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US Government Urges Federal Contractors To Strengthen Encryption - Slashdot
Slashdot· 14 hours agoCompanies working with the US government may be required to start protecting their data and technology from attacks by quantum computers as soon as July. From a report: The National Institute ...
Russia Directing Hackers To Attack UK and West, Says Director of GCHQ - Slashdot
Slashdot· 6 days agoRussia is increasingly seeking to encourage and direct hackers to attack British and other western targets, the director of GCHQ has said in her first keynote speech as head of the British intelligence ...
Boeing May Face Criminal Prosecution Over 737 Max Crashes, US Says - Slashdot
Slashdot· 7 days agoThe Department of Justice says it is considering whether to prosecute Boeing over two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft. From a report: The aviation giant breached the terms of an ...
Robert Dennard, Inventor of DRAM, Dies At 91 - Slashdot
Slashdot· 5 days agonecro81 writes: Robert Dennard was working at IBM in the 1960s when he invented a way to store one bit using a single transistor and capacitor. The technology became dynamic random access memory ...
Canada Security Intelligence Chief Warns China Can Use TikTok To Spy on Users - Slashdot
Slashdot· 5 days agoFrom a report: "My answer as director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) is that there is a very clear strategy on the part of the government of China to be able to acquire ...
Senators Urge $32 Billion in Emergency Spending on AI After Finishing Yearlong Review - Slashdot
Slashdot· 7 days agoA bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop AI and place safeguards ...
Eight Automakers Grilled by US Lawmakers Over Sharing of Connected Car Data With Police - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoAn anonymous reader shared this report from Automotive News: Automotive News recently reported that eight automakers sent vehicle location data to police without a court order or warrant. The ...
EPA Says It Will Step Up Enforcement To Address 'Critical' Vulnerabilities Within Water Sector -...
Slashdot· 20 hours agoThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday urged water utilities to take action to improve their digital defenses, following a spate of recent cyberattacks. From a report: The agency's ...
Top Oil Firms' Climate Pledges Failing on Almost Every Metric, Report Finds - Slashdot
Slashdot· 17 hours agoMajor oil companies have in recent years made splashy climate pledges to cut their greenhouse gas emissions and take on the climate crisis, but a new report suggests those plans do not stand ...
Ubuntu 24.10 to Default to Wayland for NVIDIA Users - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 days agoAn anonymous reader shared this report from the blog OMG Ubuntu: Ubuntu first switched to using Wayland as its default display server in 2017 before reverting the following year. This is because ...