4+ hour, 49+ min ago   (631+ words) India proposes requiring smartphone makers to share source code with the "government and "make several software changes as part of a raft of security measures, prompting behind-the-scenes opposition from giants like Apple and Samsung. The tech companies have countered that…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (335+ words) Cable builder SUBCO's new 400Tbps Sydney-Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth (SMAP) inter-capital undersea fibre link will be ready for service in May this year. The company revealed the service commencement date after confirming that the final work on the Perth-Adelaide-Melbourne leg of the 5000-kilometre system…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (373+ words) Vulnerabilities in a very popular Bluetooth system-on-a-chip (SoC) can be used to indirectly compromise smartphones, researchers at Germany's Enno Rey Netzwerke (ERNW) have found. Devices supporting Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth Low Energy connections could be attacked if they're within physical…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (327+ words) Beijing has asked some Chinese tech companies to "halt orders "for Nvidia's H200 chips this week, and is expected to mandate domestic artificial intelligence chip purchases, the Information reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Nvidia has been "caught between Washington…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (297+ words) Two US cyber security professionals have "pleaded "guilty after they were accused of working with a notorious ransomware gang to shake down American targets, the US Justice Department said. Justice Department officials "said that Ryan Goldberg, 40, of Georgia, "and "Kevin…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (585+ words) The US Federal Communications Commission said it was adding China's DJI, Autel and "all foreign-made drones "and components to a list of companies determined to pose unacceptable risks to US national security and would bar approvals of new types of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (389+ words) Two senior Democratic lawmakers have asked "the US "Commerce Department to disclose details and any approvals of ongoing license reviews for potential sales to Chinese firms of Nvidia's second-most powerful AI chips. President Donald Trump this month said he would'allow…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (457+ words) NBN Co's new 2Gbps residential internet plans are too fast to be monitored with SamKnows boxes for the competition watchdog's speed testing program. The so-called 'home hyperfast' plans, sold as2000/200Mbps for FTTP and 2000/100Mbps for HFC, were launched in mid-September. A spokesperson for…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (525+ words) An investigation into the Optus triple zero outage has revealed it can take up to a minute for an emergency call to be re-routed over another telco's network under a process called "camp-on'. The issue impacts both Apple and Samsung…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1627+ words) In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent: a prototype of a machine capable of producing the cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence, smartphones and weapons central to Western military…...