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Thoughts and musings of David Greenberg, a polymath

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 costs as much as a whole gaming PC—but it sure is fast

January 24, 2025

Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090 starts at $1,999 before you factor in upsells from the company’s partners or price increases driven by scalpers and/or genuine demand. It costs more than my…

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ISP failed to comply with New York’s $15 broadband law—until Ars got involved

January 24, 2025

When New York’s law requiring $15 or $20 broadband plans for people with low incomes took effect last week, Optimum customer William O’Brien tried to sign up for the cheap…

Technology

For real, we may be taking blood pressure readings all wrong

January 24, 2025

Last year, a study highlighted that your doctor’s office might be taking your blood pressure wrong. The current best practice is to take seated blood pressure readings with a detailed…

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DC Appeals Court: Compelling Fingerprint Production To Unlock Phones Violates Fifth Amendment

January 24, 2025

Well, well, well: let’s get this circuit split started! In completely unexpected news, the DC Court of Appeals has ruled that compelling someone to unlock a device using their finger…

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Millions of Subarus could be remotely unlocked, tracked due to security flaws

January 24, 2025

About a year ago, security researcher Sam Curry bought his mother a Subaru, on the condition that, at some point in the near future, she let him hack it. It…

Cybersecurity

RANsacked: Over 100 Security Flaws Found in LTE and 5G Network Implementations

January 24, 2025

A group of academics has disclosed details of over 100 security vulnerabilities impacting LTE and 5G implementations that could be exploited by an attacker to disrupt access to service and…

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AT&T’s Support Of ‘Open Access’ Fiber Competition Is A Head Fake, Community Owned ISP Says

January 24, 2025

We’ve talked repeatedly how one way to boost lagging U.S. broadband competition is the support of “open access” fiber networks that allow numerous ISPs to compete over a centralized fiber…

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Rocket Report: Did China’s reusable rocket work?; DOT may review SpaceX fines

January 24, 2025

Welcome to Edition 7.28 of the Rocket Report! After last week’s jam-packed action in the launch business, things are a bit quieter this week. Much of the space world’s attention…

Cybersecurity

2025 State of SaaS Backup and Recovery Report

January 24, 2025

The modern workplace has undergone a seismic transformation over recent years, with hybrid work becoming the norm and businesses rapidly adopting cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications to facilitate it. SaaS applications…

Cybersecurity

DoJ Indicts 5 Individuals for $866K North Korean IT Worker Scheme Violations

January 24, 2025

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Thursday indicted two North Korean nationals, a Mexican national, and two of its own citizens for their alleged involvement in the ongoing fraudulent…

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