Daily Tech News 26 April 2024

• Elizabeth Bathory eat your heart out. Or someone else's. Probably a peasant's. Three women have contracted HIV after receiving "vampire facials" at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico. (Ars Technica)

  The woman's case led investigators to VIP Spa, which was unlicensed, had no appointment scheduling system, and did not store client contact information. In an inspection in the fall of 2018, health investigators found shocking conditions: unwrapped syringes in drawers and counters, unlabeled tubes of blood sitting out on a kitchen counter, more unlabeled blood and medical injectables alongside food in a kitchen fridge, and disposable equipment-electric desiccator tips-that were reused. The facility also did not have an autoclave-a pressurized oven-for sterilizing equipment.

  I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit.
  
  Twice.

• HMD, the company that manufactures Nokia phones these days, has released three new models under its own brand, all under $200. (Ars Technica)
  
  In Europe.
  
  Unfortunately they all have 720p screens, which may or may not be an issue for you.
  
  I recently picked up a Moto G54 - 8GB RAM, 128GB storage, and a 1080p screen - for around $130. That model is also not available in the US.
  
  
  
• TSMC has announced it 1.6nm process, called A16, due late 2026. (AnandTech)
  
  It's not a huge advance over the company's second-generation 2nm process due in 2025, but I'm not sure how much we can ask when new processes are coming out every few months.
  
  
  
• Gigabyte has a new "baseline" option in its latest BIOS version that keeps Intel CPUs running within specs to make sure they are stable for gaming. (WCCFTech)
  
  It reduces performance by 30%.
  
  And your electric bill by a similar amount.
  
  
  
• Australia's police and spy agencies want backdoors in encryption protocols. (The Register)
  
  Because of course they do.
  
  
  
• Best I can do is a backdoor into Chinese keyboard apps. (The Register)
  
  And estimated 750 million people could have their data stolen... If they are using a Chinese keyboard on their phone.
  
  Learn a real language.

posted by Pixy Misa at 04:36 AM

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