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F1 2021 is an exceptional racing sim: our review described it as "another superlative simulation of the Formula One world, now with an enjoyable story mode too." Codemasters has just released another reason to jump back in, in the form of the Algarve International Circuit, aka Portimão, the Portuguese Grand Prix track. The circuit is available in time trial, Grand Prix, Real-Season Start and online modes, and if you're mid-career and don't want to start over, never fear: It'll become available during your next season. That's the first of three new circuits announced, with Italy's Imola and Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Street Circuit set to join the game in October and November respectively. As for the rest of today's update, a bunch of changes and additions have been made to make the game a bit more true to the current real-life season. Vehicle performance for F1 has been adjusted to reflect the real season, with time trial leaderboards resetting as a result. The Aston Martin safety car has been added to tracks relative to their appearances in real life, and there's a bunch of bug fixes as well. I played a fair bit of F1 2021 at launch and loved it; Jacob is loving it too, though he's spending a bit more time mucking around in the garage in this year's instalment. Once you start playing around with the finer details in an F1 game there's no saving you.

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a software toolkit that allows users to test the hardware security of Apple devices. During their proof-of-concept demonstration, the research team identified a previously unknown vulnerability, which they call iTimed. "This toolkit allows us to conduct a variety of fine-grained security experiments that have simply not been possible on Apple devices to this point," says Aydin Aysu, co-author of a paper on the work and an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at NC State. Apple is well known for creating integrated devices. The design of the devices effectively prevents people from seeing how the devices function internally. "As a result, it has been difficult or impossible for independent researchers to verify that Apple devices perform the way that Apple says they perform when it comes to security and privacy," says Gregor Haas, first author of the paper and a recent master's graduate from NC State. However, a hardware vulnerability was uncovered in 2019 called checkm8. It affects several models of iPhone and is essentially an unpatchable flaw. "We were able to use checkm8 to get a foothold at the most fundamental level of the device—when the system begins booting up, we can control the very first code to run on the machine," Haas says. "With checkm8 as a starting point, we developed a suite of software tools that allows us to observe what's happening across the device, to remove or control security measures that Apple has installed, and so on." The researchers stress that there are practical reasons for wanting to have third parties assess Apple's security claims. "A lot of people interact with Apple's tech on a daily basis," Haas says. "And the way Apple wants to use its platforms is changing all the time. At some point, there's value in having independent verification that Apple's technology is doing what Apple says it is doing, and that its security measures are sound." "For example, we want to know the extent to which attacks that have worked against hardware flaws in other devices might work against Apple devices," Aysu says. It didn't take the researchers long to demonstrate how useful their new toolkit is. While conducting a proof-of-concept demonstration of the toolkit, the researchers reverse-engineered several key components of Apple's hardware and identified a vulnerability to something they named an iTimed attack. It falls under the category of so-called "cache timing side channel attacks," and effectively allows a program to gain access to cryptographic keys used by one or more programs on an Apple device. With the relevant keys, outside users would then be able to access whatever information the other affected program or programs on the device had access to. "We haven't seen evidence of this attack in the wild yet, but we have notified Apple of the vulnerability," Aysu says. The NC State team is sharing much of the toolkit as an open-source resource for other security researchers. "We also plan to use this suite of tools to explore other types of attacks so that we can assess how secure these devices are and identify things we can do to reduce or eliminate these vulnerabilities moving forward," Aysu says. The paper, "iTimed: Cache Attacks on the Apple A10 Fusion SoC," is co-authored by Seetal Potluri, a postdoctoral researcher at NC State. The paper will be presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust, which is being held Dec. 12-15 in Washington, D.C.

AMD has released new Radeon Software Adrenalin and Ryzen chipset drivers to pave the way for Windows 11. Besides Windows 11 support, the latest drivers also bring new features for Radeon gamers, including an auto-overclocking function for AMD-powered systems. With the Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.9.1 driver, consumers who own a system with a Ryzen 5000 Zen 3 processor and Radeon RX 6000 graphics card can squeeze extra performance our of both components with a click of a button (or at least just a few clicks). The new auto overclocking feature is located inside the "Tuning" sub tab that's under the "Performance" tab in AMD's Radeon software. There's also a separate tuning section for overclocking processors only. In addition to the auto overclocking feature, the Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.9.1 driver also unlocks the Smart Access Memory (SAM) technology for AMD's previous Radeon RX 5000 graphics cards, as long as they're paired with a Ryzen 5000 or compatible Ryzen 3000 Zen 2 chips on an AMD 500-series motherboard. AMD has also expanded FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) support for up to 27 different titles. In other news, the Ryzen chipset 3.09.01.140 driver ushers in support for Windows 11 as well. The list of supported chipsets include WRX80, TRX40, 500-series, X399, 400-series and 300-series. Not all Ryzen chips are compatible with Windows 11, though. The list of unsupported processors includes first-generation Ryzen and Threadripper parts, Ryzen 2000G, mobile 2000U and seventh-generation A-series APUs.

The BBC has found that at least 20 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley, which has seen fighting between the Taliban and opposition forces. Communications have been cut in the valley, making reporting difficult, but the BBC has evidence of Taliban killings despite promises of restraint. Footage from a dusty roadside in Panjshir shows a man wearing military gear surrounded by Taliban fighters. Gunfire rings out and he slumps to the ground. It is not clear if the man killed was an army member - combat uniforms are common in the region. In the video a bystander insisted he was a civilian. The BBC has established there have been at least 20 such deaths in Panjshir. One of the victims was a shopkeeper and father-of-two called Abdul Sami. Local sources said the man would not flee when the Taliban advanced, telling them: "I'm just a poor shop owner and have nothing to do with war." But he was arrested, accused of selling sim cards to resistance fighters. Days later his body was dumped near his home. Witnesses who saw his body said it showed signs of torture. When the Taliban swept to power last month, just one region held out. The Panjshir Valley has long been a focal point for resistance in Afghanistan. Under the opposition commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, the region repelled both the Soviet forces and the Taliban. Mountain peaks surround the valley making it difficult for anyone trying to capture it. Massoud's son Ahmad led the resistance against the Taliban the second time they took control of Afghanistan, but last week the militant group declared victory, posting footage of their fighters raising their flag. The resistance forces have vowed to fight on, with Ahmad Massoud calling for a "national uprising" against the Taliban. Now attention is turning to what happens next in Panjshir, as elsewhere in Afghanistan, with the Taliban back in charge. When the Taliban entered the valley, they encouraged residents to carry on as normal. "They should come out, do their daily activities," said a spokesman, Malavi Abdullah Rahamani. "If they are shopkeepers they can go to their shops. If they are farmers, they can go to their farms. We are here to protect them, their lives and their families." But instead of this, footage from the ground shows once-busy marketplaces deserted. People have been trying to flee, with long lines of vehicles forming below the valley's craggy peaks. https://www.bbc.com/news

Giant squid (Architeuthis dux) have inspired myths and legends for centuries, but a sighting is extremely uncommon. These gargantuan creatures are the world's largest invertebrates and have the biggest eyes in the animal kingdom. They inhabit deep water and rarely wash up on land. But in October 2013, a monstrous giant squid washed up on a Spanish beach. The tentacled behemoth measured 30 feet (9 meters) long and weighed 400 pounds (180 kilograms) — that's about the same weight as an adult brown bear. In 2020, an even larger giant squid turned up in Britannia Bay, South Africa. The specimen was remarkably intact, and was likely more than 13 feet (4 m) long and weighed over 660 pounds (330 kg), Live Science previously reported. Residents of the Oriental Mindoro province of the Philippines were baffled by the appearance of a huge hairy beast in May 2018. Before experts were able to examine and identify the body, onlookers named the 20-foot (6 m) carcass "the globster." As is to be expected of a gigantic rotting sea creature, the smell was pretty staggering. Scientists later explained that the blobby body was probably the remains of a whale, and that the hair-like strands covering it were most likely decomposing muscle fibers. The coast of South Africa became the scene of a watery whodunit in May 2017, when three great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) washed ashore. The puzzling part? They were all missing their livers, and one was missing its heart. Scientists performed necropsies on all three sharks, examining their injuries to uncover the cause of death. Their detective work identified the likely culprit: orcas. Orcas (Orcinus orca), also called killer whales, are known to attack other shark species and eat their organs, and the sharks' injuries were consistent with their handiwork. Livers are a particularly choice snack for orcas because they're filled with fat and rich in nutrients. A fisherman found the body of a deep-sea anglerfish at Crystal Cove State Park in California in May 2021. It was a rare find as well as a startling one, since these fish usually lurk in dark water around 3,000 feet (914 m) below the surface and are kind of spooky-looking.

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The future of Microsoft Edge looks rosy after the software announced it had passed a landmark figure in terms of development. The company has revealed its web browser has now seen a thousand builds pass through its Dev and Canary Insider channels. Each of these builds represents new additions, upgrades or improvements to Microsoft Edge, hopefully making it a smart and more intuitive piece of software for users around the world. We've put together a list of the best anonymous browsers around These are the best VPN services on the market Also check out our roundup of the best proxy Edge landmark The news was revealed on the Microsoft Edge Dev Twitter account as part of the release of version 95.0.1000.0. The new edition brings a couple of useful additions for users, including better ways for developers to track the performance of their extensions, and the ability to sign into Partner Center using a personal GitHub account. Also included in the new build are the ability to sync custom IE mode site lists between devices, improved browser profile sign-in dialog, and a number of bug and error fixes. Users can download Microsoft Edge version 95.0.1000.0 now. Microsoft Edge has grown steadily in terms of user base and po[CENSORED]rity since it was first released in 2015 as the company's replacement for the venerable Internet Explorer browser. Recent figures showed Edge engaged in a furious battle with rival Mozilla Firefox, with the latter clawing back market share on its main rival, as its 3.55% share is now just behind Edge on 3.57%. However Google Chrome still leads the way with 64.94% of the total market share, with Safari in second place on 18.75%. This battle could be set to rumble on for some time as Edge is set to play a central role in Windows 11, set for release in October 2021. Edge, which will ship as the pre-installed browser on the platform, could well see its user numbers rise to greater numbers than ever before, with a major makeover scheduled for the launch of Windows 11, with a redesigned interface bringing it into line with the new software's stripped-back design.