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White House urges adoption of memory-safe programming languages

Ryan Daws — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:14:22 +0000

The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) has released a new report today urging the technology industry to take steps to reduce vulnerabilities in software that leave digital systems open to cyberattacks. The report, titled “Back to the Building Blocks: A Path Toward Secure and Measurable Software,” emphasises the importance of technology... Read more »

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Russia claims Apple has paid $13.4M antitrust fine

Ryan Daws — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:21:17 +0000

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) claims that Apple has paid a $13.4 million fine relating to anti-competitive practices. According to Russian news agency TASS, the fine – originally levied at 1.2 billion rubles (then worth $17.4 million) in September 2022 – was confirmed as received by Russian authorities. “On January 19, 2024, Apple paid the... Read more »

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Google wants to increase government collaboration to secure open-source

Ryan Daws — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:03:55 +0000

Google says that it wants to increase government collaboration to help secure open-source after participating in a White House summit. On Thursday, Google participated in the White House Open Source Software Security Summit with the aim of building on its “work with the Administration to strengthen America’s collective cybersecurity through critical areas like open-source software.”... Read more »

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GitHub is restored in Iran after US gov permits sanctions exemption

Ryan Daws — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 12:38:23 +0000

GitHub is fully-restored in Iran after the US government granted the Microsoft-owned firm an exception to sanctions. “All developers should be free to use GitHub, no matter where they live,” wrote GitHub in a blog post. “At the same time, GitHub respects and abides by US law, which means government sanctions have limited our ability... Read more »

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Congress wants Apple and Google to clamp down on foreign apps

Ryan Daws — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 16:04:50 +0000

Congress is calling on Apple and Google to clamp down on apps that weren’t born in the USA (cue Springsteen). Trump’s administration is currently mulling a complete ban of any Chinese software but, while that debate is ongoing, Congress wants the two largest mobile platform holders to begin clamping down on foreign apps in less... Read more »

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Apple stops updating games without a government license in China

Ryan Daws — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 11:49:10 +0000

Apple has suspended game updates in China from developers without a license from the government. The policy, draconian as it is, has been in place for some time – but rarely enforced. Apple has faced increasing pressure from Beijing in recent weeks to start enforcing the rule that developers must show proof of a license... Read more »

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