Month: April 2024
House votes to reauthorize FISA, without the warrant requirement amendment
After three failed attempts and a heated floor debate, the House voted on Friday to reauthorize a controversial program that lets US intelligence agencies spy on foreign communications without a warrant. The bill ultimately passed 273–147. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is scheduled by statute to expire on…
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A 30,000TB tower powered by a 70-year-old technology — Spectra Logic proves that data tape still has a place in an AI world with storage system that can handle thousands of LTO-9 tapes
Spectra Logic has introduced the Spectra Cube tape library, a cloud-optimized system for on-premise, hybrid cloud, and IaaS environments that is designed to be quickly deployed, dynamically scaled, and easily serviced without tools or downtime. The Spectra Cube library is managed by the company’s recently announced LumOS library management software,…
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Here’s 16 pages of what Epic wants after winning its Google app store lawsuit
Do you think a judge will make Google allow an Android version of the Epic Games Store to live inside its own Google Play Store, let the Epic Games Store have access to every app inside Google Play, and let Android users begin sideloading apps with a single tap? Because…
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BMC flaw left unchecked for 6 years hits Intel and Lenovo servers
The lack of communication that happened six years ago resulted in thousands of devices being vulnerable to a remotely exploitable heap out-of-bounds (OOB) read vulnerability – today. Among the vulnerable devices are Intel and Lenovo servers. Here is what happened: Six years ago, the maintainers of Lighttpd discovered the above-mentioned…
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3 Android 15 features that could make your mobile life much easier
Android 15 looks set to introduce several features that allow users to perform simple tasks and see information at a glance. These include a new screensaver that allows you to control your Google Home devices, the return of lock screen widgets for tablets, and changing your default wallet app for…
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America’s roads and bridges to get $830 million for a climate makeover
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is doling out nearly $830 million in grants to 80 different projects aimed at strengthening US infrastructure against climate change. The funding will fan out over 39 states and territories to projects ranging from refurbishing aging bridges to expanding emergency evacuation routes. The grants…
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