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Microsoft isn't fixing 8-year-old shortcut exploit abused for spying

3 months 2 weeks ago
'Only' a local access bug but important part of N Korea, Russia, and China attack picture

An exploitation avenue found by Trend Micro in Windows has been used in an eight-year-long spying campaign, but there's no sign of a fix from Microsoft, which apparently considers this a low priority.…

Iain Thomson

Vance Slams Globalization For Hampering American Innovation

3 months 2 weeks ago
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance denounced decades of globalization for hampering American innovation in a speech to entrepreneurs and venture capitalists on Tuesday, arguing that offshoring has eroded U.S. technological leadership. "Our workers have been failed by the government of the last 40 years," Vance told the American Dynamism Summit, criticizing two "conceits" of globalization: that nations manufacturing products wouldn't eventually design them too, and that cheap foreign labor benefits innovation. "As they got better at the low end of the value chain, they also started catching up on the higher end. We were squeezed from both ends," Vance said, adding that "cheap labor is fundamentally a crutch" that inhibits technological advancement. The Trump administration recently rolled back Biden-era AI regulations, with Vance emphasizing their goal to "incentivize investment in our own borders, in our own businesses, our own workers and our own innovation." Vance, a former venture capitalist, dismissed fears about AI eliminating jobs, comparing it to ATMs which ultimately created more financial sector roles.

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US tech jobs outlook clouded by DOGE cuts, Trump tariffs

3 months 2 weeks ago
Hiring remains relatively strong as analysts warn of slowdown

A pair of reports on tech sector employment trends in the United States suggest out-of-work techies right now have relatively decent prospects, but economic uncertainty and rapid policy changes initiated by the Trump administration mean the future job market looks less rosy.…

Brandon Vigliarolo