Monthly Archives: August 2022

Corruption is sending shock waves through China’s chipmaking industry

China’s chipmaking industry descended into chaos last week, with at least four top executives associated with a state-owned semiconductor fund arrested on corruption charges. It’s an explosive turn of events that could force the country to fundamentally rethink how it invests in chip development, according to analysts and experts.  On July 30, China’s top anticorruption…

Reminder: Passkeys are not just from Apple

Illustration by Maria Chimishkyan When Apple introduced passkeys, its implementation of FIDO Alliance’s password-less secure authentication technology, the company did it in the most Apple way possible. It made an icon and printed a very on Apple brand-looking “Passkeys” next to it, complete in the San Francisco font. And if you’ve watched only part of…

SpaceX launches South Korea’s first moon mission, an orbiter named Danuri

South Korea is headed for the moon. Last night, the country launched its first-ever lunar mission—in fact, its first-ever mission beyond low Earth orbit. Formerly called the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), the mission, managed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), is now named Danuri, a play on the Korean words for “moon” and…

Scientists say they’ve debunked Google’s quantum supremacy claims once and for all

A team of scientists in China claim to have replicated the performance of Google’s Sycamore quantum computer using traditional hardware, thereby undermining the suggestion the company has achieved quantum supremacy.  As reported by Science magazine, the scientists used a system comprised of 512 GPUs to complete the same calculation developed by Google to demonstrate it…

Citizens review: Online-only bank with competitive high-yield savings account and CDs

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Lumber prices are plummeting again after hitting news lows for the year as US housing market continues to cool off

Getty Images Lumber prices traded lower again Friday amid continued signs of a housing-market cooldown. Prices fell as much as 5%, to $474 per thousand board foot. Lumber is extending losses that hit a new record low for the year earlier in the week. Lumber plummeted Friday, extending losses that marked a new 2022 low…

Proud Boys member Ricky Willden gets 2 years in prison for attacking police during the January 6 attack on the US Capitol

Ricky Willden was sentenced to two years in prison for assaulting police on January 6, 2021. US attorney’s office in Washington, DC Ricky Willden, a self-proclaimed Proud Boys member, admitted to assaulting police on January 6. A judge sentenced him to two years in prison — a term six months shorter than what prosecutors suggested….

US stocks close mixed as investors asses implications for Fed policy after monster July jobs report

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell appears during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Andrew Harnik/AP Photo US stocks closed mixed on Friday after July’s strong jobs report fought back recession worries.The US added 528,000 new jobs in July, about double expectations as the unemployment rate fell to…

‘Thirteen Lives’ is based on the harrowing true story behind the 2018 Thailand cave rescue — here’s how to watch

When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Vince Valitutti/MGM/Amazon “Thirteen Lives,” starring Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell, is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The movie is based on true events and follows rescue divers who attempt to save thirteen people trapped in a cave. Amazon Prime Video…