In context: Military fighter pilots spend a lot of time training in flight simulators. These are much more elaborate than simply sitting behind a desk running an advanced software sim. Instead, they use cockpit mockups capable of rotating to simulate both the controls and the G-forces of the aircraft.

Military flight simulators cost millions of dollars to build, but one ambitious engineer named André Pointner has built one on a shoestring budget (comparatively). The three-axis device can rotate the pilot 360 degrees to simulate

In brief: Cisco Systems has appointed AMD president and CEO Lisa Su to its board of directors effective immediately. It's a big get for Cisco as Su is one of the most respected members of the semiconductor industry.

Su, who also serves on AMD’s board, joined the chipmaker in 2012 and was promoted from chief operating officer to president and CEO in October 2014. She has authored an incredible turnaround that has the company trading at more than $50 per share,

What just happened? Security researchers from the University of Michigan have disclosed details regarding a new vulnerability affecting most Intel processors that could be exploited to leak sensitive data.

CVE-2020-0549 , dubbed CacheOut by the researchers, is a speculative execution attack that carries a severity rating of 6.5 (medium risk). As Intel highlights in its disclosure, this side channel variant could allow the data value of some modified cache lines in the L1 data cache to be inferred under the

In brief: Despite pressure from the US to shun the company, the UK government has announced it will allow Huawei to build parts of Britain’s 5G network, albeit with some restrictions.

The Chinese giant will be banned from supplying equipment for the “core,” or sensitive areas, of the network. Additionally, Huawei will have a limited presence of no more than 35 percent of the network’s periphery, which includes radio masts, and it is prohibited from operating at locations such as nuclear and

In a nutshell: Google receives an ever-increasing number of legal requests for user data and has decided to charge law enforcement and other government agencies for its compliance with a notice stating the type of legal process, the assistance provided, amount to be reimbursed, and the corresponding statutory authority.

Google holds vast amounts of information on billions of users and subsequently has to comply with law enforcement and government agencies who routinely seek this data as outlined in the company's Transparency Report .

According to the New York Times , the

Something to look forward to: We know that Samsung will unveil its Galaxy S20 line and the Galaxy Z Flip—assuming that’s its name—at an Unpacked event on February 11. The devices’ launch dates are still unknown, but a new leak could have revealed when we’ll get our hands on them.

The information comes from XDA Developers’ Max Weinbach , who’s been responsible for a number of leaks regarding Samsung’s upcoming phones. He tweeted that a new source told

Something to look forward to: Metro Exodus was one of the best games of 2019, and while most people will have played through the game and its Two Colonels DLC more than once, a second and likely final expansion is arriving on February 11.

With its large, open areas, Metro Exodus was a big change from the previous two games, which were mostly set in the underground tunnels of Moscow. Two Colonels brought back the claustrophobic atmosphere of Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light

Why it matters: Most people use antivirus software to make sure they get some much needed privacy and security protections while using their PCs online. However, free security suites can sometimes hoard your browsing data and other details and sell them to third parties. This is the case even with popular companies like Avast, which is putting the privacy of around 400 million people at risk.

At a time when high-profile tech executives are calling on governments to impose more stringent privacy rules, there's nothing like another