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$42B broadband grant program may scrap Biden admin’s preference for fiber

February 4, 2025

US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has been demanding an overhaul of a $42.45 billion broadband deployment program, and now his telecom policy director has been chosen to lead the federal…

Technology

Europe has the worst imaginable idea to counter SpaceX’s launch dominance

February 4, 2025

It is not difficult to understand the unease on the European continent about the rise of SpaceX and its controversial founder, Elon Musk. SpaceX has surpassed the European Space Agency…

Technology

Framework Laptop’s RISC-V board for open source diehards is available for $199

February 4, 2025

We’ve covered the Framework Laptop 13 primarily as a consumer Windows laptop, reviewing versions with multiple Intel and AMD processors. But the system’s modular nature makes it possible to expand…

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Internet Archive played crucial role in tracking shady CDC data removals

February 4, 2025

When thousands of pages started disappearing from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website late last week, public health researchers quickly moved to archive deleted public health data.…

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Drones are now launching drones to attack other drones in Ukraine

February 4, 2025

Last time we checked in on terrifying drone developments in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainians were dropping molten thermite along Russian trench lines and attaching surface-to-air missiles to…

Cybersecurity

768 CVEs Exploited in 2024, Reflecting a 20% Increase from 639 in 2023

February 4, 2025

As many as 768 vulnerabilities with designated CVE identifiers were reported as exploited in the wild in 2024, up from 639 CVEs in 2023, registering a 20% increase year-over-year. Describing…

Cybersecurity

Microsoft SharePoint Connector Flaw Could’ve Enabled Credential Theft Across Power Platform

February 4, 2025

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability impacting the Microsoft SharePoint connector on Power Platform that, if successfully exploited, could allow threat actors to harvest a user’s credentials…

Cybersecurity

Google Patches 47 Android Security Flaws, Including Actively Exploited CVE-2024-53104

February 4, 2025

Google has shipped patches to address 47 security flaws in its Android operating system, including one it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question…

Cybersecurity

Microsoft Patches Critical Azure AI Face Service Vulnerability with CVSS 9.9 Score

February 4, 2025

Microsoft has released patches to address two Critical-rated security flaws impacting Azure AI Face Service and Microsoft Account that could allow a malicious actor to escalate their privileges under certain…

Cybersecurity

AMD SEV-SNP Vulnerability Allows Malicious Microcode Injection with Admin Access

February 4, 2025

A security vulnerability has been disclosed in AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) that could permit an attacker to load a malicious CPU microcode under specific conditions. The flaw, tracked as…

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