Apple’s increasingly tougher stance on app privacy has led Facebook to pull one of its iOS apps. The Wall Street Journal has learned that Facebook is removing its VPN-based Onavo Protect program from the App Store after Apple warned the social network that it violated stricter policies (enacted in June) that limit how and why […]
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House overwhelmingly approves new sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea over White House objections
Mikhail Klimentyev/Pool Photo via AP, File WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to slap new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, despite President Donald Trump’s objections to the legislation. As voting continued, House members backed the measure by a margin of 388-2, with strong support from Trump’s fellow […]
Over many objections, W3C approves DRM for HTML5
(credit: Bart Maguire) A system for providing DRM protection to Web-based content is now an official recommendation from W3C. In 2013, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the industry body that oversees the development of Web standards, took the controversial decision to develop a system for integrating DRM into browsers. The Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) […]
A federal judge has approved Baltimore’s plans to overhaul its police department, despite DOJ objections
Associated Press/Patrick Semansky BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge on Friday approved an agreement negotiated under the Obama administration to overhaul the troubled Baltimore police force, sweeping aside objections from the Trump Justice Department. President Donald Trump’s attorney general, Jeff Sessions, promptly warned that the agreement may result in “a less safe city.” U.S. District […]
US may send THAAD missile defense system to S. Korea in June over China’s objections – local media
Washington may deploy its high-tech THAAD antiballistic-missile system in South Korea in June – earlier than expected, local media report. Up to nine truck-mounted launchers, each with eight interceptors, could be mobilized. To deploy the THAAD, the South Korean Defense Ministry plans take over the land in Lotte Skyhill Country Club’s golf course in Seongju […]
