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Senator to Google: Give us info from telco Salt Typhoon probes

1 month 2 weeks ago
AT&T and Verizon refused to hand over the security assessments, says Cantwell

US Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) has demanded that Google-owned incident response firm Mandiant hand over the Salt Typhoon-related security assessments of AT&T and Verizon that, according to the lawmaker, both operators have thus far refused to give Congress.…

Jessica Lyons

Air Pollution Raises Risk of Dementia, Say Cambridge Scientists

1 month 2 weeks ago
Exposure to certain forms of air pollution is linked to an increased risk of developing dementia, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind. From a report: The illness is estimated to affect about 57 million people worldwide, with the number expected to increase to at least 150m cases by 2050. The report, which was produced by researchers at the Medical Research Council's epidemiology unit at the University of Cambridge involved a systematic review of 51 studies. It drew on data from more than 29 million participants who had been exposed to air pollutants for at least a year. Although air pollution has already been identified as a risk factor for dementia, the research, which is the most comprehensive study of its kind to date, found there to be a positive and statistically-significant association between three types of air pollutant and dementia.

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First release candidate of systemd 258 is here

1 month 2 weeks ago
The latest version of systemd looks to be a big one, with substantial new functionality. More to love – right?

Like it or not, systemd is the industry-standard init system these days. A new release is coming, and it's a big one.…

Liam Proven