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The state of Right to Repair: Progress made, but key barriers remain

3 months 2 weeks ago
Schematics, repair manuals, part numbers still out of reach for many industries

The US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) has released a report on the state of Right to Repair. The good news is that things seem to be going in the right direction for some gadgets. The bad news is that progress is not equal, and there has been no improvement for some gizmos.…

Richard Speed

OpenZFS 2.3 is here, with RAID expansion and faster dedup

3 months 2 weeks ago
Coming soon to April's TrueNAS SCALE release, dubbed 'Fangtooth'

The latest version of OpenZFS offers RAID expansion, plus faster data deduplication donated by iXsystems. The code will be available very soon in the beta of TrueNAS SCALE 25.04.…

Liam Proven

Microplastics Block Blood Flow in the Brain, Mouse Study Reveals

3 months 2 weeks ago
Scientists have observed for the first time how microplastics move through and block blood vessels in mouse brains, according to research published in Science Advances this week. Using fluorescence imaging, researchers at Peking University tracked plastic particles as they were consumed by immune cells and accumulated in brain blood vessels, causing obstructions that persisted for up to four weeks and reduced blood flow. The study found that these blockages, which behaved similarly to blood clots, decreased the mice's mobility for several days.

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UnitedHealth Data Breach Hits 190 Million Americans in Worst Healthcare Hack

3 months 2 weeks ago
Nearly 190 million Americans were affected by February's cyberattack on UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare unit, almost double initial estimates, the company disclosed Friday. The breach, the largest in U.S. medical history, exposed sensitive data including Social Security numbers, medical records, and financial information. UnitedHealth said it has not detected misuse of the stolen data or found medical databases among compromised files. Change Healthcare, a major U.S. healthcare claims processor, paid multiple ransoms after Russian-speaking hackers known as ALPHV breached its systems using stolen credentials lacking multi-factor authentication, according to CEO Andrew Witty's testimony to Congress.

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