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Adhering to the new rules is also proving to be a major lift for US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the US Postal Service, the latter of which briefly stopped accepting packages from China and Hong Kong altogether on Tuesday as it scrambled to manage the deluge of packages from China that were suddenly … Read more
Hackers have discovered a new way to remotely take control of your computer — all through the Google Chrome web browser. A report from cybersecurity company SquareX lays out the new multifaceted cyberattack, which the firm has dubbed “browser syncjacking.” Chrome profile takeover At the core of the attack is a social engineering element, as … Read more
Field service engineers may not be the first group of customers that come to mind when you think about lucrative opportunities in B2B technology. But that same blind spot speaks of the opportunity in the space for those who are stepping up and targeting “the job site.” One of the players in that space, XOi … Read more
What you need to know Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said in a leaked memo that 2025 will decide if the metaverse is a game-changer or a total flop. Bosworth isn’t sugarcoating it—either Horizon Worlds takes off, or it could be the end of the road. Reality Labs is under major pressure to sell more headsets … Read more
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is making Gemini 2.0 Flash generally available through the Gemini API in AI Studio and Vertex AI. Gemini app users will now be able to access 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental from the model dropdown on desktop and mobile. The company is also rolling out Gemini 2.0 Pro and … Read more
Scientists are making significant advances in developing artificial blood substitutes, with two promising approaches emerging in 2025, the New Yorker reports. At the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Center for Blood Oxygen Transport and Hemostasis, researchers are testing ErythroMer, a synthetic nanoparticle that mimics red blood cells’ oxygen-carrying capabilities. Simultaneously, the UK’s National Health … Read more
There’s a lot of chatter in the media that software developers will soon lose their jobs to AI. I don’t buy it. It is not the end of programming. It is the end of programming as we know it today. That is not new. The first programmers connected physical circuits to perform each calculation. They … Read more
A mirror proxy Google runs on behalf of developers of the Go programming language pushed a backdoored package for more than three years until Monday, after researchers who spotted the malicious code petitioned for it to be taken down twice. The service, known as the Go Module Mirror, caches open source packages available on GitHub … Read more
Amazon today has up to $175 off a collection of Apple’s M4 iMac computers, and it’s matching a few all-time low prices on multiple models. The cheapest M4 iMac available is the 8-core/16GB RAM/256GB 24-inch iMac at $1,149.99 with an on-page coupon, down from $1,299.00. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you … Read more
The Huawei Mate XT Ultimate made its appearance last year as the world’s first tri-fold phone, and now it’s coming to global markets. The Mate XT Ultimate has drawn quite a bit of attention for its unique design (one that Samsung is likely taking a page from), but until now, it was only available to … Read more