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News & Articles By Franz Walker
02/26/2021
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By Franz Walker
China has been spying on American computer systems through compromised chips
China has been spying on American computer systems for a decade through compromised chips supplied to one of America’s leading motherboard suppliers. According to a Bloomberg report released on Friday, Feb. 12, chips supplied to Super Micro Computer Inc. (Supermicro) were compromised by the Chinese in an effort to spy on the U.S systems. It also stated […]
02/25/2021
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By Franz Walker
Musk claims SpaceX Starlink internet speed will double this year
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said the speeds of its Starlink satellite internet service “will double” in 2021 as it continues to build out its global consumer network. “Speed will double to ~300Mb/s and latency will drop to ~20ms later this year,” said Musk on Monday, Feb. 22, in a tweet responding to a user […]
02/19/2021
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By Franz Walker
SWIFT joint venture with China’s Central Bank to internationalize digital yuan
A joint venture is reportedly in the works between SWIFT, the world’s largest electronic payment messaging system, and the department in charge of China’s proposed central bank digital currency. The move is being used as a sign that Beijing is exploring the global use of its planned sovereign digital currency, aiding in its desire to […]
02/05/2021
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By Franz Walker
Millionaires locked out of their Bitcoin fortunes due to lost passwords
A San Francisco-based programmer who owns $220 million worth of bitcoins is now unable to access his money because he lost his password. While this doesn’t seem like that big a story, especially with how easy it can be to recover passwords with most services these days, Bitcoin’s decentralized nature complicates things for Stefan Thomas. Unlike […]
01/23/2021
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By Franz Walker
Parler says Amazon intentionally let hackers attack data centers
Parler is accusing Amazon of deliberately leaving a back door open in their data center, leaving the former open to attack from hackers. In a recent court filing, Parler states that Amazon Web Services (AWS) deliberately left Amazon Route 53, a domain name system (DNS) web service, open after AWS took Parler down. According to Parler, […]
12/15/2020
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By Franz Walker
An even greater danger: China claims to have launched world’s first 6G satellite
China recently launched what it claimed was “the world’s first 6G satellite” to test the technology. The launch, however, has raised questions on both the actual nature of “6G” and the possible dangers that it brings. At the moment, it is still unclear what 6G – short of sixth-generation – wireless communications will be. The telecom […]
12/10/2020
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By Franz Walker
Intel, Nvidia questioned by lawmakers about their microchips being used to suppress human rights in Xinjiang
Two U.S. congressmen are questioning chipmakers Intel and Nvidia about allegations that their microchips are being used in Chinese computer systems to conduct mass surveillance in China’s Xinjiang region. In a statement made Dec. 8, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) raised several questions to Intel chief executive Bob Swan and his Nvidia counterpart Jensen Huang. They […]
12/10/2020
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By Franz Walker
Chinese researchers say they’ve developed the fastest quantum computer
Chinese computer scientists have claimed to have developed the most powerful quantum computer in the world, capable of performing tasks 100 trillion times than the world’s fastest conventional supercomputers. On Thursday, Dec. 3, China’s leading quantum research group made their declaration of “quantum supremacy” in a paper published in the journal Science. Here, they describe how […]
12/10/2020
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By Franz Walker
CIA used second Swiss encryption firm to spy on governments – report
Politicians in Switzerland have voiced outrage and demanded an investigation after it was revealed that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and its German counterpart, had used a second Swiss encryption company to spy on governments worldwide. “How can such a thing happen in a country that claims to be neutral like Switzerland?” exclaimed Cedric Wemuth, co-head of […]
12/01/2020
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By Franz Walker
Canadian police have an iPhone unlocking device… but no policy on how to use it
Police in the city of Guelph in southwestern Ontario now have a device that can unlock an iPhone and copy its contents. But Guelph police do not have a policy on when or how the device should be used, which has raised alarm bells among privacy experts. According to a report by the Guelph Mercury Tribune, the Guelph Police […]
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