An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: Human rights advocates filed a new court petition against the Israeli phone hacking company Cellebrite, urging Israel’s Ministry of Defense to halt the firm’s exports to Hong Kong where security forces have been using the technology in crackdowns against dissidents as China takes greater control…

DC set the internet on fire with the first big look at his cast, including Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman. …read more Source:: CNet

The LG WashTower will attack laundry loads as a combined, smart washer and dryer system. …read more Source:: CNet

It’s all about big industry and software automation, and the money of course UK-based engineering software group Aveva will pay $5bn for rival OSIsoft, it announced on Tuesday. The bulk of the money – $4.4bn – will be in cash, with $3.5bn of it raised through a rights issue.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Tablets, slates, phones, and fablets, there are no shortage of electronics that take the Star-Trek-ish form factor of a handheld rectangle of glass that connects you to everything. This is the world we live in, but unfortunately it’s not currently a world with many Linux options, and certainly not one that includes modular design concepts….

The Bronco went away in 1996, but even before the macho 2004 concept, Ford designers planned a comeback. …read more Source:: CNet

As Amazon signals its growth in India with its office in Hyderabad, its largest in the world, local business owners are pushing back. From a report: The austere building is hardly distinguishable in the landscape of glass and concrete buildings making up Asia’s Silicon Valley, as Hyderabad, India, is known. It is one of Amazon’s…

Spoiler-free: Nolan’s new one races to beat the clock and coronavirus, but it’s not his best. …read more Source:: CNet

The largest problem facing database security today is the disconnect between security teams and DBAs beginning from the moment of configuration and continuing throughout the database lifecycle. …read more Source:: DarkReading

The Federal Aviation Administration has plans to test various drone detection and countermeasure systems for use at airports. The first of such tests will take place in Atlanta this year. …read more Source:: SecurityMagazine