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1. ZTE says Denial Order put in place by the US Department of Commerce is 'unfair' and 'unacceptable'
(English/Betanews)

Earlier in the week, the US Department of Commerce banned American companies from selling hardware and software to Chinese firm ZTE. The company is understandable unhappy with the US move, and has issued ...

2. Oracle pledges annual Solaris updates for you to install each summer
(English/TheRegister)

And a plan to have users of Sun hardware upgrade if they want Solaris 11.4 and proper patches Oracle will deliver “update releases” of Solaris every northern Summer, under a new plan it revealed this week ...

3. Amazon launches Alexa Skill Blueprints
(English/Betanews)

The voice assistant hardware market is exploding in popularity lately, with devices running software from Amazon, Google, and to a lesser extent, Apple. We can pretty much leave Cortana out of the conversation ...

4. Yubico brings FIDO2 passwordless Windows 10 login to enterprises
(English/Betanews)

Hardware authentication specialist Yubico is announcing a new FIDO2 compatible security key which will be supported in Windows 10 devices and Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). This means that ...

5. Three storage hardware devices, a cash raise and Oracle gets blocked
(English/TheRegister)

MicroSD cam flash cards, cheap NAS filers and costly prosumer flash drives It has been a hardware frenzy this week, with a pair of microSD cards for surveillance cams, flash drives for video takers and ...

6. US and UK issue joint warning about Russian hacking of routers and ISPs
(English/Betanews)

... the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) -- warns that both governmental and residential hardware is being targeted to "potentially lay a foundation ...

7. Kingston UV500 3D NAND SATA SSD features 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption
(English/Betanews)

If you still haven't made the leap from HDD to SSD, what the heck are you waiting for? OK, true, mechanical drives are more affordable when capacity is considered, but come on -- the speed makes it totally ...

8. Microsoft announces Azure Sphere for IoT security
(English/Neowin)

During a briefing on IoT security today, Microsoft announced Azure Sphere, a combination of software and hardware that's designed for both increased performance and increased security. Read more... Read ...

9. ZTE banned from buying smartphone parts from U.S. firms like Qualcomm and Microsoft
(English/Neowin)

For the next seven years, Chinese smartphone-maker ZTE will be banned from purchasing hardware components from suppliers that are based in the United States, like Qualcomm, Microsoft, and Intel. Read ...

10. Microsoft really needs to refresh the entire Surface lineup
(English/Neowin)

To many, Microsoft's Surface lineup represents the best of what Windows hardware has to offer. The only problem is that that's not the case, and it hasn't been for a very long time. Read more... Read ...

11. The law of run Nintendo consequences: Sega brings out mini Mega Drive / Genesis
(English/TheRegister)

SNES? Bless you! It's a bit smaller than it was 30 years ago Veteran game maker Sega announced it was getting back into the hardware game at the Sega FES 2018 event over the weekend, with a shrunken version ...

12. Banned Donkey Kong champ promises proof in emulator scandal
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

Billy Mitchell is an infamous game champion whose Donkey King high score was long the record. But video of his current best time was apparently recorded using an emulator rather than real arcade hardware, ...

13. A Privacy & Security Concern Regarding GNOME Software
(English/Linuxtoday)

 fosspost: In order to be able to receive updates for firmware available in your computer, fwupd sends a list of some hardware devices you have to the platform on fwupd.org Read all  ...

14. How to Install and Configure Zabbix on CentOS 7
(English/Linuxtoday)

HowToForge: Zabbix is an open source monitoring tool for network services, network hardware, servers, and application. Read all  ...

15. Is Apple’s HomePod failing?
(English/engadget)

A report from Bloomberg earlier this week claimed that Apple's HomePod isn't doing so well, and that the company cut orders for new hardware from suppliers. This might not shock some of you: ...

16. How to hack speaker fabric doors for BESTÅ TV unit
(English/ikeahacker)

I wanted an easy to make a solution that would conceal my hardware; surround receiver, DVD player, front center speaker consoles and paraphernalia. In case I would come to own a front-firing sub (my current ...

17. Vintage Style Keepsake Box in Canvas & Leather
(English/instructables)

I wanted to create a vintage style box using fabric and leather and nice hardware. The box in itself is made using plywood, and then a very simply technique for applying the fabric and the leather is used. ...

18. Enterprise Networks Are Being Impacted by Unwanted and Unidentified Cryptomining Activity
(English/CircleID)

... has grown. Enterprise networks are being impacted in various ways. Unwanted and unidentified mining activity inside networks causes increased wear and tear on corporate hardware, as the mining increases ...

19. LG could be readying a V35 ThinQ
(English/Neowin)

It looks like LG is preparing another entry in its V30 series with the V35 ThinQ. This handset looks to be an iterative successor and only has minor changes when it comes to hardware. Read more... Read ...

20. LG opens 'Software Upgrade Center' to accelerate Android updates
(English/engadget)

Despite repeated promises of change by Google and its various hardware partners, slow and spotty rollouts are still the rule rather than the exception when it comes to new versions of the Android operating ...

21. A Comment on the Military Industrial Complex
(English/WTF)

... Pascal 4, a version of the language released in 1987. Simon’s job had been to create this Turbo Pascal code by porting the logic from Fortran 68, running on a mainframe. Due to hardware constraints, the ...

22. Creepy new spy camera is so small it could be hiding anywhere
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... it using hardware that's just as discrete as the camera's image sensor and power source are.Fingers crossed that it'll take them a while to work those issues out. Image via pxhere Read all  ...

23. Snap is working on a new set of Spectacles
(English/engadget)

Snap's first forays into hardware may not have been a rousing success -- a year after the launch of Spectacles there were reportedly hundreds of thousands of pairs still sitting in Chinese warehouses. ...

24. The original Pixel is no longer available through the Google Store
(English/engadget)

Google's Pixel 2 came out last October to fairly positive reviews, bringing a better camera and more powerful processor to the company's flagship hardware (though it did lose a headphone jack ...

25. Build a Versatile Hardware Sorter
(English/instructables)

As much as I would like to keep my shop well organized, whenever I finish a project I tend to just toss the leftover parts into a coffee can - along with those I sweep off the floor or dig out of my pockets. ...