Month: August 2024
Feds award $521 million in EV charger funds, but rollout remains slow
The awards are part of a $7.5 billion program for EV charger infrastructure.
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The federal government awarded another $521 million in EV charger funding today. It’s the latest tranche of money to be awarded from a $7.5 billion program authorized by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which aims to build out fast chargers along interstate highways as well as bringing charging infrastructure to underserved communities.
$321 million from today’s announcement will be spent on 41 different projects across the country—these projects are a mix of level 2 AC chargers as well as DC fast chargers. The remaining $200 million will continue funding DC fast chargers along designated highway corridors.
The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, which administers the federal funding, called out a $15 million project to install chargers at 53 sites in Milwaukee and a $3.9 million project to install publicly accessible chargers on the Sioux Reservation in North Dakota as examples of the latest awards.
Amazon Introduces Massive $770 Discount on Samsung’s 27-Inch ViewFinity S9 5K Monitor
Samsung’s 27-inch ViewFinity S9 5K Monitor has hit a new record low price on Amazon this week, available for $830.10, down from $1,599.99. You can have the monitor delivered by August 29 if you’re a Prime member, or by September 2 for everyone else.
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We typically track deals for the 27-inch ViewFinity S9 5K Monitor at around $899.99, so today’s deal beats the previous all-time low by about $70. Right now only Amazon has this deal, so if you’re interested be sure to lock it in before it expires.
$770 OFFSamsung 27-Inch ViewFinity S9 5K Monitor for $830.10
This monitor has a matte display, modular 4K SlimFit camera, and support for Thunderbolt 4 and AirPlay. Head to our full Deals Roundup to get caught up with all of the latest deals and discounts that we’ve been tracking over the past week.Related Roundup: Apple DealsThis article, “Amazon Introduces Massive $770 Discount on Samsung’s 27-Inch ViewFinity S9 5K Monitor” first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
Samsung’s 27-inch ViewFinity S9 5K Monitor has hit a new record low price on Amazon this week, available for $830.10, down from $1,599.99. You can have the monitor delivered by August 29 if you’re a Prime member, or by September 2 for everyone else.
Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.
We typically track deals for the 27-inch ViewFinity S9 5K Monitor at around $899.99, so today’s deal beats the previous all-time low by about $70. Right now only Amazon has this deal, so if you’re interested be sure to lock it in before it expires.
This monitor has a matte display, modular 4K SlimFit camera, and support for Thunderbolt 4 and AirPlay. Head to our full Deals Roundup to get caught up with all of the latest deals and discounts that we’ve been tracking over the past week.
This article, “Amazon Introduces Massive $770 Discount on Samsung’s 27-Inch ViewFinity S9 5K Monitor” first appeared on MacRumors.com
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Thinking About Upgrading to the Chase Sapphire Reserve? Me Too
I’ve had the Sapphire Preferred for a few months now, but would a premium travel card be a better value?
I’ve had the Sapphire Preferred for a few months now, but would a premium travel card be a better value?
AMD reportedly hacked again — criminals offer data for sale online
IntelBroker allegedly lists stolen data from AMD on the dark web.
AMD has reportedly been the victim of a data breach which compromised internal communications and sensitive employee information, experts have said.
Criminal organizations IntelBroker and EnergyWeaponUser took credit for the attack, with the stolen data apparently consisting of sensitive employee information such as user credentials, internal resolutions, and case descriptions.
The data was listed on dark web marketplace BreachForums, and is professed to be from a ‘mix of sources’.
Deja vu
That’s not all, as IntelBroker claimed to be behind several alleged attacks in recent months, namely Europol and T-Mobile, with sensitive data listed for sale each time. Both organizations affected denied that they had been compromised and insisted infrastructure remained perfectly intact. AMD themselves have not yet verified or offered comment on the attacks, but have acknowledged the claims,
“We are aware of a cybercriminal organization claiming to be in possession of stolen AMD data.” It’s statement said. “We are working closely with law enforcement officials and a third-party hosting partner to investigate the claim and the significance of the data.”
With more confirmed attacks earlier this year which targeted the Pentagon, FBI, and Facebook Marketplace, IntelBroker has gained a serious reputation as a malicious and powerful cybercriminal group.
AMD was reportedly hit by the same group earlier in June 2024 in a similar data breach which claimed to have collected employee details such as phone numbers, email addresses, and financial documents.
As is always the case with data breaches, this has left the affected parties at risk of identity theft, phishing attacks, and financial loss. Anyone concerned should stay vigilant and look into the best identity theft protection on offer.
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Tetris Forever includes 15 classic versions alongside documentary footage
Collection includes a new game called Tetris Time Warp, too.
Tetris Forever includes several versions of the game that had been released over the years. [credit:
Nintendo ]
A combination documentary and classic game compilation called Tetris Forever is headed to PC, Nintendo Switch, and other platforms later this year, according to an announcement.
The game will include 15 Tetris games, from an “accurate” version of the first Tetris for the Electronika 60 to an NES version of the game and more, including Tetris 2 + Bombliss, Super Tetris 3, and Tetris Battle Gaiden, among others.
In addition to that, it will feature a new take called Tetris Time Warp, which will see players jumping “between gameplay styles from across the series” in real time as they complete each board. The game will support up to four players.
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The US Military’s Latest Psyop? Advertising on Tinder
An anonymous reader shares a report: The U.S. military is using ads to warn people across Lebanon not to attack the United States or its allies amid rising tensions across the Middle East. Some of those ads have turned up in an unlikely place: the dating app Tinder. Freelance reporter Seamus Malekafzali posted on X screenshots of the ads seen in the Tinder app, warning residents of Lebanon to “not take up arms.”
The ads, written in Arabic, say that the U.S. will “protect its partners in the face of threats from the Iranian regime and its proxies,” which operate across the region, referring to groups like Hezbollah located in Lebanon. The ads, which are not clandestine in nature, display the logo of U.S. Central Command and link to a tweet featuring F-16 and A10 fighter jets. These kinds of military psychological operations (or psyops), aimed at influencing the views of a target audience or population, are not new, even if their placement on a dating app is raising eyebrows in the military community, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
An anonymous reader shares a report: The U.S. military is using ads to warn people across Lebanon not to attack the United States or its allies amid rising tensions across the Middle East. Some of those ads have turned up in an unlikely place: the dating app Tinder. Freelance reporter Seamus Malekafzali posted on X screenshots of the ads seen in the Tinder app, warning residents of Lebanon to “not take up arms.”
The ads, written in Arabic, say that the U.S. will “protect its partners in the face of threats from the Iranian regime and its proxies,” which operate across the region, referring to groups like Hezbollah located in Lebanon. The ads, which are not clandestine in nature, display the logo of U.S. Central Command and link to a tweet featuring F-16 and A10 fighter jets. These kinds of military psychological operations (or psyops), aimed at influencing the views of a target audience or population, are not new, even if their placement on a dating app is raising eyebrows in the military community, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.