and has plans to build a new Playboy Mansion in Read more…
Intel is entering the blockchain mining market with an upcoming GPU capable of mining Bitcoin. Intel insists the effort won’t put a strain energy supplies or deprive consumers of chips. The goal is to create the most energy-efficient blockchain mining equipment on the planet, it says. “We expect that our Read more…
Apple faces competition from many different brands all offering Android alternatives, but Xiaomi looks to be the most determined to beat it in the high-end phone market. As the South China Morning Post reports, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun posted on the microblogging platform Weibo on Tuesday, stating, “[We aim to] Read more…