Google’s lightweight Android Go OS hits 200 million daily users, CISA orders federal agencies to patch Log4J by December 24th, and DHS launches a bug bounty program.
Dell shares more details on Concept Luna, its laptop with removable components. Why HDMI 2.1 doesn’t mean what you think it means. And Scientists discover that altering medical scans can fool human radiologists and algorithms into believing evidence cancer either was there when it wasn’t or vice versa.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos
NSO Group reportedly exploring shutting down controversial Pegasus spyware unit, the Cyberspace Administration of China fined Weibo 3 million yuan, and LogMeIn separates LastPass back into a standalone company
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At the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, Intel showed work on how it will continue Moore’s Law post 2025 with Samsung and IBM announcing a new vertical FET design. Boston Consulting Group valued the pre-owned apparel market at over $40 billion this year, with resale platforms like Depop, Vestiaire, Tradesy, Poshmark and Vinted make up most of the market.
Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffolino, Nicole Lee, Roger Chang, Joe.
Welcome to DTNS: Science News Monthly for December 2021. This month we cover asexual reproduction in condors, the Milky Way’s new feather, Roblox investing in education and what the new infrastructure bill means for science. We also bring you a COVID update and more monthly science + tech news.
Family safety service Life360 is reportedly selling location data on families and kids, Apple wins appeal to delay allowing third-party payments in the App Store, and Roku and Google reach a multi-year deal to distribute YouTube.
Emails disclosed as part of the Epic vs Apple trial show that in March 2020, Microsoft proposed creating individual apps for Apple’s App Store to stream games, including offering exclusive triple-A Xbox games. The Next Web’s Cate Lawrence has an interesting writeup on an EV-charging system that works without internet connectivity making it useful in parking garages and remote locations. And security researchers at Alibaba discovered a huge vulnerability, called Log4Shell or LogJam in a common Java element. Shannon is here to help us understand it.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Shannon Morse, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe, Amos