Italian startup Exein to supply cybersecurity for chips to MediaTek

Italian tech startup Exein has agreed with Taiwan’s MediaTek to provide cybersecurity systems to be embedded on the chipmaker’s Genio platform, Exein said on Wednesday. The deal will provide security features to billions of chips using the system worldwide in industries including mobile, home, automotive and healthcare, Exein said in a statement. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT…

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‘Forbidden Words’: Github Reveals How Software Engineers Are Purging Federal Databases

Code updates to a government database that helps track whether a federal program to get children ready for school at age five is actually working show software engineers are purging it of references to “forbidden words” related to DEI. The updates, shown in Github commits, are to a database for the Department of Health and…

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Waymo Pauses Service in Downtown LA Neighborhood Where They’re Getting Lit on Fire

Waymo told 404 Media that it is still operating in Los Angeles after several of its driverless cars were lit on fire during anti-ICE protests over the weekend, but that it has temporarily disabled the cars’ ability to drive into downtown Los Angeles, where the protests are happening.  A company spokesperson said it is working…

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Podcast: A Massive Archiving Effort at National Parks (with Jenny McBurney and Lynda Kellam)

If you’ve been to a national park in the U.S. recently, you might have noticed some odd new signs about “beauty” and “grandeur.” Or, some signs you were used to seeing might now be missing completely. An executive order issued earlier this year put the history and educational aspects of the parks system under threat–but…

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