Ahh, interesting to read about the technique, thanks for the link. For anyone else curious, here's a TLDR quote:
In 2021, researchers at Germany's Technical University of Darmstadt reported that they had devised practical ways to crack what Apple calls the identity hashes used to conceal identities while AirDrop determines if a nearby person is in the contacts of another. One of the researchers' attack methods relies on rainbow tables.
Why would China announce their zero day exploit to the Internet? FUDD.
"You can't trust those iPhones, only trust Chinese company phones". -- CCP, probably
Great power competition / military industrial complex . AI is a pretty vague term, but practically it could be used to describe drone swarming technology, cyber warfare, etc.
I see a number of things on your list I also enjoy (and some I haven't seen so thanks for the recs!).
I've got a pretty long list, but I think only the first three are scifi in the space faring long run series sense. Including some others in the genre more broadly, in case any look interesting too:
Ditto on the Becky Chambers series. I actually liked the second book the most narratively, and if the OP likes Murderbot, they may really enjoy similar themes around artificial intelligence. I also really liked the final installment. It's a familiar setup with strangers locked in a room together, but I found it very meditative. Also, it wraps up one series character's journey to a decision that I found very profound.
Oof
Following his dismissal, Brody allegedly refused to return his work laptop and instead used his still-valid account to access the bank's computer network and cause damages estimated to be above $220,000
Also
Impersonated another cloud engineer at FRB to access the firm's network and make configuration changes
I can see this at a mid size startup or enterprise, but a bank?
Love this - just made it my phone wallpaper!
Just came to the Iain Banks reference, damn these robots are my people!
Dude, thanks so much for posting this! The first one and the VR version are some of my favorite games ever. I had some bare awareness they were working on this, but forgot and prob would haven't noticed for a bit. I've been kinda burned out gaming-wise lately, TBH.
10 or so hours in and it's such a perfect sequel. Art design is incredible, and everything from voices to character writing is really good. Great blend of puzzle concepts old and new. I'm enjoying the philosophical nature, like the first one, but find the ideas a little more accessible, at least on their face.
Certainly a monumental piece of art, all said.
I don't really pirate anymore, but have been using ProtonMail, Proton Calendar and ProtonVPN for a few years on pure privacy grounds, and generally really like it. Their apps have gotten more stable over time and their bona fides are solid (actually fighting against subpoenas, etc).
They are actively improving things like calendar invites and integration in their suite of apps. Between that and ente for photo storage I've mostly degoogled myself over the last couple years.
Some companies end their fiscal year at the end of January, i.e. FY23 ends January 31, 2024.