Monthly Archives: May 2025

DOGE software engineer’s computer infected by info-stealing malware

Login credentials belonging to an employee at both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Department of Government Efficiency have appeared in multiple public leaks from info-stealer malware, a strong indication that devices belonging to him have been hacked in recent years. Kyle Schutt is a 30-something-year-old software engineer who, according to Dropsite News,… Read More »

Trump admin to roll back Biden’s AI chip restrictions

The changing face of chip export controls The Biden-era chip restriction framework, which we covered in January, established a three-tiered system for regulating AI chip exports. The first tier included 17 countries, plus Taiwan, that could receive unlimited advanced chips. A second tier of roughly 120 countries faced caps on the number of chips they… Read More »

Packers add surprising new QB from CFL to help out Jordan Love on depth chart

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle Source

WhatsApp provides no cryptographic management for group messages

The flow of adding new members to a WhatsApp group message is: A group member sends an unsigned message to the WhatsApp server that designates which users are group members, for instance, Alice, Bob, and Charlie The server informs all existing group members that Alice, Bob, and Charlie have been added The existing members have… Read More »

Celtics share Jrue Holiday message after recent NBA announcement

While the Boston Celtics prepare for the Game 2 of the NBA Conference Semifinals, they have positive news about Jrue Holiday.  Holiday’s dedication to social justice work has earned him the NBA’s Social Justice Champion award for the current season.  As a guard for the Celtics, Holiday’s off-court contributions have garnered significant recognition, especially after… Read More »

VMware perpetual license holders receive cease-and-desist letters from Broadcom

Broadcom has been sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, Ars Technica has confirmed. Following its November 2023 acquisition of VMware, Broadcom ended VMware perpetual license sales. Users with perpetual licenses can still use the software they bought, but they are unable to renew support services unless they had… Read More »