2024

Prof sues Meta to protect his Unfollow Everything 2.0 extension from Facebook 2024-05-03 at 02:01 By Thomas Claburn You’ve got to fight for your right to personalize A professor has asked the US courts to confirm he has the right to release a browser extension to help people disengage with Facebook by automatically changing certain […]

Florida man gets 6 years behind bars for flogging fake Cisco kit to US military 2024-05-03 at 00:01 By Matthew Connatser Operation busted after dodgy devices ended up at Air Force Miami resident Onur Aksoy has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison for running a multi-million-dollar operation selling fake Cisco equipment

Patch up – 4 critical bugs in ArubaOS lead to remote code execution 2024-05-02 at 23:46 By Connor Jones Ten vulnerabilities in total for admins to apply Network admins are being urged to patch a bundle of critical vulnerabilities in ArubaOS that lead to remote code execution as a privileged user.… This article is an

More than two dozen Android vulnerabilities fixed … slowly 2024-05-02 at 23:16 By Thomas Claburn Meanwhile, Xiaomi slapped down 20 Oversecured, a business that scans mobile apps for security issues, says it has identified more than two dozen vulnerabilities over the past few years affecting Android apps from smartphone maker Xiaomi and Google’s Android Open

Huawei’s hidden hand in optics research competition shocks scholars 2024-05-02 at 22:01 By Matthew Connatser US universities awarded money from a company they had severed ties with Huawei secretly sponsored an optics technology research competition run by the Optica Foundation, and donated at least a million dollars to the organization.… This article is an excerpt

NASA plasma propulsion project promises Mars in a flash 2024-05-02 at 21:16 By Lindsay Clark System would also make it easier to transport much heavier spacecraft Engineering research outfit Howe Industries is working with NASA to develop a new plasma-based propulsion system that might help solve the problem of moving around the solar system faster

Lights about to go out on US Affordable Connectivity Program 2024-05-02 at 20:31 By Richard Speed A partial benefit in May then subsidy gets unplugged once and for all The end is nigh for the US Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) as funds finally run out after months of warnings.… This article is an excerpt from

Microsoft continues multibillion-dollar cloud and AI sprinkle in Malaysia 2024-05-02 at 19:46 By Richard Speed Satya reaches once more into his wallet Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has announced a $2.2 billion investment to advancecloud and AI infrastructure in Malaysia.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source