Among the “The State of API Security – Q1 2021” findings, 66% of organizations admit to having slowed the rollout of a new application into production because of API security concerns. In addition, 54% of organizations running production APIs have at best only a basic strategy for API security, with 27% having no strategy at…

Rural contracts – you guessed it – behind schedule An independent review of the coalition-era Superfast Broadband programme published by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMC) today argues Britain received value for money, although some rural areas are still waiting for the cable guy.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

February’s security update for the mobile OS includes a Qualcomm flaw rated critical, with a CVSS score of 9.8. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Apple is investing 4 trillion won ($3.6 billion) in Kia Motors in a collaboration to build an electric car. From a report: This is according to a report by Korean outlet DongA Ilbo, which claims a deal may get inked on February 17. According to the report, the plan is to launch the Apple Car…

What did you do during lockdown? A whole lot of people turned to baking in between trips to the store to search for toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Many of them baked bread for some reason, but like us, [Sarah Robinson] turned to sweeter stuff to get through it. The first Cakie ever made. Image…

Innovation and complexity can co-exist; the key is to use innovation to make ever-expanding complexity comprehensible and its effects predictable. …read more Source:: DarkReading

A social media-driven trading cooled on Wednesday as U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called a meeting of top officials that could result in tougher markets regulation for hedge funds, small investors and stockbrokers. From a report: Mass buying by amateur traders over the past two weeks has driven wild price gyrations in companies that big…

Microsoft commercial antivirus product is labeling Chrome’s latest update as being infected with the Funvalget backdoor. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Not like every expert didn’t warn it. Also: Queen of Carnage confirms consultants were paid average of £1.1k a day Baroness Harding, head of the UK’s NHS Test and Trace programme, has defended the money spent on the app it scrapped in June last year, saying £14m was not wasted.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Zoom’s platform enables contactless room controls as well as environment monitoring and tools to enhance collaboration between in-office and remote workers. …read more Source:: ZDNet