Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red-handed
Chinese retailer AliExpress has been caught fingerprinting visitors after one of the metrics—an outdated technique that measures inaudible sounds it sends to browsers—impeded a researcher's ability to use his bluetooth headphones.…
Researcher Matthew Callaghan said he stumbled on the stealthy tracking…
After loading the AliExpress homepage, audio from his phone stopped pl…
He set the headphones to play sounds from his phone except when his PC…
GM vehicles under federal scrutiny after hundreds of reports
The federal government is expanding a safety investigation into a number of vehicles manufactured by General Motors after receiving hundreds of reports of brake failure.…
The problem affects more than 1.
1 million cars, including many of GM's electric vehicles, as well as o…
The problem is with the brake-by-wire system (which GM calls eBoost), …
Trump tried to curb clean energy. It’s booming anyway.
Donald Trump is presiding over an unexpected clean energy boom, as rising electricity demand spurs investment in new capacity despite the US administration’s efforts to thwart a solar and wind rollout.…
Clean energy additions will rise by a record 45 gigawatts this year, a…
The increase is roughly 25 percent higher than the record set in 2024.
The US president’s war in Iran, which has driven up global energy pric…
Nvidia senior manager linked to Supermicro scheme smuggling AI servers to China
Taiwan has indicted nine people—reportedly including an Nvidia senior manager and two Supermicro employees based in the country—who allegedly helped forge documents to cover up illegal exports of high-end AI servers to China in violation of US export controls.…
On Monday, Reuters reported that prosecutors in Keelung did not releas…
” One suspect linked to a related case remains at large, accused of th…
Since 2022, the US has required a license to export semiconductors to …
Buyer beware: Those mummified remains might carry toxic spores
Mummified human and animal remains have long been in demand among collectors, and such items are sufficiently rare that their acquisition may involve unregulated, occasionally clandestine trade practices—if not outright illegal ones.…
According to the authors of a paper published in the International Jou…
Mummified remains may also pose a significant health hazard due to tox…
In fact, toxic spores or fungi are often cited as the source of the le…