Monthly Archives: October 2022

Musk says Starlink can’t keep providing Ukraine broadband unless Pentagon pays

Enlarge SpaceX has asked the Pentagon to fund the Ukraine government and military’s use of Starlink broadband, saying the Elon Musk-led company can’t afford to donate more user terminals or pay for operations indefinitely, CNN reported. “We are not in a position to further donate terminals to Ukraine, or fund the existing terminals for an…

Equifax surveilled 1,000 remote workers, fired 24 found juggling two jobs

Enlarge Hundreds of thousands of Americans juggled two full-time jobs in September, and nearly 4 million more mixed full-time with part-time work, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. This “overemployment” trend has become so popular through the pandemic that Wired reported that some workers described holding down two jobs as the cure to burnout experienced…

Tata Power, a top power producer in India, confirms cyberattack

Tata Power, a leading power generation company in India, has confirmed it was hit by a cyberattack. In a brief statement released on Friday, the Mumbai-based company said that the attack impacted some of its I.T. systems. “The company has taken steps to retrieve and restore the systems. All critical operational systems are functioning; however,…

Apple XR headset might have ‘Face ID’ tech for paying with your eyes

Apple is reportedly one-upping Meta in the mixed reality competition by offering iris-scanning technology. According to a report from The Information, the tech giant’s forthcoming XR device will include sensors that work like Face ID in iPhones and iPads. The technology, called “Iris ID,” would enable users to log in their accounts and make payments…

Microsoft Office 365 email encryption may not be as watertight as it seems

There is a flaw in the way Microsoft handles secure emails sent through Microsoft Office 365, a security researcher has claimed. As reported by ComputerWeekly, with a sufficiently large sample, a threat actor could apparently abuse the loophole to decipher the contents of encrypted emails. However, Microsoft has played down the importance of the findings,…