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City of Sydney has joined four other local Australian councils in banning the use of smart glasses in specific areas Banned in public pools, gyms, childcare centers, libraries and government buildings Separate ban covers public schools in Western Australia Local government councils and public schools across Australia are continuing moves to rapidly ban the use…

Honor is no stranger to smartphone innovations, with its clear embrace of silicon-carbon battery technology, high durability ratings, and even trying out some wild concepts with the Honor Robot Phone. I recently tried the flagship Honor Magic 8 Pro and the mid-range Honor 600 Pro, and their spec sheets alone were immediately impressive: large silicon-carbon…

Huawei’s Ascend 960 roadmap depends on scale, memory, and faster interconnects UnifiedBus connects thousands of processors while reducing communication bottlenecks inside AI systems The Atlas 960 roadmap reaches 15,488 processors with 34 PB/s bandwidth Huawei is expanding its Ascend platform with larger systems designed to handle AI models containing up to 10 trillion parameters. The…

Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Monday, September 21 (game #1701). Quordle…

Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints. What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands hints and answers and…

For Stuart Fails to Save the Universe viewers who have been waiting for things to feel exactly like The Big Bang Theory… your moment has arrived. Sure, we’ve had a whole host of cameos from the original show (though three notable faces have yet to turn up), but zipping from unhinged universe to unhinged universe…

CISA added three Linux kernel flaws (CVE‑2025‑39682, CVE‑2026‑53266, CVE‑2025‑39964) to KEV catalog Red Hat confirmed active exploitation; agencies given rare three‑day patch deadline expiring Sept 21, 2026 Bugs enable DoS, privilege escalation, or data corruption; patches available, limited mitigations for two flaws The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added three Linux flaws…

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, September 21 (game…

HKUST (Guangzhou) and HK PolyU researchers’ InjectEave beams a radio carrier at devices so their own circuits leak analog audio The leaked audio has already been decrypted by the device itself, making encryption offer no protection against such an approach The 30m headline needed a pricey amplifier pushing output to 10 W, while standard ranges…

Hackers are using blockchains to keep malware instructions available after servers disappear AI is making blockchain-based malware infrastructure easier for less experienced hackers Blockchain traffic is difficult to block without disrupting legitimate cryptocurrency services worldwide Hackers are increasingly hiding malware instructions inside public blockchains, creating communication channels that can survive the removal of conventional infrastructure….