The new chip is shrunk in half in a more-advanced process node, now measuring 31 square millimeters, yet it contains one million artificial spiking neurons, eight times as many as its predecessor. And the chip gains new flexibility by having more more extensive micro-code underlying the operation of the spiking neurons. Loihi, pronounced “low-EE-he,” is named for a Hawaiian sea mount, a young volcano, “that is emerging from the sea anytime now,” as Mike Davies, Intel’s director of neuromorphic computing, puts it....

There are numerous threats to baby boomers online, including: Malware Phishing Financial fraud Catfishing Data breaches There are various ways to bolster your defenses and protect yourself against these threats. For example, using a unique, secure password for all your accounts can reduce your exposure in the event of a breach. Also, using cybersecurity solutions like antivirus and a VPN can protect you from malware, tracking, and other online threats....

The fourth challenge is performance, which is a major one. Despite some considerable progress, system scalability and performance are still a major challenge that needs to be overcome in order to ensure a large-scale adoption of the blockchain paradigm. Currently, existing blockchain technologies cannot match the performance or transactional volume of conventional payment methods. For comparison, the Bitcoin blockchain processes a maximum of 7 transactions per second, while Visa, for instance, processes 47,000 transactions per second....

A lot of very serious pro work can be done with that hypothetical Mac Mini Pro. Work that might not be possible with one Mac Mini Pro certainly could be done with a large array of them. Certain big data projects could use a couple of racks of Mac Mini Pro boxes, talking over 10GB Ethernet, to map and reduce many parallel operations. Given how capable the Mac Mini Pro is, and how it’s possible to do some very big projects by ganging them together, what might a Mac Pro add?...

Non-GAAP earnings per share came to $1.97. Revenue was $2.56 billion, up 41% from $1.8 billion in the prior year, including the addition of Credit Karma. Analysts were looking for earnings of $1.68 per share on revenue of $2.32 billion. “We had a very strong fourth quarter capping off an outstanding fiscal 2021,” CEO Sasan Goodarzi said in a statement. “Our momentum continues across the company with accelerated innovation focused on our customers’ most important needs while creating durable growth opportunities for Intuit in the future....

In addition to creating a reliable supply, the duo also managed to shrink the size of individual qubits down to “a microscopic scale.” According to the company, the result is a way to create quantum computers small enough to be networked together. Also: IonQ to go public via SPAC deal, becomes quantum computing pure play Peter Chapman, President and CEO of IonQ, called the accomplishments a “fundamental step in the mass commercialization of quantum computing....

Fortunately, iOS 15 gives you a number of tools to help you diagnose battery issues, and here we’ll take a tour of them and see how you can use them to find out whether you iPhone’s battery actually needs replacing, or whether the problem is down to an app, your charger, or a faulty cable. Battery Health First thing to check is battery health. To do this visit Settings > Battery > Battery Health....

If the whole world operated on a logical basis, it would surely be the dullest place. Why, then, does everyone assume that the next iPhone will be called iPhone 13? Is it because the annual release of iPhones has become a touch prosaic? Don’t they remember that Samsung was daring enough to skip ten whole numbers and go from the S10 to the S20? I only ask because the canny surveyors at phone marketplace SellCell asked Apple users the questions no one seems to have asked: what would they like the next iPhone to be called?...

Don’t panic! I’ve had my iPhone since day 1 (actually, day 2, thanks DHL), and last night was the first night where the Optimized Battery Charging feature actually did its thing. First, what is Optimized Battery Charging? Must read: Best portable power banks of 2021: Zendure, Anker, and more This is a feature that Apple introduced to iOS to reduce battery wear by regulating overnight charging so that the iPhone charges up to 80 percent rapidly, then stays there until the morning, where it trickle charges the last bit of charge....

For for what is essentially the most powerful, most sophisticated smartphone in the world, the launch was boring. Why? Because Apple has no competition. Nothing comes close. Tech is exciting when companies are actively competing against one another. That’s when we see real pushing back of boundaries. But what we saw today was an event where Apple was shadowboxing against an image of itself a year ago. Because Apple doesn’t have any serious competition....

Researchers at IBM X-Force uncovered how the attack was carried out, stating that MuddyWater leveraged free workspaces on Slack. This allowed the group to cover up operational communications. They first observed this activity in October 2019 and named the malware Aclip. The cyberattack on the Asian airline took place in March of this year. X-Force researchers did not disclose the name of the airline. It is also unclear if MuddyWater extracted information from its victims....

Irish DPC Imposes $277 Million Fine on Meta The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) said the decision was the conclusion of a year-long inquiry beginning in April of last year and is supported by every major EU data protection supervisory authority into Facebook’s user data processing woes. The penalty will tip Meta’s total payouts for GDPR violations to just over $1 billion within the last 18 months and is to be the fourth fine in approximately a year....

A master’s degree in computer science incorporates theoretical content and practical activities and builds on existing knowledge and skills. Most computer science master’s degree students have a bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field. With a master’s degree, computer science professionals can advance to managerial and leadership roles. A master’s in computer science also allows for increased specialization within the larger discipline. Here are some things to consider while you determine if a master’s in computer science is right for you and find the best one to meet your needs....

Of course, it’s a bit of a mischaracterization to talk about robots “seeing,” or at least a reductive shorthand for a complex interplay of software and hardware that’s allowing robots to do much more sophisticated sensing with much less costly equipment. Machine vision incorporates a variety of technologies and increasingly relies on software in the form of machine learning and AI to interpret and process data from 2D sensors that would have been unachievable even a short time ago....

What would you do if it was gone? SSDs (Solid State Drives) are much more reliable than HDDs (Hard Disk Drives), but that doesn’t make them invulnerable. The downsides of SSDs compared to HDDs is that you get little to no warning when they are starting to malfunction, and when they die, it’s generally permanent. So, in addition to having a backup or two (you should always have at least two backups of your important data), it’s a good idea to keep an eye on your Mac’s storage drive....

News portal swissinfo.ch (SWI) wrote that this news first surfaced on the Rundschau Swiss public TV program broadcast on SRF (Swiss Radio and Television.) The SRF portal released a report entitled “Data leak at SBB: Swisspass data openly visible” on January 24th, 2022. Vulnerability Has Caused a Super Meltdown for the SBB The massive data leak comprising the customer data of around 500,000 people affecting Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has been described as a “super meltdown for the SBB” by Otto Hostettler, an internet crime expert....

CEO Tim Archer said the company is seeing “a robust wafer fabrication spending environment,” using the term for the overall chip equipment market. Archer added, “While supply chain conditions worsened in late December and are causing near-term impacts to our results, we expect wafer fabrication equipment investments to again increase in calendar year 2022, leading to another strong growth year for Lam.” Revenue in the three months ending in December 2021 rose to $4....

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JavaScript is one of the most popular and influential programming languages. It’s almost impossible to find web apps that run without it, and it’s used by all the big tech companies, such as Google, Microsoft, and Meta. So those skills are always in great demand. If you want to pursue a programming career, the beginner-to-advanced JavaScript courses in the Jumbo 2022 Javascript Bundle are right for you. One class, the “Ultimate Beginner’s Course on Learning JavaScript from Scratch,” was designed for people with no tech background....

In a report on Friday, the security company said it discovered multiple members of Conti discussing ways to take advantage of the Log4j issue, making them the first sophisticated ransomware group spotted trying to weaponize the vulnerability. AdvIntel said the current exploitation “led to multiple use cases through which the Conti group tested the possibilities of utilizing the Log4J2 exploit.” “Most importantly, AdvIntel confirmed that the criminals pursued targeting specific vulnerable Log4J2 VMware vCenter for lateral movement directly from the compromised network resulting in vCenter access affecting the US and European victim networks from the pre-existent Cobalt Strike sessions,” the researchers said....