In Severance, the keyboards used by Macrodata Refinement – the department where the protagonists work – appear to draw inspiration from Data General's vintage Dasher terminals, popular in the late '70s and early '80s. Hence, the name MDR Dasher. The original machines were known for their sturdy build, chunky layout,......
TSMC denies reports of joint venture with Intel as US pushes for domestic chip solutions
Speaking during the company's earnings call on Wednesday, TSMC CEO C.C. Wei said, "TSMC is not engaged in any discussion with other companies regarding any joint venture, technology licensing or technology." Read Entire Article
Apple’s latest iPhone update fixes two zero-day security flaws exploited in targeted attacks
The first security vulnerability addressed in the latest update is in CoreAudio, tracked as CVE-2025-31200. According to Apple's security bulletin, it allowed for malicious code execution when processing an audio stream from an infected media file. The vulnerability is described as a memory corruption issue that was fixed with improved......
Reversing blurred pixels to reveal censored content in videos is easier than you think
Viewers of a recent YouTube video by developer Jeff Geerling demonstrated how free software can unmask information hidden behind mosaic censorship. The experiment showed that anyone attempting to obscure content in a video should either block it entirely or avoid recording it in the first place. Read Entire Article
New approach from DeepMind partitions LLMs to mitigate prompt injection
Since chatbots went mainstream in 2022, a security flaw known as prompt injection has plagued artificial intelligence developers. The problem is simple: language models like ChatGPT can't distinguish between user instructions and hidden commands buried inside the text they're processing. The models assume all entered (or fetched) text is trusted......
Ubisoft Chroma helps developers simulate color blindness across all game engines
Ubisoft recently introduced Chroma, an open-source tool designed to simulate various types of color blindness. According to the French publisher, around 300 million people worldwide are affected by color vision deficiency – many of whom are gamers who spend significant time engaging with rich and vibrant digital environments. Read Entire...
EU provides burner phones to officials traveling to US amid espionage concerns
An EU official told the Financial Times, "The transatlantic alliance is over." Read Entire Article
Nvidia GeForce GPU driver update tackles black screens, crashes, and display issues
GeForce Game Ready 576.02 WHQL drivers appear to be one of the most substantial updates of the year. Key improvements include solutions for black screen issues – especially when waking PCs from sleep – enhanced support for Windows 11 24H2, and multiple game-specific fixes related to G-Sync and DLSS. Read...
Android phones will auto-reboot after 3 days of inactivity
Apple introduced a similar feature dubbed inactivity reboot with iOS 18.1 near the end of 2024. After a few days of inactivity, an iPhone equipped with the feature will automatically reboot itself. Most consider this an added layer of security, as a rebooted device is more difficult to break into......
Researchers use lasers and metalenses to align 3D chips with atomic precision
Semiconductor chips have traditionally been manufactured in two dimensions. But as devices become more powerful and compact, the industry is increasingly turning to 3D chip designs, which involve stacking multiple 2D layers. This approach introduces significant technical challenges – most notably, the need to align each layer with extreme precision.......