The U.S. Copyright Office says it believes that Congress should pass legislation to stop companies from preventing consumers from repairing products they purchase, a recommendation that has potential implications for the fight over “right to repair… http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/2004/feed
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Nineteen legislators say the discovery of automated grid-disruption malware in Ukraine means the White House isn’t doing enough to protect critical infrastructure. https://www.wired.com/category/security/feed/
An oxygen-poor “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which can prompt harmful algae blooms and threaten marine life, could approach the size of New Jersey this summer, federal scientists say — making it the third-largest the Gulf has seen. A new forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts […]
President Trump on Thursday vowed to cut back on “job-killing” regulations on the tech industry in a meeting with business executives.Trump met with leaders from the drone and broadband industries at the White House, the latest event in the… http://thehill.com/taxonomy/term/2004/feed
When 198 million voter records get exposed on the internet, you’ve got plenty of reason for concern. https://www.wired.com/category/security/feed/
A new hands-off hack uses an EMP attack to overcome fundamental software protections. https://www.wired.com/category/security/feed/
The Environmental Protection Agency plans on shedding more than 1,200 employees by early September through buyouts and early retirements, as part of a broader push by the Trump administration to shrink a government entity the president once promised to eliminate “in almost every form.” The departures would amount to about […]
The Environmental Protection Agency has given notice to dozens of scientists that they will not be renewed in their roles in advising the agency, continuing a scientific shake-up that has already triggered resignations and charges from some researchers that the administration is politicizing the agency. Members of the EPA’s Board of […]
An ongoing global coral bleaching event, one that’s affected more than 70 percent of tropical reefs worldwide, may finally be coming to a close. A new forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suggests that the high ocean temperatures that lead to bleaching are no longer widespread in the Indian […]
An early glimpse of the turn in the oil markets came last August. Thanks to a recovery in the shale oil drilling business, the French company Vallourec started rehiring people it had let go at its Youngstown, Ohio, steel pipe factory. “We have kept contacts with people even if they […]