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TSMC signals global chip crunch may be easing

Enlarge / TSMC's headquarters, seen here, are in Hsinchu, Taiwan. (credit: Sam Yeh via Getty Images) Carmakers can expect a sharp upturn in chip supplies in the coming weeks, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company…

For years, a backdoor in popular KiwiSDR product gave root to project developer

Enlarge (credit: KiwiSDR) A spectrum painted image made using KiwiSDR. (credit: xssfox)KiwiSDR is hardware that uses a software-defined radio to monitor transmissions in a local area and stream them over the Internet. A…

Amazon bought Facebook’s satellite team to help build Starlink competitor

Enlarge / Image released by Amazon when it announced a deal with United Launch Alliance to use launch vehicles for Project Kuiper. (credit: Amazon) Facebook has sold its small-satellite Internet division to Amazon…

iOS zero-day let SolarWinds hackers compromise fully updated iPhones

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The Russian state hackers who orchestrated the SolarWinds supply chain attack last year exploited an iOS zero-day as part of a separate malicious email campaign aimed at stealing Web…

Feeding the machine: We give an AI some headlines and see what it does

Enlarge / Turning the lens on ourselves, as it were. There's a moment in any foray into new technological territory that you realize you may have embarked on a Sisyphean task. Staring at…

AT&T will let unlimited-data customers pay more to avoid the slow lane

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Ronald Martinez) On Monday, AT&T announced the end of data slowdowns for smartphone users who purchase "unlimited" data—but the perk is only for customers who buy AT&T's most…

How much do you pay your ISP? Consumer Reports wants to see your bill

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | uba-foto) With broadband-industry lobby groups implausibly claiming that Internet providers have slashed their prices, Consumer Reports is on a mission to collect and analyze thousands of monthly Internet…

SolarWinds 0-day gave Chinese hackers privileged access to customer servers

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft said on Tuesday that hackers operating in China exploited a zero-day vulnerability in a SolarWinds product. According to Microsoft, the hackers were, in all likelihood, targeting software companies…

Microsoft discovers critical SolarWinds zero-day under active attack

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) SolarWinds, the company at the center of a supply chain attack that compromised nine US agencies and 100 private companies, is scrambling to contain a new security threat: a…

Is our machine learning? Ars takes a dip into artificial intelligence

Enlarge Every day, some little piece of logic constructed by very specific bits of artificial intelligence technology makes decisions that affect how you experience the world. It could be the ads that get…