Monthly Archives: September 2022

Rocket Lab fires up its first recovered engine, on track to full booster reusability

Four months after the spectacular feat that was catching a descending rocket stage in mid-air, Rocket Lab has re-ignited one of the engines from that booster — an important step on their roadmap to fielding a fully reusable rocket. The Rutherford engine, one of nine that power the Electron launch vehicles, went up on the…

Actors behind PyPI supply chain attack have been active since late 2021

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The official software repository for the Python language, Python Package Index (PyPI), has been targeted in a complex supply chain attack that appears to have successfully poisoned at least two legitimate projects with credential-stealing malware, researchers said on Thursday. PyPI officials said last week that project contributors were under a phishing…

Lenovo announces consumer AR glasses that can tether to iPhones

Lenovo Glasses T1. [credit: Scharon Harding ] After pushing augmented reality (AR) glasses to businesses for years, Lenovo will finally sell AR glasses for consumers, the company announced today—and I briefly got to demo the lightweight Lenovo Glasses T1. With their Micro OLED displays and required tether to Windows, macOS, Android, or iOS devices, they bring…

Cops wanted to keep mass surveillance app secret; privacy advocates refused

Enlarge (credit: Tasos Katopodis / Stringer | Getty Images News) Much is known about how the federal government leverages location data by serving warrants to major tech companies like Google or Facebook to investigate crime in America. However, much less is known about how location data influences state and local law enforcement investigations. It turns…

Biden lambastes ‘MAGA Republicans’ in rare prime time attack just 2 months before the midterms: ‘There is no place for political violence in America’

President Joe Biden speaks outside Independence Hall, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered a speech on the “battle for the soul of the nation.”  The president assailed “MAGA Republicans,” who he said are determined to take the country backwards. “For a long time, we’ve reassured ourselves…