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owl writes:https://medium.com/@bobbyrsec/operation-charlie-hacking-the-mbta-charliecard-from-2008-to-present-24ea9f0aaa38Archive link: https://archive.vn/Pfc6QThe CharlieCard is a contactless smart card used for transportation fare payment in the Boston area. It is the primary payment method for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (aka MBTA or the T) and several regional public transport systems in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Nearly 15 years after a group of MIT students first publicly disclosed security vulnerabilities in the CharlieCard, I am publicly disclosing that it is possible using only an Android phone to:

fliptop writes:Space companies want to remove their junk from orbit - but that's easier said than done:

Freeman writes:Lawmakers liken TikTok's widening influence in the US to "digital fentanyl":

upstart writes:Manifest V3 transition is delayed again to the relief of Chrome users everywhere:

fliptop writes:Apple is expanding its iCloud security features and introducing support for security keys for two-factor authentication:

fliptop writes:Over at ACM.org, Bertrand Meyer has a bone to pick regarding the use of 'statement' instead of 'instruction' when it comes to code:

upstart writes:EU confirms draft decision on replacement US data transfer pact:

progo writes:In June 2022, Microsoft's GitHub announced that they will be cancelling the Atom text editor later this year. (Initially November 16, but that got pushed to December 15.)

fliptop writes:A well done and mostly non-technical look at the idea of Threat Intelligence, that defines the term, who can benefit, the cycle describing how it's produced via planning and direction through processing and analysis:

canopic jug writes:IEEE Spectrum has an article about the USB thumb drive and its inventor, Trek's CEO, Henn Tann in Singapore. The market for USB thumb drives has passed $7 billion as of last year and is expected to surpass $10 billion by 2028.

upstart writes:The latest idea in the long gestation of the online harms legislation:

canopic jug writes:Marketplace has an observation that the fundamental technological element of digital computers, the transistor, has turned 75 years old this month.

upstart writes:Wiper malware from no fewer than 9 families has appeared this year. Now there are 2 more.

upstart writes:The United Arab Emirates is a founding member of the Artemis Accords:

upstart writes:A third of UK workers to stay online over holidays, following global trend:

fliptop writes:Putting spinning rust in liquid might seem risky, but sealed helium drives were used:

Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas, charged with "massive" crypto fraud in USFreeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/sam-bankman-fried-arrested-in-bahamas-charged-with-massive-crypto-fraud-in-us/

Freeman writes:Senators Warren and Welch urged Pfizer to back down from "unseemly profiteering":

fliptop writes:Loongson processors may get their own export restrictions:

upstart writes:Chinese Rocket Stage Now a Cloud of Orbital Debris After Disintegrating in Space:

Booga1 writes:Autoevolution covers a truck driver Tomasz Orynski's scathing review of the Tesla Semi, calling it "a completely stupid vehicle."

liar writes:That fusion announcement is worth getting hyped about, but practical fusion is still a long way off:

upstart writes:Analysis reignites debate over existence of 3rd-century CE emperor named Sponsian:

fliptop writes:MIT presents the "Wearable Reasoner," a proof-of-concept wearable system capable of analyzing if an argument is stated with supporting evidence or not to prompt people to question and reflect on the justification of their own beliefs and the arguments of others:

hubie writes:The age claim of the preserved footprints found in New Mexico's Lake Otero Basin are brought into question:

fliptop writes:The Q&A site has been flooded with ChatGPT coding answers that look correct but often aren't, with moderators calling for a halt:

upstart writes:TSMC will be tripling their planned investment at the Arizona plant and open up a second fabrication unit by 2026:

upstart writes:Raspberry Pi Adds 100,000 Units to Supply Chain, Back to Pre-pandemic Levels in 2023:

upstart writes:A prototype heat pump that uses water and sound to cool is three times as efficient as previous comparable designs:

fliptop writes:Biden faces a renewed push, domestically and internationally, to drop charges against Assange, who is languishing in a UK jail:

upstart writes:If you are concerned about browsing discreetly, this makes it easier:

upstart writes:The galaxy formed within about 325 million years of the big bang:

fliptop writes:There's a whole family of Red Hat Enterprise Linux variants, each with its own users. So, what's the right one for you? It depends on your needs:

upstart writes:UK chip firm XMOS picks RISC-V for next-gen microcontrollers:

upstart writes:SpaceX Unveils Starshield, an Encrypted Starlink Service for Governments - ExtremeTech:

upstart writes:NASA posts high resolution images of Orion's final lunar flyby:

upstart writes:Astronomers Shocked By Powerful Gamma-Ray Burst From Colliding Neutron Stars - ExtremeTech:

fliptop writes:The cryptographic key proves an update is legit, assuming your OEM doesn't lose it:

upstart writes in with two story links for this topic:Stimulating the vagus nerve may reduce symptoms of multiple sclerosis and

upstart writes:"Social media is the pre-1964 cigarette," the author of the bill has said:

upstart writes:Signal is secure, as proven by hackers:

fliptop writes:Electronic computing and communications have advanced significantly since the days of radio telegraphy and vacuum tubes. In fact, consumer devices now contain levels of processing power and memory that would be unimaginable just a few decades ago.But as computing and information processing microdevices get ever smaller and more powerful, they are running into some fundamental limits imposed by the laws of quantum physics. Because of this, the future of the field may lie in photonics—the light-based parallel to electronics:

upstart writes:Ecommerce group commits to increasing visibility of rivals' products:

upstart writes:Uber Launches Robotaxi Service in Las Vegas:

upstart writes:The board found numerous flaws in Facebook's moderation rules for celebs and and VIPs :

upstart writes:The countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the UK:

Thexalon writes:The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it intends to sue to block Microsoft from acquiring Activision. Regulators are making the argument that Microsoft is doing this to use its control of game catalogs to make more and more games exclusive to the XBox in an effort to gain market share from its competitors, which is a violation of anti-trust law.

hubie writes:It's official: France bans short haul domestic flights in favour of train travel:

upstart writes:Satellite Pic Shows Saudi's Sci-Fi Megacity Is Actually Being Built:Saudi Arabia says The Line will be completed in 2030, though construction began this autumn.

upstart writes:The US Finally Has A Chance For A Federal Privacy Law. It Should Take It: