TSMC’s most advanced process used for consumer tech is its 5nm node. Currently, the likes of Apple and Qualcomm seem to be hogging 5nm output, and we haven’t seen any TSMC 5nm output funnelled to consumer products in the PC industry as yet (unless you count the Apple M1 processor). Until recently, you might have comfortably bet on AMD and Nvidia being among the first PC component makers in the queue for new and advanced TSMC processes; but “several sources” have revealed to Nikkei Asiaz that Intel will beat them both as “first adopters” of TSMC 3nm. The Nikkei report…
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It is often said that a bank is a technology firm in disguise. The relentless rise of fintech startups in recent years clearly suggests that the more a traditional bank can think and act like a fleet-footed technology firm; the greater are its prospects of surviving and thriving in the future. The rise of neo-banking is ushering in an era of digital, branchless banking. In this brave new world, the target customers are millennials and members of Gen Z; their banks of choice are smart apps running on a smartphone, and those smart apps are powered by disruptive technologies such…
A ransomware attack paralyzed the networks of at least 200 U.S. companies on Friday; according to a cybersecurity researcher whose company was responding to the incident. The REvil gang, a major Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate, appears to be behind the attack; said John Hammond of the security firm Huntress Labs. He said the criminals targeted a software supplier called Kaseya; using its network-management package as a conduit to spread the ransomware through cloud-service providers. Other researchers agreed with Hammond’s assessment. “Kaseya handles large enterprise all the way to small businesses globally, so ultimately; (this) has the potential to spread to any…
PDFs are one of the most annoying yet incredibly necessary pieces of documents in the digital world and the corona pandemic has hurried up the process in an incredible manner. They are annoying because scanning them is a pain most of the time. It takes time, it takes effort and it takes a lot of effort and sometimes leads to frustration too. And the worst thing is, the work is often just abandoned mid-way. Why PDF are important PDFs are essential as they make it possible for people to carry a digital copy of their important documents such as a…
Google is working on a new Chrome feature that is going to automatically direct users away from websites that are not secure and are still using HTTP. Users will be directed towards sites that use HTTPS instead of HTTP. Google has long been a proponent of using HTTPS and it had started marking all HTTP sites as “not secure” on the Chrome browser since 2018. Starting with the release of Chrome 86 last year, Google also started warning users about insecure forms on HTTPS sites as well to prevent users from sharing sensitive information like banking details. According to a…
At least seven people have been killed and ten others kidnapped in separate attacks carried out by bandits in Chikun, Kajuru and Giwa Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. Among the victims were four persons who were kidnapped and shot to death by the bandits at Tsohon Gayan community in Chikun Local Government Area, while another two were also killed at Iri Station in Kajuru Local Government. Moses Matthew, a resident of Iri Station in Kaujuru Local Government Area, the bandits stormed the community around 1:00 am with some sophisticated weapons and started shooting indiscriminately. He said residents of the…
ByteDance, the Beijing-based parent company of video sharing app TikTok has started selling TikTok’s AI to other companies, the Financial Times reports (may require subscription). The company has a new division called BytePlus, and according to its website, its client list already includes US fashion app Goat, Singapore travel site WeGo, Indonesian shopping app Chilibeli, and India-based social gaming platform GamesApp. TikTok’s recommendation algorithm is a huge part of what has made it so popular. Essentially, the way you interact with the app affects what videos it will recommend to you. The company explained in a blog post last year…
The Zamfara State Police Command has paraded suspects in connection with banditry and other related crimes in the state. One of those arrested is said to be a Senior Secondary School student of the Federal Government College, Anka, who allegedly posed as a bandit leader and demanded the sum of ₦3 million from the principal of the school. Confirming the incident via a press conference in Gusau on Saturday, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Hussaini Rabiu, said another student in Gusau metropolis wrote a letter, threatening to kidnap a reverend sister who is the principal of his school…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Nigerian woman based in Brazil, Mrs. Anita Ugochinyere Ogbonna, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, with 100 pellets of cocaine concealed in her private part and handbag. The mother of three was arrested on Friday night on arrival in Abuja via Qatar Air from Sao Paulo, Brazil through Doha. Upon a proper search, 12 wraps of cocaine inserted in her private part were extracted while another 88 pellets stuffed in socks were discovered hidden in her handbag. During interrogation, Mrs. Ogbonna who is a mother of…
Every summer, the majority of Apple users gauge their excitement about the progress of the Apple ecosystem based on the hardware the company occasionally unveils at its WWDC event — though there was none in 2021 — and the new software features that are announced to power the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and other products. there’s another subtext to WWDC that often makes larger — albeit quieter — waves across the oceans of Apple platforms. Every WWDC brings a toolbox of new toys for software developers and app-makers, and these eventually result in more robust apps that eventually make…