FallOutBoyTonto writes: In June we saw an update to the NVMe standard. The update defines a software interface to assist in actually reading and writing to the drives in a way to which SSDs and NAND flash actually works. Instead of emulating the traditional block device model that SSDs inherited from hard drives and earlier storage technologies, the new NVMe Zoned…
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Massive 20GB Intel IP Data Breach Floods the Internet, Mentions Backdoors
FallOutBoyTonto writes: A leaker today posted on Twitter a link to a file sharing service that contains what an anonymous source claims is a portion of Intel’s crown jewels: A 20GB folder of confidential Intel intellectual property. The leaker dubbed the release the “Intel exconfidential Lake Platform Release ;)” The folder has been posted by an anonymous source that claims more…
Hanna weakens to tropical storm, wallops southeast Texas with heavy rains, flash flooding
Hanna, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, is walloping southeast Texas and northeast Mexico with heavy rains and dangerous flash flooding, according to the National Hurricane Center. Source: https://www.livescience.com/tropical-storm-hanna-landfall-texas.html
Mysterious force destroys monster black hole’s ring of plasma
Telescopes all over the world watched a bright flash light up space around a distant, supermassive black hole. And then, within hours, it was gone. Source: https://www.livescience.com/black-hole-corona-killer.html
Spectacular UV flash may explain how white dwarfs explode
For only the second time ever, astrophysicists have spotted a spectacular flash of ultraviolet (UV) light accompanying a white dwarf explosion. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-07-spectacular-uv-white-dwarfs.html…
Samsung Blu-ray Players Reportedly Bricked By XML Parsing Error
Hammeh writes: Since the middle of last month, thousands of Samsung customers found their older internet-connected Blu-ray players had stopped working. In the days that followed, complaints about devices caught in an endless startup boot loop began to appear on various internet discussion boards, and videos documenting the device failure appeared on YouTube. To fix the issue, Samsung eventually advised customers…
Steaming river of black sludge floods through Arizona
After the Bighorn Fire burned a large area near Pima County, Arizona, a river of dark sludge rushed toward town. Source: https://www.livescience.com/debris-flow-flash-flood-bighorn-pima-arizona.html
Observatory’s quick reflexes capture fleeting flash
Rapid follow-up of the optical afterglow from one of the most distant confirmed short gamma-ray bursts (SGRB), thought to be the merger of two neutron stars, is casting new light on these enigmatic objects. The observations, made by the international Gemini Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, confirmed the object’s distance and placed it squarely in the epoch of cosmic high…
Over 100 Wi-Fi Routers Fail Major Security Test — Protect Yourself Now
schwit1 shares a report from Tom’s Guide: Using its own analytical software, the [Fraunhofer Institute] tested the most recently available firmware for 117 home Wi-Fi models currently sold in Europe, including routers from ASUS, D-Link, Linksys, Netgear, TP-Link, Zyxel and the small German brand AVM. The models themselves were not physically tested. A full list of the tested models and firmware…
For the 1st time, a visible light explosion from a black hole merger
In recent years, black hole mergers in our universe have been detected via ripples in spacetime known as gravitational waves. Now, for the first time, astronomers believe they’ve observed visible light from a black hole merger, in a peculiar 3-black-hole system. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/1st-time-visible-light-explosion-black-hole-merger…