Apple to release software update for iPhone 12 to solve radiation concerns
As expected, Apple is going to address France’s radiation watchdog’s (ANFR) concerns with a software update for the iPhone 12. Earlier this week, the French agency released a public statement announcing that the iPhone 12 breaches radiation levels. It also told Apple that it should halt iPhone 12 sales and
Read moreElliptic curve Diffie-Hellman key exchange
I concluded the previous post by saying elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman key exchange (ECDHE) requires smaller keys than finite field Diffie-Hellman (FFDHE) to obtain the same level of security. How much smaller are we talking about? According to NIST recommendations, a 256-bit elliptic curve curve provides about the same security as
Read moreWeb3 adoption could come via the enterprise, but the real boom will be through startups
While the use cases in enterprise are more incremental, the real drivers of the tech might be coming from startup land.
Read moreX’s crowdsourced fact checking system will now let contributors consider opposing viewpoints
X (formerly Twitter) this week changed how its crowdsourced fact-checking Community Notes feature works. In the new design, users will be able to review all the proposed notes that have been proposed as annotations to an X post, rather than just the one note they’re currently reviewing. In other words,
Read moreX can now ask users for government IDs to verify their paid accounts
Users who choose to verify their X accounts using government-issued IDs will get a separate badge alongside their blue check. | Image: X / The Verge Social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) will now let paid users verify their accounts using a government ID in a bid to
Read moreTikTok fined $379M in EU for failing to keep kids’ data safe
It’s been a long time coming but TikTok has finally been found in breach of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in relation to its handling of children’s data. Under the decision issued today by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), the video sharing platform has been reprimanded
Read moreAll the iPhone 15 models compared
Apple announced the iPhone 15 series with a USB-C port in place of Lightning at its ‘Wonderlust‘ event on September 12. Last year, the Dynamic Island was exclusive to the Pro models. This year, all iPhone models get it. Catch up on all of our Apple Event 2023 coverage here.
Read moreKoo, India’s Twitter alternative, seeks strategic partner amid funding crunch
Koo, India’s alternative to Twitter, is looking to find a strategic partner with a “distribution strength” as it enters its “next phase,” according to its co-founder, amid a funding crunch at the startup, which is backed by Accel and Tiger Global. Koo co-founder Mayank Bidawatka wrote in a LinkedIn post
Read moreFinite field Diffie Hellman primes
Diffie-Hellman key exchange is conceptually simple. Alice and Bob want to generate a shared cryptographic key. They want to use asymmetric (public) cryptography to share a symmetric (private) key. The starting point is a large prime p and a generator 1 < g < p. Alice generates a large random
Read moreX launches account verification based on government ID
X, formerly Twitter, has launched government ID-based account verification for paid users to prevent impersonation and give them benefits such as “prioritized support.” The social network has partnered with Israel-based Au10tix for identity verification solutions. The pop-up for ID verification indicates that the Au10tix could store this data for up
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