Malaysia stakes claim to become semiconductor superpower by luring $100B investment from … somewhere (www.theregister.com)
Open Source Cartridge Reader (tinkerbetter.tube)
A Ticketmaster hack spilled sensitive data for 560 million customers, hackers say (qz.com)
ShinyHunters posted on Tuesday night in a hacking forum that it obtained data from Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, including customers’ names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and order details, Cyber Daily wrote. The group is reportedly attempting to sell the stolen data for $500 million....
Xbox and PlayStation can directly play DVDs (dvdfab.org)
Xbox and PlayStation can directly play DVDs, or you can use a DVD ripper to convert DVDs into formats supported by Xbox and PlayStation.
A Nonprofit Tried to Fix Tech Culture—but Lost Control of Its Own (www.wired.com)
Amazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-ups (arstechnica.com)
[Gamers Nexus] ASUS Already On Government's Radar for Warranty Issues (www.youtube.com)
I would highly recommend sharing this with anyone that you know that has had warranty/support issues with Asus any company in general✊...
Google accused of secretly tracking drivers with disabilities (arstechnica.com)
What's Scarier Than Unchecked AI? A 'Swarm' of 3,400 Corporate AI Lobbyists (www.commondreams.org)
Google confirms the leaked Search documents are real (www.theverge.com)
RIP ICQ: Remembering a classic messaging app that was way ahead of its time (arstechnica.com)
‘Let yourself be monitored’: EU governments to agree on Chat Control with user “consent” [updated] (www.patrick-breyer.de)
Electric bikes are about to get more expensive, and the timing couldn’t be worse (www.theverge.com)
‘A fine line between humor and flopping’: tech summit’s rap battle is the height of corporate cringe (www.theguardian.com)
The next time you’re sitting through a company-wide meeting, half-listening to a leader drone on about updates or product launches (and hoping they don’t announce layoffs or budget cuts), remember this: at least they’re not rapping....
A Grand Unified Theory of the AI Hype Cycle (blog.glyph.im)
Researchers crack 11-year-old password, recover $3 million in bitcoin (arstechnica.com)
A look at search engines with their own indexes (seirdy.one)
cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/19788762...
World's first wooden satellite built by Japan researchers (phys.org)
Internet Archive is continuing to face DDoS attacks after several days, says “this attack has been sustained, impactful, targeted, adaptive, and importantly, mean” (www.neowin.net)
Google might have accidentally published docs about how Search works (9to5google.com)
Delivery Goes Wrong: New Cybertruck Slices Owner's Wrist During Inspection (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
A Tesla owner's dream of taking his new Cybetruck for a spin turned into a nightmare. He landed in the emergency room with blood spurting from a wrist wound before even getting behind the wheel.
Neuralink rival sets brain-chip record with 4,096 electrodes on human brain (arstechnica.com)
I like that their implant is simply laid on top of the brain, instead of driving electrodes into brain tissue like Neuralink. I'd like to keep my brain unscarred.
ASUS GT-AX6000 vs RT-AX88U Pro vs RT-AX86U Pro: Which of the three is the better WiFi 6 router? (www.youtube.com)
Skip the gloomy tech news a bit and just enjoy some good ol' router reviews with tests and stuff.
PayPal plans an ad network built off your purchase history (www.theregister.com)
Man accused of using generative AI to create virus in Japan 1st (mainichi.jp)
TOKYO -- A 25-year-old man has been served a fresh arrest warrant for allegedly creating a computer virus using generative artificial intelligence (AI), the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)'s cybercrime control division announced on May 28, in what is believed to be the first such case in Japan....
