Monthly Archives: July 2021

For years, a backdoor in popular KiwiSDR product gave root to project developer

reader comments 32 with 25 posters participating, including story author Share this story Enlarge / A spectrum painted image made using KiwiSDR. KiwiSDR is hardware that uses a software-defined radio to monitor transmissions in a local area and stream them over the Internet. A largely hobbyist base of users does all kinds of cool things… Read More »

TSMC signals global chip crunch may be easing

Enlarge / TSMC’s headquarters, seen here, are in Hsinchu, Taiwan. reader comments 38 with 34 posters participating Share this story Carmakers can expect a sharp upturn in chip supplies in the coming weeks, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) said, signaling that a global shortage may have moved past its most crippling stage. In the first… Read More »

Feeding the machine: We give an AI some headlines and see what it does

Enlarge / Turning the lens on ourselves, as it were. reader comments 63 with 43 posters participating, including story author Share this story Is Our Machine Learning? View more stories There’s a moment in any foray into new technological territory when you realize you may have embarked on a Sisyphean task. Staring at the multitude… Read More »