White House kicks infosec team to curb in IT office shakeup
Enlarge / The White House is kicking its information security team to the curb.
An internal White House memo published today by Axios reveals that recent changes to the information …
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Republicans storm ultra-secure “SCIF,” some with cell phones blazing [Update]
Enlarge / The US House of Representatives.
On Wednesday, Republican lawmakers committed a major breach of security guidelines when they carried cell phones as they tried to …
Comcast’s “free” streaming box requires you to rent $13-per-month router
Enlarge / Comcast’s Flex streaming box and voice remote.
Comcast last month announced that it was giving its Flex streaming device to Internet-only customers for free, but the announcement did …
Elon Musk sends tweet via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband
Enlarge / Starlink logo imposed on stylized image of the Earth.
SpaceX’s Starlink division is on track to offer satellite-broadband service in the United States in mid-2020, a company official …
Robo-tank? Army picks contenders for robotic combat vehicle competition
Enlarge / Meet RoboTank, your future tank platoon mate.
On October 18, the National Advanced Mobility Consortium—an organization of industry and academic researchers contracted by the US government to develop …
Hackers steal secret crypto keys for NordVPN. Here’s what we know so far
Hackers breached a server used by popular virtual network provider NordVPN and stole encryption keys that could be used to mount decryption attacks on segments of its …
Verizon’s 5G network can’t cover an entire basketball arena, either
Enlarge / A Verizon booth at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles in September 2018.
Verizon on Friday announced that its 5G network is now available in three NBA …
AT&T hits online TV customers with second big price increase this year
AT&T is rolling out another batch of price increases for AT&T TV Now, the online streaming service formerly known as DirecTV Now.
The AT&T TV Now “Plus” package that contains …
Air Force finally retires 8-inch floppies from missile launch control system
Enlarge / Pour one out for the 8-inch floppy, retired from the Air Force after 50 years of service.
Five years ago, a CBS 60 Minutes report …