From TFA : "Because the driver doesn’t enforce a memory copy limit of 504 bytes, overwriting adjacent data, a malicious insider or a hacker who has gained low-level access to a local network can send an error message that appends code past this limit. The IUEFI module running on the CPU then becomes corrupted."

I am sure that "a malicious insider or a hacker who has gained low-level access to a local network" would have no other possibility from inside a data centre to cause any havoc.

Genuinely puzzled by this hatred directed towards Firefox ads. I cannot work out where you see them. And yes, I'm old die-hard FF user too.

If working around the JavaScript issues in IE 5.5 was the good ol' days, I'm happy to leave that part out of the re-run.

On this same page, there's a sig which says

Only on /. can contextual, conversational first hand experience be rated as "troll".

He wasn't mistaken

Oh well in that case it must be fake then, if it has triggered your BS meter, whatever it is that you haven't even bothered to read

I'm certain there is nothing to do with being miffed that you had not thought of it yourself.

This is why I come to Slashdot. Intriguing. Did not know that about Mormons.

I've only ever known one person who I knew to be a Mormon. He was a good guy. Sample size of one proves nothing but it did give me a positive view of them, and I've been atheist since at least 13.

I did actually Read The Flamin' Article to try to find out, just how an ad can persist itself to the user's computer.

Closest I could find is this vague and brief line :-
"Both samples use a COM hijack for persistence, though make use of different DLLs."

Either they don't know how it works, or, they know it doesn't and a core tenet of their article, infecting devices - "We call the technique AdFection, and show how it was used to infect devices at Al Jazeera with Candiru’s spyware" - is baseless. If their spyware is not persisted, then Discover-Tech's spyware has not infected you.

Or maybe I misunderstand "infected". Happy to be wrong here.

"Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang publicly stated in Sweden that CoreWeave's financial strength is improving and its cost of capital is actually declining, adding that Nvidia has no need to provide a financial backstop." - some may believe this.

(backdrop, Nvidia has invested billions of dollars in CoreWeave)

Coreweave are recognised in the Fin Review as high profile operating in the finance and debt/loan area at the moment

quote: "The "Tricky" Leverage Model: CoreWeave pioneered a highly leveraged financing structure where it took on over $51 billion in total debt and lease obligations—largely from private credit giants like Blackstone. It used its highly coveted Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) as physical collateral to back these massive loans"

Complex and obscure loan finance, SPVs (Special Purpose Vehicle) to keep debt off the books - haven't I heard this before?

We thought that Idiocracy was a satire when it came out.

What sort of argument is that? How could you possibly compare the holding up a mobile phone and using the camera in a restroom, with wearing unobtrusive glasses with a hidden camera?

There's a term for that misdirection you've attempted, is it straw man?

Came here to say that, and beaten to it. Might be two million or so, from what I've seen. Well worth it if you have that sort of spare cash. I see this as a not if, but when, situation.

> Does Brave let me define persistent rules for cookie handling on a per-site basis? That's one of the main reasons I use Firefox.

Cookie AutoDelete? What a great extension. So easy to use too.

>> "Brave ...messed with affiliate links to steal revenue, and took tips for people who were not part of their tips programme."
> Got some references for that?

That definitely happened, I recall reading about it a little while ago.

Put me off installing it.

I'm only here for the libertarians frothing at the mouth at the loss of freedom. Free speech died today, or something.

Must get me some popcorn.

I see Bahbus rates his own made-up facts over actual facts