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Computer Weekly reports on "the long-awaited reform of Britain's outdated Computer Misuse Act of 1990 which has hamstrung the work of the nation's cyber security professionals and researchers for years." The Computer Misuse Act was passed 35 years ago in response to a high-profile hacking incident involving no less than the King's father, the late Duke of Edinburgh. It defined the offence of unauthorised access to a computer which has been used successfully in countless cyber crime prosecutions ..

The Samsung One UI 9 beta has officially started beta testing, and you can find it if your region is Germany, India, Korea, Poland, the UK, and the US (for now). The new version is built on Android 17, with a heavier focus on pushing things in creativity, customization, accessibility, and security, while also setting [] The post After rolling out One UI 8.5 for older phones, Samsung opens up One UI 9 beta for Galaxy S26 series users appeared first on Nasi Lemak Tech .

The Sony Xperia 1 VIII feels like its from a different timeline one where smartphone makers didnt remove the microSD slot and the 3.5mm headphone jack, where they didnt adopt punch-hole displays... or big, fast-charging batteries. Were not going to sugarcoat it, the Mark 8 flagship has a hefty starting price of 1,500 / 1,400 and the inclusion of a free pair of the excellent WH-1000XM6 doesnt quite make up for the fact that you are only getting a 5,000mAh battery with 30W wired and 15W wireless ..

vivo Malaysia has officially expanded its flagship smartphone portfolio with the launch of the

Alienware gaming laptops have traditionally sat firmly in the premium segment, but Dell appears

OpenAI kini hadir dengan sebuah ciri baharu terhad untuk pengguna ChatGPT Pro di Amerika Syarikat, iaitu kebolehan bertanyakan soalan berkenaan dengan kewangan. Melaluinya, pengguna boleh menghubungkan akaun bank mereka ke ChatGPT, dan seterusnya bertanyakan soalan terus melalui ChatGPT. ChatGPT seterusnya akan menganalisa penyata akaun dan maklumat berkaitan, dalam memberikan jawapan kepada anda. Melalui contoh yang []

Dell has introduced the new Dell 14S and Dell 16S laptops in Malaysia, bringing

Last week, we asked you to vote on the topic of Motorolas new flip foldables the Razr 70 series or, as they are known in the US, the Razr 2026 series. While there are three models involved, we can come to only one conclusion. And that conclusion is that the new flip foldables are too expensive each of the three (vanilla, plus and Ultra) has its fans, however, it would take a price cut or some other deal before most people would consider buying one. Lets look at them individually. The Motorola ..

Today Amazon ends support for first- and second-generation versions of Kindles and Kindle Fire tablets, along with the Kindle Touch, the 9.7-inch Kindle DX, and other devices released in 2 or earlier. Owners can continue reading ebooks that they've already downloaded, and they can also still sideload books using a USB cable (from, for example, Project Gutenberg). And PCMag points out that "There are plenty of e-stores where you can buy DRM-free novels legally, such as ebook.com and Smashwords. ..

A few days ago, Google announced Gemini Intelligence, which seems to be more than just a rebranding effort. Its actually an impressive set of features that, among other things, can automate multi-step tasks and execute them entirely in the background on its own, including things like sourcing and transforming information and interacting with various apps and websites autonomously on your behalf. There is even a Rambler component coming to Gboard that lets you talk freely with any and all filler ..

An anonymous reader shared this report from Electrek: A Nevada utility just told 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents that it's redirecting 75% of their electricity supply to data centers, and they have less than a year to find a new power source. It's one of the starkest examples yet of the AI boom's impact on everyday Americans... NV Energy needs the capacity for data centers being built by Google, Apple, and Microsoft around the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center east of Reno, according to Fortune... Data ..

Microsoft and G42 data center plans in Kenya face power capacity constraints as the national grid struggles with electricity demand requirements

ASUS recently announced its new ROG NUC 16. The mini PC has been refreshed, fitted with the latest Intel Arrow Lake-HX Plus and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series. Specs-wise, the NUC 16 is fitted with the Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus, a 24-core CPU featuring eight P-Core and 16 E-Cores, plus an NPU with [] The post ASUS Unveils ROG NUC 16 appeared first on Lowyat.NET .

This is a rather interesting development for sure, but for whatever reason, Samsung has already shipped an update containing Androids May security patches to the Galaxy A55 and is now doing the same for the Galaxy A54. Meanwhile, this authors personal Galaxy S26 Ultra is still running patches from April 5 as of writing this article. We snooped around in the changelog for the update just out of curiosity. Perhaps something in there would simply be more relevant in some way to the midrange Galaxy ..

Disney recently celebrated its 'Week of Wishes' with Make-A-Wish, including a rare behind-the-scenes visit to Imagineering for Eli, a 12-year-old robotics fan who explored how Imagineers use robotics, animatronics, reinforcement learning, and immersive systems for storytelling.

"Every link leads to an entry that does not exist yet," explains the GitHub page for a Wikipedia-like site called Halupedia. "Until you click it, at which point an LLM pretends it has always existed and writes it for you, in the deadpan register of a 19th-century scholarly press..." Every article is invented on demand. The footnotes are also lies... The hardest problem with an infinite, on-demand encyclopedia is internal contradiction... When the LLM writes an article, it is required to add a ..

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It was lucky No. 7 for the S&P; 500 barely.

Former Microsoft programmer Keith Curtis "wrote and self-published After the Software Wars to explain the caliber of free and open source software," according to his entry on Wikipedia, "and why he believes Linux is technically superior to any proprietary OS." He's also KeithCu (long-time Slashdot reader #925,649), and has written a blog post on "How I added an LLM-based grammar checking + TeX math import to LibreOffice." : At Microsoft, I spent five years working on the text components ..

Here's what we read (and liked) this week.

Bloomberg reports that Apple's two-year-old partnership with OpenAI "has become strained, according to people familiar with the matter." Bloomberg describes OpenAI as "failing to see the expected benefits from the deal and now preparing possible legal action." OpenAI lawyers are actively working with an outside legal firm on a range of options that could be formally executed in the near future, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the deliberations are private. That could ..

The rollout will resume once the issues have been fixed.

SPAN plans installing residential AI computing nodes outside homes, offering subsidized electricity and internet access to participating homeowners.

US Army studies alternative protein rations using gels, powders, and fermentation methods to reduce weight while maintaining soldier nutrition requirements

We recently saw reports from users claiming that Google is offering only 5GB of free storage with a new Gmail account, instead of 15GB, but if they added their phone number to the new account, Google would "unlock" 15GB storage at no cost. Google has revealed the reason behind that. In a statement to Android Authority, a Google spokesperson said the company is testing this change to help it continue to provide a "high-quality storage service" to its users. New Gmail account with 5GB storage ..

"Most of the plastic waste in California is about to lose the recycling symbol," writes the Washington Post's "climate coach." The "chasing arrows" symbol, created in 1970 by a college student inspired by the burgeoning environmental movement, has been stamped indiscriminately on plastic bottles, clamshell takeout containers, chip bags for decades. The majority of the items emblazoned with the mark have been virtually impossible to recycle for most people. California lawmakers say they want to ..

Reuters reported that SpaceX could make the initial announcement by next Wednesday.

Be careful when entering business partnerships, especially if they're asking for deposits ahead of the World Cup.

"The vulnerability is simple in practice," writes Tom's Hardware: "run a command as a standard user and gain root (administrator) access to the machine." And it was Mythos Preview that helped the security researchers at Palo Alto-based Calif bypass a five-year Apple security effort in just five days. The blog 9to5Mac reports: Last year, Apple introduced Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), a hardware-assisted memory safety system designed to make memory corruption exploits much harder to ..

No more frustrating deaths in between save points.

Variety reports: Amazon MGM Studios started auditioning actors for the part of 007 in the past few weeks, Variety has learned... The next James Bond film will be directed by Denis Villeneuve, the filmmaker behind the "Dune" franchise, "Arrival" and "Sicario." Amy Pascal of the "Spider-Man" films and David Heyman of the "Harry Potter" series will produce the picture, which will feature a script from "Peaky Blinders" creator Steven Knight. Tanya Lapointe ("Dune") is executive producing the film. ..

Mosaic reveals new perception chip that gives smart glasses real-time environmental awaren

The One UI 8.5 stable update released by Samsung for the Galaxy S24 series, Galaxy Z Fold6, and Galaxy Z Flip6 globally earlier this week is now rolling out in the US. [#InlinePriceWidget,13147,1#] [#InlinePriceWidget,12771,1#] The update comes with firmware versions S928USQU5DZDR for the Galaxy S24 Ultra, S721USQUBDZDP for the Galaxy S24 FE, F956USQU3DZDQ for the Galaxy Z Fold6, and F741USQU3DZDP for the Galaxy Z Flip6. The One UI 8.5 stable update is also reportedly rolling out in the US for ..

The boom is piling up technical debt, warns Lightrun's Moshe Sambol

Residents will have to go through a course on artificial intelligence before activating the subscription.

The blog It's FOSS has an update on the Fedora AI Developer Desktop Initiative, a proposed platform for AI/machine learning workloads on Fedora. It's now been blocked "after two Fedora Council members retracted their earlier approval votes." The initiative was proposed by Red Hat engineer Gordon Messmer, aiming to deliver an Atomic Desktop with accelerated AI workload support, covering developer tools, hardware enablement, and building a community around AI on Fedora... At the May 6 council ..

This week's science news.

USA Today reports: Trump Mobile phones are being shipped this week, the company exclusively confirmed to USA TODAY in an email May 11.... The company's first smartphone the T1 Phone was originally scheduled for release in August. However, the golden gadget's release was later delayed to October before being pushed back again to this week. Now, Trump Mobile CEO Pat O'Brien told USA TODAY, pre-ordered phones will start getting sent out to customers this week... O'Brien said the company ..

The Protect Our Games Act would require game publishers to maintain ongoing online access to their games.