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Trump's workforce cuts blamed as America's cyber edge dulls

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The Cyberspace Solarium Commission says years of progress are being undone amid current administration's cuts

America's once-ambitious cyber defences are starting to rust, according to the latest annual report from the US Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC), which warns that policy momentum has slowed and even slipped backwards thanks to Trump-era workforce and budget cuts.…

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Fujitsu's New Laptop in Japan Includes Optical Drive Abandoned Elsewhere

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Fujitsu has released a new laptop in Japan with a built-in Blu-ray drive. The FMV Note A A77-K3 includes a BDXL-compatible optical drive that can read and burn discs. Most laptop manufacturers globally stopped including optical drives in the second half of the 2010s. The Japanese market has refused to follow that trend. Shops in Tokyo's Akihabara district recently experienced a spike in demand for optical drives and systems capable of reading Blu-ray discs, Tom's Hardware reports. Fujitsu sells two additional models in the FMV Note A line using Intel thirteenth-generation chips. Those systems include DVD drives instead of Blu-ray capability. Some other Japanese manufacturers also released optical-drive-equipped laptops earlier in 2025.

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