Linux backdoor, Amazon’s fake AI stores, Incognito mode settlement + more! - TechLinked April 3, 2024

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A NEAR MISS

Backdoor found in Linux

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/03/backdoor-found-in-widely-used-linux-utility-breaks-encrypted-ssh-connections/

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24119342/xz-utils-linux-backdoor-attempt 

Who is Jia Tan? https://www.wired.com/story/jia-tan-xz-backdoor/

 

GET OUT

Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/03/amazon-ditches-cashierless-checkout-system-at-its-grocery-stores.html 

https://futurism.com/the-byte/amazon-abandons-ai-stores 

https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116 

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-just-walk-out-actually-1-000-people-in-india-2024-4 

70% https://gizmodo.com/amazon-reportedly-ditches-just-walk-out-grocery-stores-1851381116#:~:text=According%20to%20The%20Information%2C%20700%20out%20of%201%2C000%20Just%20Walk%20Out%20sales%20required%20human%20reviewers%20as%20of%202022.%20This%20widely%20missed%20Amazon%E2%80%99s%20internal%20goals%20of%20reaching%20less%20than%2050%20reviews%20per%201%2C000%20sales

 

INCOGNITO UNCOVERED

Incognito mode settlement

https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-incognito-mode-data-deletion-settlement 

Google agrees to destroy browsing data

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/02/1242196805/google-to-destroy-private-browsing-history-of-millions-who-used-incognito-mode 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/01/google-destroying-browsing-data-privacy-lawsuit 

Now they’re gonna stop OTHER people from stealing your browser info 

https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-to-fight-cookie-hijacking-with-encryption-keys-for-chrome-browser

 

QUICK BITS

 

CROUCHING SNAPTIGER

Qualcomm says Snapdragon X Elite kicks Intel Core Ultra’s butt, too 

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2284554/qualcomm-says-snapdragon-x-elite-kicks-intel-core-ultras-butt-too.html

https://www.pcgamesn.com/intel/qualcomm-snapdragon-x-elite-benchmarks 

benchmark 1 https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240401_124812.jpg?quality=50&strip=all

benchmark 2 https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240401_124836.jpg?quality=50&strip=all

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/qualcomm-says-its-snapdragon-x-elite-soc-will-destroy-intels-meteor-lake 

 

ONE MORE FOR THE GOOGLE GRAVEYARD

Google Podcasts is dead

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-podcasts-gone-for-good-3430640/ 

Made By Google podcast isn’t even on YouTube Music

https://www.androidpolice.com/google-podcasts-dead-google-own-podcast-not-on-youtube-music/ 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewwilliams/2024/04/01/google-podcasts-is-about-to-stop-working-but-why/?sh=453426bf69b6 

 

CAN IT RUN QUAKE?

TSMC Facilities to Resume Production Overnight After Quake 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-03/tsmc-evacuates-production-lines-after-major-taiwan-quake?leadSource=reddit_wall 

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/03/tsmc-evacuates-some-factory-lines-after-taiwan-earthquake.html 

https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Natural-disasters/Taiwan-earthquake-kills-at-least-9-TSMC-plants-recovering 

Still assessing facilities, had to evacuate

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/tsmc-evacuates-production-lines-after-major-taiwan-quake-1.2054446 

 

CAR VS KANGAROO

Carmakers give up on software that avoids kangaroos

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/hazard-identification-software-cant-make-sense-of-kangaroos/ 

Funny headlines

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/engineers-testing-volvo-s-driverless-technology-have-hit-a-problem-kangaroos/ 

https://mashable.com/article/self-driving-volvo-kangaroo 

Kangaroo car accident stats

https://www.dinggo.com.au/blog/kangaroo-accident-statistics 

 

ASSAULT AND BATTERY

Trash from ISS goes through Florida man’s house

https://winknews.com/2024/03/15/object-crashes-through-naples-ceiling-floor/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/02/space-trash-florida-home

https://gizmodo.com/massive-iss-cargo-pallet-reentry-earth-march-2024-1851317508