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SECURITY AND THE EVER-CHANGING LANDSCAPE With more than 588 million customers around the world, Apple has a lot of responsibility on its shoulders. Not only to create innovative and futuristic products to help users connect and create on a more advanced level, but to protect them and their data from entering into the wrong hands. Apple has always considered security one of its biggest strengths, regularly adding functionality and protections to its iOS and macOS operating systems, but how does it compare to the rest of the industry? And with Facebook under fire for sharing user datawith political consultancies , what more can Apple do to keep its users safe from harm? Today, we’re delving deeper into Apple’s security, and bringing you the latest developments in the company’s ongoing fight…

President Donald Trump is signing an executive order to try to reform the federal government’s confounding information technology structure. The White House says Trump will order agencies to strengthen the roles of their chief information officers, requiring that they report directly to the agency heads. The order being signed Tuesday was developed by the Office of American Innovation, which is led by Jared Kushner. It is being cast by the White House as an effort to bring private-sector management principles to government. The White House says it is hoping to attract private-sector talent to the empowered roles and to give technical experts oversight of technical decisions. The White House says the federal government spends roughly $90 billion annually on infrastructure technology, most of which goes to support antiquated systems.…

If there’s one takeaway from “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” it’s that our favorite scoundrel had been through a lot before he ever met up with Luke, Obi-Wan and Leia. Sure, he’d talked up his Kessel Run time and out-maneuvering Imperial ships, but this film contains at least three epic set-pieces, involving a job atop a high-speed train careening around a snowy mountain, a fiery space showdown with a squid-like super monster and an explosion-filled shootout, that are so spectacular that they have the effect of making what Han ends up going through in “Episode IV” and beyond seem suspiciously tame by comparison. Bigger, louder, and more, more, more seem to be the guiding principles of the film and while on their own they might make a pleasurable romp, it’s…

“This machine is really trying to push the boundary of the future.” MARC RAIBERT A robotics company known for its widely shared videos of nimble, legged robots opening doors or walking through rough terrain is preparing to sell some after more than a quarter century of research. Boston Dynamics CEO Marc Raibert said that his company plans to begin selling the dog-like SpotMini robot next year, likely to businesses for use as a camera-equipped security guard. But he thinks other applications for the four-legged contraption will be likely developed by other companies, because the robot has a flat platform to allow other equipment with its own computer programming to be easily mounted on top of it. SpotMini gets around with the help of cameras on its front, sides and…

Terminal As two assassins pursue a sinister mission, three other people - a terminally ill teacher, a mysterious janitor and a secretive waitress - become ensnared in their net. Murderous consequences unfold as it turns out that a criminal mastermind is pulling strings above all of them. FIVE FACTS: 1. Principal photography of Terminal started in May 2016 and lasted for 27 nights. 2. A rough cut of the film was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2016. 3. It was not until January 2018 that RLJE Films obtained the rights to distribute Terminal in the US. 4. Margot Robbie, who plays Annie in this film, is better known for playing Harley Quinn in the 2016 superhero movie Suicide Squad. 5. Robbie is the first person to…

After being stuck in development for over a decade, “Deadpool” broke box-office records and shattered preconceived notions about what an R-rated superhero movie could do when it debuted in February 2016. Now the foul-mouthed mercenary is back with a sequel that’s gearing up to play in the big leagues — the summer movie season, and it looks like it with be another hit for 20th Century Fox. Industry analysts say the film is tracking to earn at least $130 million in its first weekend in North American theaters. Star and producer Ryan Reynolds spoke about what to expect when Deadpool returns to theaters on Friday. Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity. Q: The first is so wild and jam-packed with everything. Did you hold anything back or save…

Something strange is happening with a now-banned chemical that eats away at Earth’s protective ozone layer: Scientists say there’s more of it — not less — going into the atmosphere and they don’t know where it is coming from. When a hole in the ozone formed over Antarctica, countries around the world in 1987 agreed to phase out several types of ozone-depleting chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Production was banned, emissions fell and the hole slowly shrank. But starting in 2013, emissions of the second most common kind started rising, according to a study in Wednesday’s journal Nature. The chemical, called CFC11, was used for making foam, degreasing stains and for refrigeration. “It’s the most surprising and unexpected observation I’ve made in my 27 years” of measurements, said study lead author…

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Mexico established a one-day waiting period on electronic money transfers of over $2,500 in the wake of a hacking attack that may have taken as much as $20 million from several Mexican banks. It was the latest in a string of embarrassments for the Mexican banking system, which has seen slowdowns in e-payment, debit card transactions and transfers since late April. The head of the country’s central bank, Alejandro Diaz de Leon acknowledged that a “cyberattack”was involved in shadowy transfers of between $18 million and $20 million. The central bank issued a memo this week saying banks could opt to immediately pay out transfers for customers they know and trust, but would impose a one-day wait period for others. The head of the country’s bankers’ association told local media that…

The chief lobbyist for AT&T is leaving the company after overseeing a $50,000-per-month contract for President Donald Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen to serve as a political consultant. In a memo to employees, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said the company made a “big mistake” in hiring Cohen as a political consultant. While everything the company did was legal, Stephenson said that the association with Cohen was “a serious misjudgment.” Stephenson noted that the company’s reputation has been damaged and that the vetting process used by its team in Washington “clearly failed.” The Washington team had hired Cohen under a one-year contract that paid $50,000 a month. Stephenson said Bob Quinn, senior executive vice president of the external and legislative affairs group, “will be retiring.” The Justice Department is seeking to block…

Looking to book your next dream vacation? There’s an app for that. With all of the necessary tools now available on your smartphone, some might say that the days of the travel agent are long gone. You can check your airfare, check in at your hotel, or find out where the nearest art gallery is – all at the touch of a button. Make your iPhone your number one travel buddy. Make your iPhone your number one travel buddy using these apps that can memorise your itinerary, offer dining recommendations and provide you with the best public transport route to get around. THE BEST APPS FOR: BOOKING YOUR FLIGHT SKYSCANNER Book your flight, hotel and car in one go with the Skyscanner app. It works by searching the most affordable…

Police in southern Switzerland say they are investigating the death of a German man after a Tesla car he was driving crashed into a guardrail and burst into flames last week. The Bellinzona city fire brigade reportedly pulled from its Facebook page a comment that suggested the vehicle’s lithium ion batteries could have triggered a phenomenon involving a “rapid and unstoppable increase in temperature” before Thursday’s accident. Reached by phone, the fire brigade said simply that an investigation was underway and declined to comment further. Bellinzona police said the German driver, 48, crashed while driving on the highway in circumstances that have not yet been clarified. Tesla said in a company release that it’s saddened by the crash and is fully cooperating with authorities to find out the facts. “Tesla…

Foxconn Technology Group selected a company led by a Republican megadonor with close ties to Gov. Scott Walker to develop the master plan for its massive campus in Wisconsin. The Taiwan-based electronics giant said it chose Hammes Company to be the lead developer on the $10 billion project that will house a display-screen factory on a campus spread over 2,900 acres (1173.61 hectares) not far from the Illinois border. Foxconn could qualify for up to $4.5 billion in state and local taxpayer incentives if it employs 13,000 workers as envisioned. Hammes is led by Jon Hammes, Walker’s campaign finance chairman for his re-election bid this year. Hammes is part owner of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks and has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Republicans, including more than $15,000 to…

Frozen: The Broadway Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Various Artists Disney’s hugely popular 2013 musical fantasy film Frozen has given rise to a Broadway musical with music by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Both familiar favorite songs like Let It Go and new musical numbers feature in this album recorded by the Broadway play’s original cast. FIVE FACTS: 1. The making of a Broadway stage production of Frozen was revealed as early as January 2014. 2. Thomas Schumacher, who heads the Disney Theatrical Group, has admitted that discussions concerning a Frozen musical had started even before the movie’s release in November 2013. 3. In August 2017, the musical had a tryout at Denver’s Buell Theatre before its premiere at Broadway’s St. James Theatre. 4. The score has been significantly broadened…

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth — err, game. Henry David Thoreau wrote those words — most of them — in his seminal book, “Walden.” They make up the objective of a video game that seeks to translate his exploits in the woods of Concord, Massachusetts, into a playable digital reality. “Walden, a Game” is adapted from the book and launches this week on PlayStation 4. It has been available on computers for almost a year. “Obviously it’s an odd or unique idea for a game,” said Tracy Fullerton, who conceived the idea and led the team that created it at the University of Southern California’s Game Innovation Lab. Fullerton told…

Charging an electric car away from home can be an exercise in uncertainty — hunting for that one lonely station at the back of a rest-area parking lot and hoping it’s working. In Europe, some of the biggest automakers are out to remove such anxieties from the battery-only driving experience and encourage electric-vehicle sales by building a highway network of fast charging stations. The idea is to let drivers plug in, charge in minutes instead of hours, and speed off on their way — from Norway to southern Italy and Portugal to Poland. Much is at stake for the automakers, which include Volkswagen, BMW, Daimler and Ford. Their joint venture, Munich-based Ionity, is pushing to roll out its network in time to service the next generation of battery-only cars coming…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to speak with leaders of the European parliament next week about the data protection scandal that has engulfed his company — but might avoid a public testimony like the one he endured in the U.S. The EU and British parliaments have been calling for Zuckerberg to submit to an on-air grilling since it emerged earlier this year that a company, political consultants Cambridge Analytica, had been allowed to misuse the data of millions of Facebook users. While Zuckerberg testified last month to the U.S. Congress, he had long been noncommittal on his appearance in Europe, sending his chief technical officer to speak to the British parliament and delaying confirmation of any visit to Brussels. On Wednesday, EU Parliament President Antonio Tajani confirmed that Zuckerberg…

Don’t expect the House to go along with the Senate’s expected passage of legislation that would revive an Obama-era rule requiring equal treatment for all web traffic by internet providers. Opponents such as Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said the Senate’s vote later Wednesday on a measure reversing the Federal Communications Commission’s decision that scrapped the “net neutrality” rule amounted to “political theater” with no prospects of approval by the GOPcontrolled House. Net neutrality prevented providers such as AT&T, Comcast and Verizon from interfering with internet traffic and favoring their own sites and apps. Telecommunications companies lobbied hard to overturn the 2015 rule, saying it discouraged investment and innovation. The FCC said in repealing it last December that it was simply restoring the “light-touch framework” that has governed the internet for…

The Han Solo spinoff “Solo: A Star Wars Story” has touched down at the Cannes Film Festival, bringing its cast and a full-sized Chewbacca to the French Riviera extravaganza. Director Ron Howard, wearing a hat that read “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,” introduced his cast Tuesday before the film’s international premiere at Cannes. Stormtroopers stood in formation as star Stars Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson and “Chewbacca” actor Joonas Suotamo posed for photographers to promote the biggest Hollywood blockbuster at this year’s festival. “Solo” is the third “Star Wars” film to land at Cannes, following “Attack of the Clones” in 2002 and “Revenge of the Sith” in 2005. It will be released in France on May 23, two days before its release…

Facebook is suspending about 200 apps that it believes may have misused data. The social media giant said in a blog post that the suspensions resulted from its investigation into all apps that had access to large amounts of information before Facebook changed its platform policies in 2014. Those changes, according to Facebook, significantly reduced the amount of data that apps could access. Ime Archibong, vice president of product partnerships, says that if any evidence is found that the suspended apps or other apps have misused data, they will be banned. Users that may have been exposed will be notified, as was the case when the Cambridge Analytica case broke. The company says that it’s canvased thousands of apps so far.…

“Avengers: Infinity War” topped the charts for the third weekend in a row, adding $62.1 million to its domestic grosses. The superhero blockbuster has now earned $548.1 million from North American theaters. It easily beat out newcomers, such as the Melissa McCarthy comedy “Life of the Party,” which opened in second place with $17.9 million, and the Gabrielle Union thriller “Breaking In,” which took third with $17.6 million. In fourth place was “Overboard,” with $9.9 million in its second week, followed by “A Quiet Place” with $6.5 million. The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by comScore: 1.“Avengers: Infinity War,” Disney,…

NASA is planning to send a tiny autonomous helicopter to Mars on its next rover mission to the red planet. The space agency announced that the helicopter will be carried aboard the Mars 2020 rover as a technology demonstration to test its ability to serve as a scout and to reach locations not accessible by ground. The helicopter is being developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The craft weighs less than 4 pounds (1.8 kilograms), has a fuselage about the size of a softball and twin, counter-rotating blades that will spin at almost 3,000 rpm — a necessity in the thin martian atmosphere. Solar cells will charge its lithium-ion batteries. Flights will be programmed because the distance to Mars precludes real-time commands from Earth.…

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Brexit talks have reached into space, with the European Union and Britain fighting over the rights that London will have to the multi-billion Galileo satellite navigation system and its security-sensitive information. The EU’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said this week that by deciding to leave the bloc, Britain automatically cut its Galileo ties too and could renegotiate them only as a third country under less advantageous conditions. Barnier did not address how short those conditions would fall of full EU membership. “No decision has been already taken for the future cooperation between the U.K. and Galileo,” he told reporters in Brussels. “Obviously we will have cooperation between U.K. and Galileo, obviously, as we have for the United States or Norway.” Reduced to a friendly third country at best has angered…

European intelligence chiefs warned that Russia is actively seeking to undermine their democracies by disinformation, cyberattacks and more traditional means of espionage. The heads of Britain and Germany’s domestic intelligence agencies, as well as the European Union and NATO’s top security officials, pinpointed Moscow as the prime source of hybrid threats to Europe, citing attempts to manipulate elections, steal sensitive data and spark a coup in Montenegro. They also cited the nerve agent attack against a former Russian spy in Britain this year that Britain has blamed on Russia. “Our respect for Russia’s people (...) cannot and must not stop us from calling out and pushing back on the Kremlin’s flagrant breaches of international rules,” the head of Britain’s MI5 spy agency, Andrew Parker, told an intelligence gathering in Berlin.…