Monthly Archives: October 2022

Dyson’s Gen5 Detect cordless vacuum is so powerful it can suck up viruses

There are vacuum cleaners, and then there are *vacuum cleaners*. Dyson’s new cordless model, the Dyson Gen5 Detect, falls firmly into the latter camp.  The first vacuum to feature Dyson’s next-generation Hyperdymium motor – which spins at up to 135,000 rpm, some nine times faster than a modern-day Formula 1 engine – the Gen5 Detect…

AMD RDNA 3 flagship GPU could debut in December, but may fall short of Nvidia RTX 4090

AMD’s first RDNA 3 graphics cards will arrive in December, according to the latest rumor regarding the next-gen GPUs. As Tom’s Hardware reports, this comes from known leaker ECSM on Bilibili (a Chinese video sharing platform), and while this person has been right about things on the grapevine in the past, we’d still take this…

New tricks will help Microsoft Defender for Endpoint stop malware in its tracks

One thing most malware needs to do is reach out for further instructions to its command & control (C2) server. By catching this traffic before any information can be exchanged, Microsoft is hoping to stop many attacks in their tracks. The company recently added a new feature to its Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) security…

Ex-ambassador says the US and its allies need to bring Hungary’s authoritarian leader ‘to his senses’ as he and Turkey’s Erdogan hold NATO’s expansion hostage

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, points out city landmarks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool Hungary and Turkey are the only two states that haven’t approved adding Finland and Sweden to NATO.  Among the issues is stalling by Hungary’s Viktor Orbán,…

Lufthansa says passengers can put activated AirTags in their checked luggage just days after banning them

A Lufthansa Airbus A380. Silas Stein/Getty Images Lufthansa says activated AirTags are now allowed in checked luggage just days after banning them. The airline said on Saturday the tags were “dangerous goods” and must be turned off. It also told Airways magazine that there was no ban on AirTags, causing confusion. Lufthansa said it will…

The Fed will ‘probably break something’, and more risks may need to be priced in as markets are fragile after an era of low rates and high liquidity, Mohamed El-Erian says

Mohamed El-Erian Mohamed El-Erian The Fed will “probably break something” trying to bring down inflation, Mohamed El-Erian said. He pointed to the Fed’s meeting minutes, which gloss over risks to market liquidity and functioning. “Markets are quite fragile after such a long period of zero interest rates and massive liquidity,” he warned. The Fed will…

These are the wealthiest US states, according to a new report — and a wealth tax on the country’s richest would raise $415 billion

People participate in a “March on Billionaires” event on July 17, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images A new report finds that 30% of America’s wealth belongs to households with over $30 million. Those ultra-wealthy households are particularly clustered in some states, but don’t pay much in taxes. Because of the tax code’s…

Millions of retirees are about to get a $140 monthly raise from Social Security to help deal with how expensive everything has gotten

Even a conservative projection puts next year’s Social Security cost-of-living adjustment as the highest since 1981, when the US was in a recession. JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images Due to high inflation, retirees and people on disability are set to get a big raise next year. The Social Security Administration announced an 8.7% cost of living adjustment…