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Sources: European Commission is planning to ban equipment from Huawei and ZTE from its own internal telecom networks, ahead of an update to its 5G guidance (Jillian Deutsch/Bloomberg)

Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: Sources: European Commission is planning to ban equipment from Huawei and ZTE from its own internal telecom networks, ahead of an update to its 5G guidance  —  The European Commission is planning to ban equipment from Chinese vendors Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. from its own internal …

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The Intersection of Cybersecurity and IoT: Analyzing Attack Surface Impact

The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has revolutionized the way we interact with technology. From smart homes to industrial automation, IoT has transformed various sectors, offering convenience, efficiency, and connectivity. However, this widespread adoption of IoT also brings forth significant cybersecurity challenges. In this article, we delve into the impact of attack surface

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Raspberry Pi Pico W Now Supports Bluetooth

What’s the best kind of upgrade a piece of consumer technology can get? A free one that doesn’t require you to do anything other than accept a new version of the software it’s running. That’s precisely what every current (and future) owner of the Raspberry Pi Pico W just got with the addition of Bluetooth

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Setting The Scene: What Graduate Female Startup Founders Can Do To Navigate The Tech Landscape

For many business owners and startup entrepreneurs, the ongoing economic turbulence is an unwanted spanner in the works following several years of pandemic-induced economic shutdowns. Perhaps more prevalent today than before the pandemic, but a growing number of female-led entrepreneurs and startup founders are bearing the brunt of the gender wealth gap. Research suggests that back in 2019, only

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New Zealand sentences two men who ran the wildly popular pirating website Megaupload to more than two years in prison, ending an 11-year extradition battle (Nick Perry/Associated Press)

Nick Perry / Associated Press: New Zealand sentences two men who ran the wildly popular pirating website Megaupload to more than two years in prison, ending an 11-year extradition battle  —  Two men who helped run the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload were each sentenced by a New Zealand court on Thursday to more

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Uber plans to add video ads to its main app, Uber Eats, and alcohol app Drizly, starting in the US; 345K merchants bought Uber ads in Q1, up from 315K in Q4 (Patrick Coffee/Wall Street Journal)

Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal: Uber plans to add video ads to its main app, Uber Eats, and alcohol app Drizly, starting in the US; 345K merchants bought Uber ads in Q1, up from 315K in Q4  —  The company, which sees ad sales as a key growth area, will debut long-form videos on

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Russia-linked ransomware gang Clop releases its first batch of victims, targeted via the MOVEit Transfer tool since May, including US banks and universities (Carly Page/TechCrunch)

Carly Page / TechCrunch: Russia-linked ransomware gang Clop releases its first batch of victims, targeted via the MOVEit Transfer tool since May, including US banks and universities  —  Researchers say the newly discovered security flaw was exploited as far back as 2021  —  Clop, the ransomware gang responsible …

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Despite the US adding Hangzhou-based encryption chip maker Hualan to its Entity List in 2021, NASA, NATO, the DEA, and more still use chips from its subsidiary (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Despite the US adding Hangzhou-based encryption chip maker Hualan to its Entity List in 2021, NASA, NATO, the DEA, and more still use chips from its subsidiary  —  The US government warns encryption chipmaker Hualan has suspicious ties to China’s military.  Yet US agencies still use …

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Siemens plans to spend €2B to build factories, R&D centers, and more, including a €200M plant in Singapore for automation; revenue in 2022 rose 16% YoY to €72B (John Revill/Reuters)

John Revill / Reuters: Siemens plans to spend €2B to build factories, R&D centers, and more, including a €200M plant in Singapore for automation; revenue in 2022 rose 16% YoY to €72B  —  Siemens (SIEGn.DE) will spend 2 billion euros ($2.16 billion) on a new global investment plan …

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Valve releases a Steam update, announced in April, offering a big UI makeover, unifying the codebase for Desktop, Big Picture Mode, and Steam Deck, and more (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Valve releases a Steam update, announced in April, offering a big UI makeover, unifying the codebase for Desktop, Big Picture Mode, and Steam Deck, and more  —  While much of that has been available in beta, today’s the day it goes wide with a full stable release.  So if your

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Analysis: US spending on Temu was 20% higher than Shein in May 2023; Apptopia: Temu has been the top iOS app on the US App Store during most days in 2023 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Analysis: US spending on Temu was 20% higher than Shein in May 2023; Apptopia: Temu has been the top iOS app on the US App Store during most days in 2023  —  This time last year, hardly anyone in the US knew what Temu was.  Now, as American consumers grapple with runaway inflation …

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