GRUB2, one of the world’s most widely used programs for booting computers, has a vulnerability that can make it easier for attackers to run malicious firmware during startup, researchers said on Wednesday. This would affect millions or possibly hundreds of millions of machines. While GRUB2 is primarily used on Linux …
Read More »Two Lehigh Valley hospitals rank among the best in Pa. In latest US News rankings
The country’s highest-profile hospital ranking report, produced by US News & World Report, recognized two of the Lehigh Valley’s largest facilities as one of the top 6 in the state. Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Salisbury Township and St. Luke’s University Hospital in Fountain Hill tied for sixth place in …
Read More »Probe of Congress: Russian oligarchs use art to evade sanctions
The Rotenbergs, who made a fortune through contracts related to the Sochi Olympics, were sanctioned and their US assets were frozen in March 2014 as part of the Obama administration’s decision to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin and his close associates for the Russian annexation of Crimea. Arkady Rotenberg was …
Read More »Trump tells voters living in the suburbs that they will “no longer be bothered” by low-income housing
President Trump told suburban voters in a tweet on Wednesday that “they will no longer be bothered or financially hurt” by having low-income housing in their neighborhood after his administration repealed an Obama-era housing rule. The Affirmatively Promotion of Fair Housing, or the AFFH rule, was designed to eliminate racial …
Read More »Xiaomi patent reveals design for headphones that fit inside a smartphone
Here is a product rendering created by LetsGoDigital based on a recent Xiaomi patent application. Illustration: LetsGoDigital (Other) With phones like him MiMix Alpha and it’s mysterious triple prototypeXiaomi is no stranger to dreaming of distant conceptual devices. But in a recently discovered patent, Xiaomi may have come up with …
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