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Docs Show FBI Pressures Cops to Keep Phone Surveillance Secrets
www.wired.com Docs Show FBI Pressures Cops to Keep Phone Surveillance Secrets

Newly released documents highlight the bureau's continued secrecy around cell-site simulators—spying tech that everyone already assumes exists.

Docs Show FBI Pressures Cops to Keep Phone Surveillance Secrets
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Hunter Biden agrees to plead guilty on three federal charges
www.reuters.com Hunter Biden to plead guilty to tax crimes, reaches deal on gun charge

The federal charges against Hunter Biden arose from an investigation by David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in the Democratic president's home state of Delaware who was appointed by Republican former President Donald Trump.

Hunter Biden to plead guilty to tax crimes, reaches deal on gun charge

> U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden has agreed to plead guilty to two charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in a deal with the Justice Department, according to court documents on Tuesday. > > The federal charges against Hunter Biden arose from an investigation by David Weiss, the U.S. attorney in the Democratic president's home state of Delaware who was appointed by Republican former President Donald Trump. > > According to the deal, Biden also entered the pretrial diversion agreement on one firearm offense.

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The US Navy, NATO, and NASA are using a shady Chinese company’s encryption chips
arstechnica.com The US Navy, NATO, and NASA are using a shady Chinese company’s encryption chips

US government warns encryption chipmaker Hualan has suspicious ties to China’s military.

The US Navy, NATO, and NASA are using a shady Chinese company’s encryption chips

> “I appreciate concerns with using Chinese technology, but we’re very confident that even though we’re using these chips, our products cannot be hacked, even by Initio or Hualan,” iStorage's CEO John Michael says. (Michael also noted that some of iStorage products use a chip sold by Taiwanese firm Phison instead of Hualan or Initio, but didn't specify which products.) > > Even if a bridge controller chip doesn't create a secret key and isn't intended to store it, however, it still has enough access to it to enable a backdoor, says Matthew Green, a cryptography-focused computer science professor at Johns Hopkins University.

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Japan to open up Apple- and Google-dominated phone apps to competition
www.reuters.com Japan to open up Apple- and Google-dominated phone apps to competition

Japan plans to stoke competition in smartphone app payments, dominated by Apple and Google, by banning major app store operators from forcing software developers to use the operators' own payment systems, a government panel said.

Japan to open up Apple- and Google-dominated phone apps to competition
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The iPhone 15 Ultra could be every bit as expensive as we feared
www.techradar.com The iPhone 15 Ultra could be every bit as expensive as we feared

The iPhone 15 Ultra could have an ultra-high price tag

The iPhone 15 Ultra could be every bit as expensive as we feared

Well, shit...

In truth, it's a new highest end product, and presumably you can keep buying the lower end ones, but still.

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A Leaked Tesla Report Shows the Cybertruck Had Basic Design Flaws
www.wired.com A Leaked Tesla Report Shows the Cybertruck Had Basic Design Flaws

The “alpha” version of the EV company’s first pickup had problems with braking, handling, noise, and leaks, according to an internal presentation.

A Leaked Tesla Report Shows the Cybertruck Had Basic Design Flaws
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