Month: October 2020

    • Misinformation on social media, alongside Trump's lies, is overwhelming local election officials across the US as they shoot down rumors via phone and email (New York Times)

    New York Times: Misinformation on social media, alongside Trump’s lies, is overwhelming local election officials across the US as they shoot down rumors via phone and email  —  From Philadelphia to Sonoma County, Calif., election officials said they were working marathon hours to fight a flood of falsehoods. Misinformation on social media, alongside Trump's lies,

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    NASA’s new rocket would be the most powerful ever. But it’s the software that has some officials worried.

    As NASA moves towards the SLS’s first flight, putting the Orion spacecraft in orbit around the moon, there are concerns not with the rocket’s engines but rather with the computer software embedded in all its systems. NASA’s new rocket would be the most powerful ever. But it’s the software that has some officials worried. Source:

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    • Filipino activists and journalists want Facebook to tackle deadly disinformation coming from the government, resulting in enemies being "red-tagged" and killed (Rest of World)

    Rest of World: Filipino activists and journalists want Facebook to tackle deadly disinformation coming from the government, resulting in enemies being “red-tagged” and killed  —  Targeted by government misinformation, activists are asking Facebook to do more to tackle a deadly epidemic of “red-tagging.” Filipino activists and journalists want Facebook to tackle deadly disinformation coming from

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    • A look at CISA's wide-ranging operation to secure the 2020 election against hacking, which includes the launch of a 24/7 virtual war room on Election Day (Joseph Marks/Washington Post)

    Joseph Marks / Washington Post: A look at CISA’s wide-ranging operation to secure the 2020 election against hacking, which includes the launch of a 24/7 virtual war room on Election Day  —  A 24/7 war room will operate from Election Day until local officials are confident in the results.  It shows just how far DHS’s

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    • CISA, FBI say an Iran-linked APT targeted unsecured state election websites to harvest US voter info used to send threatening emails to some Democratic voters (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

    Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: CISA, FBI say an Iran-linked APT targeted unsecured state election websites to harvest US voter info used to send threatening emails to some Democratic voters  —  DHS CISA and the FBI today shared more info on how an Iranian state-sponsored hacking group was able to harvest voter registration info … CISA,

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    • Hands-on with the Dash Cart at an Amazon Fresh store: cart sensors worked fine, but a two-bag limit, bag fill limit, and real-world hassles hinder experience (Jeremy Horwitz/VentureBeat)

    Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: Hands-on with the Dash Cart at an Amazon Fresh store: cart sensors worked fine, but a two-bag limit, bag fill limit, and real-world hassles hinder experience  —  There were no lines outside Irvine, California’s new Amazon Fresh grocery store on its opening day last week … Hands-on with the Dash Cart

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    Easy-SDR Gets Updates

    Back in 2018, we covered [Igor’s] Easy-SDR project that aimed to provide open hardware extensions for the chap RTL-SDR receivers. If you haven’t been there for a while, it’s worth a look as there have been many recent updates. According to the author’s Reddit post: Most of the devices are now prepared for installation in

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    • Apple rejects an app designed to verify a person's ballot status in PA, says the app violates its guideline which forbids compiling user data without consent (Mikey Campbell/AppleInsider)

    Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: Apple rejects an app designed to verify a person’s ballot status in PA, says the app violates its guideline which forbids compiling user data without consent  —  Apple on Friday rejected an app designed to ensure ballots are being correctly counted in Pennsylvania, saying the software violates App Store privacy guidelines.

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    • Sources: Italy's biggest payments company Nexi is leading negotiations to buy its Nordic rival Nets in an all-stock deal worth around $10B (Reuters)

    Reuters: Sources: Italy’s biggest payments company Nexi is leading negotiations to buy its Nordic rival Nets in an all-stock deal worth around $10B  —  LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Italian payments technology firm Nexi NEXII.MI is leading negotiations to buy Nordic rival Nets in an all-stock deal worth … Sources: Italy's biggest payments company Nexi is

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    • Texas jury rules that Apple must pay VirnetX $502.8M for patent infringement, the lastest verdict in a 10-year ongoing legal battle; Apple says it will appeal (Bloomberg)

    Bloomberg: Texas jury rules that Apple must pay VirnetX $502.8M for patent infringement, the lastest verdict in a 10-year ongoing legal battle; Apple says it will appeal  —  – Verdict is part of 10-year fight over secure communications  — Jury asked to determine damages on patent infringement Texas jury rules that Apple must pay VirnetX

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