Arizona Governor Signs Education Sales Tax Extension

For the past seven months—and likely longer—an industry-wide standard that protects Windows devices from firmware infections could be bypassed using a simple technique. On Tuesday, Microsoft finally patched the vulnerability. The status of Linux systems is still unclear. Tracked as CVE-2024-7344, the vulnerability made it possible for attackers who had already gained privileged access to a device to run malicious firmware during bootup.

Electric vehicle chargers are increasingly a target of vandals, often in search of copper. "Even at our headquarter site here in Campbell, in Silicon Valley, we've had our site vandalized twice," said Rick Wilmer, CEO of ChargePoint. His customers are starting to get fed up with the problem, too, and so Wilmer has had the company hard at work on a solution: an uncuttable cable, which should be ready to deploy by early summer. "I literally got so frustrated

Yesterday was Wikipedia Day, celebrating the first edit made to the online encyclopedia on January 15, 2001. It's a tricky kind of celebration because, for many of us, every day is a Wikipedia Day. Scanning a new Wikipedia tab can feel like turning on a faucet, using a resource that has seemingly always been there and dispensed evenly, almost magically, from the Internet pipes. But that's not where Wikipedia comes from.

The first weeks of a program to test automated ticketing of vehicles parked in bike and bus lanes downtown generated thousands of warnings and violations, data obtained by the Tribune show. Between Nov. 6 and Dec. 13, the city issued some 3,577 warnings and tickets to parking scofflaws under the new Smart Streets pilot program.

Address: 21 E. Huron St., No. 4401, Chicago Price: $2,645,000 Listed: Jan. 1, 2025 This three-bedroom, 3 ½-bath penthouse in The Pinnacle has floor-to-ceiling windows, new hardwood floors and a new kitchen. The kitchen has an island, custom cabinets, a Wolf stove, double ovens, a SubZero refrigerator and a beverage fridge. An adjacent terrace has a gas firepit and grill, and the living room has sliding doors.

Early on Thursday morning, a Saturn V-sized rocket ignited its seven main engines, a prelude to lifting off from Earth. But then, the New Glenn rocket didn't move. And still, the engines produced their blue flame, furiously burning away methane. Read full article Comments