When you’re a nation state, secure communications are key to protecting your sovereignty and keeping your best laid plans under wraps. For the USA, this requirement led to the development of a series of secure telephony networks over the years. John McMaster found himself interested in investigating the workings of the STU-III secure telephone, and…

harrymcc writes: As the federal government plods along on developing privacy laws, some cities are taking matters into their own hands — with facial recognition technology at the top of the list. Now, Portland, Oregon, has plans to ban the use of facial recognition for both the government and private businesses in the city, a…

Modem biz sale was made at ‘at a multi-billion dollar loss,’ complains Chipzilla Apple’s acquisition of the bulk of Intel’s smartphone business, valued at $1bn, was completed today against the backdrop of of a complaint from Chipzilla that the deal was done “at a multi-billion dollar loss”.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

With Black Friday behind us, Amazon’s biggest discounts are available now until the end of Cyber Monday. …read more Source:: CNet

Amazon didn’t discount this desirable new speaker for Black Friday or Cyber Monday, but we’ll show you how to score a deal. …read more Source:: CNet

A new project aims to make LibGen, which hosts 33 terabytes of scientific papers and books, much more stable. From a report: It’s hard to find free and open access to scientific material online. The latest studies and current research huddle behind paywalls unread by those who could benefit. But over the last few years,…

The cloud giant also used day one of re:Invent to announce the AWS Center for Quantum Computing and its new AWS Quantum Solutions Lab …read more Source:: ZDNet

All the deals you’ll want to shop right now. …read more Source:: CNet

This Cyber Monday you can save up to $150 on headphones, game consoles, SSDs and more from Amazon, Walmart, Target and Best Buy. …read more Source:: CNet

T-Mobile’s nationwide 5G network launches on Friday, the company announced Monday morning. But don’t fall for the marketing hype. From a report: It’s still too early to buy a 5G phone, even though T-Mobile is now taking orders for two new ones, including the Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ and OnePlus 7T Pro McLaren. It’s still…