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Millions of Windows 10 PCs exposed by nasty security vulnerability Flaw allows attacks even on secured-core PCs When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Security researchers have found a flaw inMicrosoft’s implementation of the Microsoft Windows Platform Binary Table (WPBT) mechanism, which can be exploited to compromise computers runningWindows 8andWindows 10operating systems. Microsoft describes WPBT as a fixed firmware Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) table that was introduced withWindows 8to enable OEMs and vendors to execute programs every time the Windows device boots up....

Mobile Industry Extra: September 2021 News in brief and job news from across the mobile industry When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Got some industry news, made a new appointment or signed a new partnership? Then we want to hear from you - getin touch! Mark Evans heads up new Telefonica unit Former O2 CEO Mark Evans has been rewarded for his role in the operator’s merger with Virgin Media with leadership of Telefonica’s new ‘Strategy and Development’ unit....

Most people affected by Epik breach really won’t want their web activity published online Epik claims the hack has affected over 100,000 customers When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. The leaked data fromweb hostingcompany Epik has started unraveling the double-life of many of its customers, according to reports. Hacktivist groupAnonymous recently claimedto have obtained and leaked 180GB of data on Epik’s business and customers, for its position of providing web hosting services to many prominent right-wing and controversial platforms, such as the Gab social media platform, Bitchute video sharing, and the pro-Trump Patriots....

New Apple MacBook shipments set to plummet in 2022 over silicon shortage Getting an M1 MacBook Air is about to get even harder When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Despite massive growth in Mac shipments in the early part of 2021 – a 115% increase for Q1 2021 to be exact, driven no doubt by the release of the newMacBook Airand13-inch MacBook Propowered by theApple M1 chip– new Mac shipments are likely to see a huge drop-off in the first half of 2022....

Oppo challenges Garmin and Fitbit with its latest super-cheap smartwatch Snore detection and a dedicated e-sports mode When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Oppo has unveiled a new cheap fitness tracker that seems to be taking the big playersGarminandFitbithead-on, at a much lower price point. The watch’s design leaked a few days ago (as reported byWareable) but now we know its full specifications – and they look impressive....

Rolls-Royce teases ‘historic announcement’ for its electric car plans Says it’ll reveal “the next chapter in this extraordinary story” When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Rolls-Royce is a historic automaker whose vehicles defy reason, financial savvy, and conventional design. With a few cars and an SUV in its catalog, all of which costing well north of $100,000, Rolls hasn’t been one to dabble in changing its decades-long run of serious, petrol-powered luxury vehicles....

Samsung is building a memory chip that mimics the human brain Research is part of Samsung’s efforts towards creating AI semiconductors When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Researchers fromSamsungworking together with Harvard University have published new research, which suggests a novel mechanism to produce a memory chip that’s inspired by the human brain. In a perspective paper published in Nature Electronics, the researchers propose that the feat can be achieved by copying the brain’s neuronal connection map using a nanoelectrode array....