Fake Next.js job interview tests backdoor developer's devices

The Microsoft Defender team has discovered a coordinated campaign targeting software developers through malicious repositories posing as legitimate Next.js projects and technical assessment materials, ...
Microsoft

Developer-targeting campaign using malicious Next.js repositories

A developer-targeting campaign leveraged malicious Next.js repositories to trigger a covert RCE-to-C2 chain through standard ...
InfoWorld

WinterTC: Write once, run anywhere (for real this time)

The unified JavaScript runtime standard is an idea whose time has come. Here’s an inside look at the movement for server-side JavaScript interoperability.
BGR

Xiaomi's Dark Robot Factory Can Make A Phone Every Second Without People - Here's How

Xiaomi's smart factory in Changping, Beijing, stands at the forefront of a global manufacturing shift. This 96,900 square-yard facility uses advanced robotics and AI to operate without any human ...
BBC

The Original Factory Shop collapses into administration

Discount retailer The Original Factory Shop has fallen into administration putting 1,180 jobs at risk. Administrators Interpath said the outlet had experienced challenging trading conditions, driven ...
Forex Factory

Revisiting the ECB's Reaction Function

I decided to start the year by revisiting my work on estimating reaction functions for the ECB (see the appendix to ECB Set to Cut Rates Amid Trade Turmoil and Will the ECB cut interest rates on ...
TechCrunch

This $30M startup built a dog crate-sized robot factory that learns by watching humans

While many robotics companies are building human-sized robots, or working to automate entire factories, MicroFactory is instead trying to think big by building small. San Francisco-based MicroFactory ...
Wall Street Journal

The Fed’s ‘Gain of Function’ Monetary Policy

Journal Editorial Report: The Fed Chief signals rate cuts are coming. As we saw during the Covid pandemic, lab-created experiments can wreak havoc when they escape their confines. Once released, they ...
NPR

Russian airstrikes hit a U.S. factory in western Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine — Two Russian cruise missiles slammed into an American electronics factory in a remote corner of far western Ukraine before dawn Thursday, causing extensive damage and more than a dozen ...
Sixth Tone

In China’s Factory Belt, Workers Race to Survive the Robot Era

GUANGDONG, South China — In a 200-square-meter workshop in the southern manufacturing hub of Foshan, 38-year-old Chen Zhen deftly adjusts the parameters on a robotic arm. As the machine rotates beside ...
TechNode

BYD’s president Wang Chuanfu visits Xiaomi EV factory

Wang Chuanfu, BYD’s chairman and president, spoke at a press conference where the company showcased the first two models under its premium Yangwnag marque on Jan. 5, 2023 BYD’s chief executive and ...