Use computing royalties to kick-start biodiversity fund Summary This correspondence notes that many modern foods, medicines and textiles rely on plant and animal varieties shaped by millennia of Indigenous selective…
Nokia successor HMD spawns secure device biz with Euro-made smartphone Summary Finnish phone maker HMD Global has launched a new business unit, HMD Secure, aimed at governments and security-critical sectors…
Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws Summary Attaullah Baig, the former head of security for WhatsApp, has filed a lawsuit against Meta alleging the company ignored major…
US Man Still Alive Six Months After Pig Kidney Transplant Summary A 67-year-old US man, Tim Andrews, remains alive more than six months after receiving a genetically modified pig kidney…
Google Tells Court ‘Open Web is Already in Rapid Decline’ After Execs Claimed It Was Thriving Summary In a court filing, Google stated that “the open web is already in…
Signal Rolls Out Encrypted Cloud Backups, Debuts First Subscription Plan at $1.99/Month Summary Signal has started rolling out end-to-end encrypted cloud backups in its latest Android beta. The opt-in feature…
Hackers Hijack npm Packages With 2 Billion Weekly Downloads in Supply Chain Attack Summary Attackers compromised an npm maintainer account via a phishing campaign (using a fake domain, npmjs.help) and…
All IT Work To Involve AI By 2030, Says Gartner Summary Analyst firm Gartner predicts that by 2030 every task in IT departments will be performed with AI involvement. Currently,…
Jaguar Land Rover Extends Shutdown After Cyber Attack Summary Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has extended the closure of its UK and overseas factories after a cyberattack forced the company to…
Nova Launcher’s Founder and Sole Developer Has Left Summary Kevin Barry, the founder and sole developer of Nova Launcher, has left parent company Branch Metrics after being instructed to stop…
