A team of engineers have set a new world record internet speed with a data transmission rate of 178 terabits a second. That's 178 million megabits a second. At that speed, it would be possible to download the entire Netflix library in less than a second. Yes, please.
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Watch NowA teenage Twitch viewer sent $19,870 USD to several streamers using his mother’s debit card over the course of two weeks. The teen’s mother found the charges toward the card between June 14 to June 30, claiming “years of savings” were taken from her account over a two-week period. She says these donations went to popular streamers on the platform. How can this be prevented with modern Debit cards carrying the Visa or MasterCard logo?
Watch NowIt's official: Japanese giant Toshiba has sold its final stake in the personal computer maker Dynabook, which means the firm no longer has a connection with making PCs or laptops. Sharp bought 80% of Toshiba's personal computing arm in 2018 for $36m (£27m), and has now bought the remaining shares, Toshiba said in a statement.
Watch NowThe results of a major exploration mission showed Monday that the dwarf planet Ceres—long believed to be a barren space rock—is an ocean world with reservoirs of sea water beneath its surface. Maria Cristina De Sanctis from the National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy says of the discovery, "I’m extremely excited to find some evidence of liquid water, together with the fact that this body has a lot of minerals very interesting for the formation of life. It’s a good combination of chemical compounds that help in forming biological molecules."
Watch NowThe collaboration between Lego and Nintendo will go beyond the Lego Super Mario series of play sets set to launch in August. Lego is also making a brick-based version of the classic Nintendo Entertainment System.
Watch NowDubbed SigRed, the vulnerability resides in Windows DNS in all Windows Server versions from 2003 to 2019. By sending maliciously formed queries, attackers can execute code that gains domain administrator rights and, from there, take control of an entire network. Microsoft is urgently advising Windows server customers to patch SigRed before attackers exploit it and take control.
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