One cybersecurity expert says the cyberattack on the Newfoundland and Labrador health-care system may be the worst in Canadian history, and has implications for national security. CBC News reports: David Shipley, the CEO of a cybersecurity firm in Fredericton, said he’s seen similar breaches before, but usually on a smaller Read more…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A tweak to the iPhone’s repairability that has been long prophesied and feared has finally come to pass, giving staggering new urgency for legislation that makes repair more accessible: The iPhone 13’s screen cannot be replaced without special software controlled by Apple. Read more…
“It has never been more difficult to be a software developer than it is today,” says Nigel Simpson, a former director of enterprise technology strategy at Walt Disney. And they’re not the only one who thinks so, writes the U.K. Group editor of InfoWorld: “Complexity kills,” Lotus Notes creator and Read more…
Late Friday night U.S. Congressmen passed a long-awaited Bipartisan Infrastructure bill. “The infrastructure package contains $550 billion in entirely new investments, including money for electric-car charging stations and zero-emission school buses,” reports the Washington Post. “The spending is mostly paid for — without raising taxes. The bulk of the funding Read more…
Former police officer, vegan, and mayor-elect of New York City Eric Adams has dreams of putting the Big Apple on the blockchain. In an interview with Bloomberg Radio on Wednesday, Adams bragged that he would finally transform the city into one hospitable to cryptocurrency. “We need to look at what’s Read more…
Waymo will start driving its autonomous Chrysler Pacifica vans in New York City on November 4th. Engadget reports: This and a later wave of Jaguar I-Pace EVs will rely on human drivers to map streets and learn from the environment, and there aren’t any immediate plans to offer driverless rides Read more…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has formally endorsed the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children aged 5 through 11, a move that will buttress defenses against a possible surge as winter arrives and ease the worries of tens of millions of pandemic-weary parents. From a report: At a meeting Read more…