Quantum computing has been something of a holy grail in the world of technology: in theory, it promises an unprecedented amount of processing power that could be used to solve the most complicated problems; in practice, most attempts at building the physical manifestation of the concept produce too many errors as a byproduct to make…
APT41, the state-sponsored threat actor affiliated with China, breached at least six U.S. state government networks between May 2021 and February 2022 by retooling its attack vectors to take advantage of vulnerable internet-facing web applications. The exploited vulnerabilities included “a zero-day vulnerability in the USAHERDS application (CVE-2021-44207) as well as the now infamous zero-day in…
When I wrote my Samsung Galaxy S21 FE review earlier this year, I had some simple advice for people mulling whether to get the lower-cost version of last year’s Samsung flagship — wait for a bit. Owing to a quirk in the Galaxy S21 FE’s delayed release, the phone arrived just before the Samsung Galaxy…
The count is in—we know that last year, early stage funding in global startups reached $201 billion. That’s an incredible $100 billion more than the previous year, and almost $30 billion of it went to seed-stage startups. mohamed_hassan / Pixabay – Valuewalk Q4 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more While the comparison is slightly…
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As if being a scholar in ancient Greek wasn’t hard enough fundamentally, the primary texts they rely on are frequently damaged beyond repair, being as they are thousands of years old. Historians may have a powerful new tool in Ithaca, a machine learning model built by DeepMind that makes surprisingly accurate guesses at missing words…
Threat actors have been observed abusing a high-impact reflection/amplification method to stage sustained distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks for up to 14 hours with a record-breaking amplification ratio of 4,294,967,296 to 1. The attack vector – dubbed TP240PhoneHome (CVE-2022-26143) – has been weaponized to launch significant DDoS attacks targeting broadband access ISPs, financial institutions, logistics companies,…
When you tune in to watch Survivor season 42 online, the battle to outwit, outplay and outlast starts anew. CBS calls this season “one of the most intense versions” of the reality show. It’s another shortened installment, like Survivor 41. The 18 contestants will push themselves to the limit — and beyond — over the course of…
One of the biggest criticisms of cryptocurrency at large (particularly the ever-popular Bitcoin) is that there’s no market regulation, which creates an extremely volatile market. Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTing Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images But Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order that calls for federal agencies to begin exploring regulatory practices for…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When it comes to web browsing, five seconds can seem like an eternity, especially when users are waiting for a slow website to download. This lag can have major consequences, as Google considers a site’s speed when determining your search presence. According to Google, the likelihood of users abandoning…
