The FOSS Force News Wire pulls mostly FOSS related news stories from a variety of sources and is updated every 30 minutes. The News Wire is also available as an RSS feed at http://fossforce.com/newswire.
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How to Check if UEFI Secure Boot is Enabled/Disabled on Linux
While installing different drivers on your Linux system, you may need to check if UEFI Secure Boot is enabled/disabled on your computer as you may need to perform different installation steps depending on the UEFI Secure Boot status of your computer. For example, some Linux distributions (i.e. Ubuntu) automatically signs... Read more
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Rabbit’s R1 is a little AI gadget that grows on you
If there’s one overarching takeaway from last night’s Rabbit R1 launch event, it’s this: Hardware can be fun again. After a decade of unquestioned smartphone dominance, there is, once again, excitement to be found in consumer electronics. The wisdom and longevity of any individual product or form factor — while... Read more
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Biden Makes $11 Billion Push to Beat China at Chip Research
As the US launches new R&D centers for chips and packaging technology, industry groups warn that patent seizure may undermine the effort.... Read more
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How to Install Laravel PHP Framework with Nginx on Ubuntu 22.04
Laravel is an open-source PHP web framework based on Symfony. It follows the model–view–controller architectural pattern. This tutorial will show you how to install Laravel PHP Framework with an Nginx web server on Ubuntu 22.04.... Read more
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The increasing sophistication of synthetic identity fraud
Synthetic identity fraud is most commonly associated with fraud in banking or against credit unions but is often mistakenly overlooked in digital commerce. With fraudsters becoming cleverer about how they use synthetic identities, it’s a tactic that fraud fighters need to watch out for and guard against. Synthetic identity fraud... Read more
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JioCinema launches 35-cent premium tier, stepping up rivalry with Netflix and Prime Video
JioCinema introduced a new monthly subscription plan on Thursday, with the lowest tier costing just 35 cents. The revamp in the pricing strategy comes as the market-leading service seeks to exert greater pressure on rivals including Netflix and Prime Video. The service — backed by Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani... Read more
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Eric Schmidt-backed Augment, a GitHub Copilot rival, launches out of stealth with $252M
AI is supercharging coding — and developers are embracing it. In a recent StackOverflow poll, 44% of software engineers said that they use AI tools as part of their development processes now and 26% plan to soon. Gartner estimates that over half of organizations are currently piloting or have already... Read more
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The NIST/NVD situation and vulnerability management programs
In the infosec world we continually preach about “defense in depth,” or layered security. The idea is that if a defensive measure at one layer fails, there are additional layers behind it that serve as a safety net. An interesting application of these concepts comes in examining the data feeds... Read more
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How AI will shape the future of the legal industry
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) announced a £6.4 million grant for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to invest in AI-technology skills-based training. This development is the latest in a string of AI funding initiatives across the UK corporate sector, indicating that 2024 is the year emerging technologies... Read more
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TikTok ban signed into law by President Biden: How we got here, and what comes next
TikTok faces an uncertain fate in the U.S. once again. A bill including a deadline for TikTok parent company Bytedance to divest within nine months or face a ban on app stores to distribute the app in the U.S., was signed by President Joe Biden on Wednesday as part of... Read more