Daily Tech News 10 April 2024

• Intel has announced the name of its 6th generation Xeon server processors: Xeon 6. (AnandTech)
  
  That's it. That's the story.
  
  Slow news day.

• Peter Higgs, discoverer of the Higgs Boson, has passed away at the age of 94. (The Guardian)
  
  "My greatest achievement", said Higgs in a recent interview, "was pure happenstance - the particle I found had the same name as me."
  
  
  
• Two Bay Area railway workers have been charged for building secret apartments inside disused train stations. (The Real Deal)
  
  They built two apartments for a total of $50,000. They shouldn't be arrested, they should be running the state.
  
  Or both. That works.
  
  
  
• Elon Musk has expanded on his plans to settle Mars, as SpaceX's Starship approaches reality. (Ars Technica)
  
  The Ars commentariat is absolutely frothing at the thought of someone who even acknowledges fundamental liberties being the one to establish our first interplanetary colony.
  
  
  
• Speaking of the frothing Ars commentariat 90,000 LG smart TVs are vulnerable to hacking attempts. (Ars Technica)
  
  By users already on your local network.
  
  So... You, basically.
  
  Don't do that.
  
  Anyway, three of the four "promoted comments" are people who thing connecting your TV to the internet is a wonderful idea, and they've all been downvoted into negative numbers.
  
  
  
• Got a cheap mini-monitor to go with my Beelink mini-PCs, a 14" 2160x1440 display that should fit on a shelf rather than having to sit on the desk.
  
  As things are going it will probably still be in its box in December so I can wrap it and put it under the tree.

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