Enlarge / Nobody said getting root access to space was going to be easy. (credit: KU Leuven) Getting root access inside one of Starlink’s dishes requires a few things that are hard to come by: a deep understanding of board circuitry, eMMC dumping hardware and skills, bootloader software understanding, and a custom PCB board. But…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Enlarge / Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes (center) arrives at federal court with her father, Christian Holmes, and partner, Billy Evans, on October 17 in San Jose, California. Holmes appeared in federal court related to an attempt to overturn her fraud conviction. (credit: Getty | Justin Sullivan) Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of the defunct…
A dam’s reservoir. Wallner / Pixabay While dams are an engineering marvel, generating energy for millions of people around the world, some of them come with negative environmental side effects, from causing more inbreeding in animals by separating their populations to harming the flow of sediment in rivers that deprives wetlands of resources. In the…
Apple’s antitrust battle against Fortnite maker Epic Games is returning to the courtroom after both sides appealed last year’s ruling in a precedent-setting case over Apple’s alleged anti-competitive behavior. Last year, a U.S. District Court judge had largely favored Apple when ruling the tech giant was not acting as a monopolist with regard to its…
Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 state attorneys general over its location tracking practices. The settlement outlines that Google misled its users into thinking they had turned off location tracking even as the company continued to collect their location information. The investigation, which marks the largest attorney general-led consumer privacy settlement…
Helmed by erratic new owner Elon Musk, Twitter is no longer fulfilling key obligations required for it to claim Ireland as its so-called “main establishment” under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a source familiar with the matter has told TechCrunch. Our source, who is well placed, requested and was granted anonymity owing…
UPDATE: Nov. 14, 2022, 2:10 p.m. EST This story has been updated with the latest and greatest early Black Friday deals at Best Buy. Best Buy is once again scrapping the Black Friday playbook. The electronics retailer previously revealed plans to offer Black Friday deals “almost every week” in the lead-up to its main event…
UPDATE: Nov. 14, 2022, 2:00 p.m. EST This post has been updated to include the latest stock and pricing info for Walmart’s early Black Friday deals. Here are the best early Black Friday deals at Walmart that are currently live as of Nov. 14: BEST TV DEAL: Vizio 50-inch Class V-Series 4K Smart TV is…
UPDATE: Nov. 11, 2022, 5:45 p.m. EST This post has been updated with Amazon’s early 2022 Black Friday deals. Shopping ahead of Black Friday? Here are the best Amazon deals live as of Nov. 11: BEST ECHO DEAL: Echo Dot (3rd Gen) — $17.99 $39.99 (save $22) BEST FIRE TV DEAL: Amazon Fire TV 43-inch…
Several cybersecurity experts have highlighted potential data security issues ahead for attendees of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. The Norwegian government’s Head of Security Øyvind Vasaasen told NRK: “It’s not my job to give travel advice, but personally I would never bring my mobile phone on a visit to Qatar”, likening the scope of…