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Mystery solved in destructive attack that knocked out >10k Viasat modems

Enlarge / A Viasat internet satellite dish in the yard of a house in Madison, Virginia. (credit: Getty Images) Viasat, the high-speed satellite broadband provider whose modems were knocked out in Ukraine and other parts of Europe earlier this month, has confirmed third-party researchers’ theory that new wiper malware with possible ties to the Russian […]

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Apple is full-steam ahead on replacing Qualcomm modems with its own

Enlarge / The iPhone 12. (credit: Samuel Axon) As rumored many months ago, Apple’s silicon ambitions don’t end with replacing Intel CPUs with its own in Macs—it plans to ditch Qualcomm modems in favor of its own custom-designed chips for iPhones, according to Apple hardware tech lead Johny Srouji. Srouji confirmed the company’s plans when […]