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The World of Legacy IT Systems 12 by niccl | 3 comments on Hacker News.

Neuralink Progress Update, Summer 2020 59 by lelf | 32 comments on Hacker News.

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Neuralink, Musk's brain-computer interface company, revealed a prototype showing readings from a pig's brain using a coin-shaped device implanted under skull   —  During a press conference held virtually this afternoon, scientists at Elon Musk's Neuralink gave a progress update. from Techmeme https://bit.ly/31Ay5xJ

Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News : Internal report: Kenosha Guard Page was flagged at least 455 times before Facebook took it down, with four moderators saying it didn't violate any rules   —  In a companywide meeting on Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that a militia page advocating for followers to bring weapons … from Techmeme https://bit.ly/2EB25AR

Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris, who is the Democratic Party's vice-presidential candidate, on Thursday blasted President Donald Trump for having "failed" in and "shown reckless disregard" for... Trump Has Shown Reckless Disregard For Wellbeing Of US: Kamala Harris https://ift.tt/2OS7KSu August 28, 2020 at 10:49AM NDTV News - Topstories from NDTV News - Topstories https://bit.ly/32zWnXJ via IFTTT

Find out which indoor security cameras are the best at keeping an eye on your home. from CNET News https://cnet.co/3iC0I3Z

Director Josh Boone and actress Blu Hunt talk about the movie finally landing and an awkward screen test involving Game of Throne's Maisie Williams. from CNET News https://cnet.co/2QtC2Or

The invisible light can kill viruses and pathogens like the one that causes COVID-19, but experts are raising alarms about the potential safety risks. from CNET News https://cnet.co/2EItUXs

As you know by now, Disrupt is going completely virtual for its 10th anniversary. TechCrunch’s Asia team (me, Rita Liao and Manish Singh) will miss seeing everyone in Moscone Center, but this will be the most accessible Disrupt ever , and we are excited to bring a full roster of Asia-focused sessions to its agenda for the first time. The sessions, with people from some of Asia’s most influential tech companies, startups and investment firms, will be broadcast during the day in this part of the world, followed by live Q&A sessions. And of course, all Disrupt attendees will get full access to everything TechCrunch’s team has spent months working to bring online: the Disrupt and Extra Crunch stages, virtual networking at CrunchMatch and Digital Startup Alley . Many of the most important recent startup trends and tech stories have come from Asia, or were driven by Asian companies. The continent is home to several of the world’s most complex and dynamic markets: China, India and Ind...

Elon Musk called an attempted cyberattack against Tesla “serious,” a comment that confirms the company was the target of a foiled ransomware attempt at its massive factory near Reno, Nevada. The Justice Department released a complaint Thursday that described a thwarted malware attack against an unnamed company in Sparks, Nevada. Tesla has a factory in Sparks that makes battery cells, packs and electric motors; while Tesla was not named in the complaint several blogs, including Electrek and Teslarati, reported that the company was the target. Much appreciated. This was a serious attack. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 27, 2020 The Justice Department alleged that Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, 27, attempted to recruit and bribe a Tesla employee to introduce malware in the company’s network. The malware was designed to install ransomware, a kind of malware that encrypts a victim’s files in exchange for a ransom. Prosecutors said the ransomware used an increasingly...

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