Huawei Planning to Sue the US Government
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| Huawei Planning to Sue the US Government | |
| Number | 766 |
| Broadcast Date | MARCH 4, 2019 |
| Episode Length | 4:18 |
| Hosts | Rich Stroffolino |
Huawei is reportedly planning to sue the US government, a high severity bug is published for the macOS XNU kernel, and WebAuthn becomes a web standard.
Headlines
- The New York Times reports that, according to sources, Huawei is preparing to sue the US government for banning government agencies from using its products. The lawsuit will reportedly be filed in Eastern District of Texas and seek to challenge a provision in the defense spending authorization law passed in August that blocks executive agencies from using telecom equipment made by Huawei and ZTE. According to sources, Huawei will challenge the provision as unconstitutional as it singles out a group for punishment without trial.
- A security researcher with Google's Project Zero discovered a flaw in the macOS XNU kernel. The flaw exploits the kernel's copy-on-write behavior, allowing for malicious changes to user mounted file systems without the virtual management subsystem realizing it. The researcher informed Apple of the flaw back in November 2018, and published it as a "high severity" bug well after the project's usual 90 day deadlines. Apple is currently working with Project Zero on a future patch to fix the issue.
- The World Wide Web Consortium approved the Web Authentication API, known as WebAuthn, as a web standard for passwordless logins. This allows users to use biometrics, mobile devices, and FIDO keys to login. WebAuthn already has support from Windows 10 and Android, as well as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge browsers.
- The USB Implementers Forum announced details for USB 4. The standard will integrate many Thunderbolt 3 features, including speeds up to 40 Gbps, delivering up to 100W of power, support eGPUs, dual 4K displays and single 5K displays. The standard is fully compatible with Thunderbolt 3 cables and accessories as well. Intel has stated that the two standards will coexist, but that Thunderbolt will continue to require Intel certification for use with additional services, while USB 4 will remain open. The full USB 4 draft specification will arrive in the 2nd half of 2019, with the USB-IF not expecting supporting devices on the market for 12-18 months after that.
- Over the weekend, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted the company would unveil the Model Y SUV at an event on March 14th in LA. The Model Y will be built on the existing Model 3 platform. According to Musk, the Model Y will be about 10% bigger than the Model 3, cost 10% more, and have less range for the same battery capacity.
- The blockchain journalism startup Civil announced that its first products will be available on March 6th. Civil Newsroom will be available to qualified newsrooms who agree to Civil's journalism standards. In return, newsrooms will be able to index and permanently archive content to the blockchain using the Civil Publishing tool, although this is limited to WordPress initially. Newsrooms will also be able to accept peer-to-peer payments from Civil Members. Civil Memberships can be purchased, including Civil tokens for peer-to-peer transactions, and also gives access to Civil Registry, a hub for people to find and support newsrooms on the blockchain.
- Microsoft announced it will shutdown Microsoft Band and Microsoft Health Dashboard apps and services on May 31st. Existing Band users have until then to export data. Band devices will still be able to function as activity and sleep trackers, however due to the shutdown of the cloud backend services, Microsoft warns it will be impossible to setup a device again after a reset.
- In final nail in the coffin news, Sony discontinued the last two Playstation Vita models. Sony had previously stopped making 1st party games for the platform all the way back in 2015, and ended physical game production last year. In 2018, Sony Senior Executive Hiroyuki Oda stated the company had no plans for a follow up mobile console.
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