Technology News for Thursday 16th January 2025

1. Though it is not, OnePlus 13R delivers an impressive flagship juxtaposition

The competition landscape includes Xiaomi 14 Civi and the Vivo V40 Pro, but look closely at the specs that define potential, and you'll realise the OnePlus 13R potentially has more cards up its sleeve ...

2. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket into orbit on 1st flight (video)

Blue Origin also tried to land New Glenn's reusable first stage on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean, which is nicknamed Jacklyn, after company founder Jeff Bezos' mother. The booster managed to fire up three of its engines in a reentry burn as planned, but it ...

3. Are PETs Enough To Mitigate The Privacy Risks Of Device Fingerprinting?

Daniel Rosenzweig, founder & principal attorney, DBR Data Privacy Solutions; Cillian Kieran, CEO & founder, Ethyca. Arielle Garcia, chief operating officer, Check My Ads. Nope. Google references PETs and ...

4. Manthey's 911 GT3 RS kit is now available in the US, costs more than a Cayman GTS

They'll be ripping past you on your hapless tourist day on the Nürburgring in a blur of carbon fibre and flat-six noise before coming in to analyse lap data. And the installation of the Manthey Kit means there'll be a heck of a lot of data to digest.

5. Under the cloak of UEFI Secure Boot: Introducing CVE-2024-7344

This vulnerability, assigned CVE-2024-7344, was found in a UEFI application signed by Microsoft's Microsoft Corporation UEFI CA 2011 third-party UEFI certificate. Exploitation of this vulnerability leads to the execution ...

6. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin sends rocket into orbit for first time but fails to land booster

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket has launched from Florida and entered orbit for the first time. However the rocket booster - designed to land on a platform in the Atlantic so it can be used again - fails to land. The rocket, New Glenn, is named after ...

7. Jeff Bezos' New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first test flight

Blue Origin poured more than $1 billion into New Glenn's launch site, rebuilding historic Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The pad is 9 miles from the company's control centers and rocket factory, outside the gates of NASA's Kennedy Space ...

8. Yejin Choi: Teaching AI How the World Works

Yejin is one of the top researchers on natural language processing (NLP) and AI. Her groundbreaking work on topics such as AI's ability to use commonsense reasoning has earned her widespread recognition, including a MacArthur Fellowship.

9. Google adopts new stance on device fingerprinting

Fingerprinting is frequently touted as an alternative to other forms of user tracking, such as cookies or the use of user-resettable device advertising identifiers, which require consent under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 ( ...

10. What happens if TikTok is banned?

Will there be ways to bypass the ban - or could president-elect Donald Trump find a way to stop a law he says he is opposed to, even if the courts uphold it? And whatever ...

11. Lexus RC Is Dead After 2025, and the V-8 RC F Is Getting Axed Too

Changes for the Final Edition RC F boil down to BBS wheels, special paint, and a carbon-fiber front spoiler, rear diffuser, roof, and wing. We've never been particularly ...

12. Samsung Electronics Unveils New Soundbars at CES 2025

These flagship models combine state-of-the-art hardware with intelligent AI-driven features, designed to elevate home entertainment with unparalleled sound. “Our new soundbars combine exceptional audio quality with seamless convenience ...

13. Nintendo Switch 2 Is Announced With a 2025 Release Date

Nintendo has a checkered history with console releases. There have been great successes like the original 1983 Nintendo Entertainment System and failures like the 1995 Virtual Boy and the 2012 Wii U, which led some industry analysts to ...

14. Google 'Perpetual Hack' Attack Steals Passwords And 2FA—Act Now

Cybercriminals targeting advertisers by impersonating Google Ads in fraudulent ads is as old an attack methodology as Google search itself. Sadly, using this tactic to lead to cloned pages designed to steal login credentials and bypass 2FA codes in the ...

15. Nintendo reveals long-awaited Switch 2 console set to launch this year

Nintendo showed off its new Switch 2 console in a video trailer Thursday, featuring a bigger display and joy controllers. Nintendo didn't give a release date for the Switch 2, but said it would reveal more details during its next "Nintendo Direct" ...

16. Apple disables AI notifications for news in its beta iPhone software

Apple has disabled Apple Intelligence summaries for news apps for users of its beta iPhone, iPad and Mac software. The move comes after the BBC highlighted that Apple's AI system had twisted its news notifications to display inaccurate facts.