Monthly Archives: January 2025

Trump White House rescinds order freezing federal grants after widespread confusion

President Donald Trump’s budget office has rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country. That’s according to two people familiar with the matter on Wednesday. The Monday evening order from the White House Office of Management and Budget sparked uncertainty over a crucial financial lifeline for states, schools and organizations that rely on trillions of dollars from Washington and left the White House scrambling to explain what would and wouldn’t be subject to a pause in funding. The people confirmed that OMB pulled the order Wednesday in a two sentence notice to agencies and departments, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal guidance. The post Trump White House rescinds order freezing federal grants after widespread confusion first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Trump administration to federal workforce: Fork you!

The deferred resignation gambit is unlike anything seen in the federal government, maybe ever. But no one knowns how many employees will hit the resigh button. The post Trump administration to federal workforce: Fork you! first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Survey: How do federal employees feel about OPM’s ‘deferred resignation’ offer?

Are federal employees thinking of accepting OPM’s offer for “deferred resignations?” Please fill out this short survey from Federal News Network. The post Survey: How do federal employees feel about OPM’s ‘deferred resignation’ offer? first appeared on Federal News Network.
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A new register with thousands of entangled nuclei to scale quantum networks

In a groundbreaking achievement for quantum technologies, researchers have created a functional quantum register using the atoms inside a semiconductor quantum dot.
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New avenues in quantum research: Supramolecular qubit candidates detected

Researchers were able to demonstrate for the first time that non-covalent bonds between spin centers are also capable of producing quartet states through spin mixing. Supramolecular chemistry is thus a valuable tool for the research, development and scaling of new materials for quantum technologies.
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FDA’s accelerated approval pathway has a few potholes

The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has found that, in a few cases, FDA officials veered from the accelerated approval pathway. The post FDA’s accelerated approval pathway has a few potholes first appeared on Federal News Network.
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FDA’s accelerated approval pathway has a few potholes

The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has found that, in a few cases, FDA officials veered from the accelerated approval pathway. The post FDA’s accelerated approval pathway has a few potholes first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Zyxel CPE devices under attack via critical vulnerability without a patch (CVE-2024-40891)

CVE-2024-40891, a command injection vulnerability in Zyxel CPE Series telecommunications devices that has yet to be fixed by the manufacturer, is being targeted by attackers, cybersecurity company Greynoise has warned. Successful exploitation would allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on affected devices, potentially leading to complete system compromise, network infiltration, and data exfiltration. “After identifying a significant overlap between IPs exploiting CVE-2024-40891 and those classified as Mirai, the team investigated a recent variant of Mirai … More → The post Zyxel CPE devices under attack via critical vulnerability without a patch (CVE-2024-40891) appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Introducing Leading the Shift, a new Microsoft Azure podcast

We’ve asked customers, partners, Microsoft experts, and other leaders to share their journeys and insights in our new podcast, Leading the Shift. In each episode, we’ll explore how our guests are using data, AI, and cloud technologies to deliver meaningful and trustworthy innovation to their organizations, customers and communities. The post Introducing Leading the Shift, a new Microsoft Azure podcast appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
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Navigating the 2024 holiday season: Insights into Azure’s DDoS defense

The 2024 holiday season revealed a complex and evolving threat landscape for Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. This year’s trends included advanced tactics such as an increase in DDoS-for-hire operations, the assembly of massive DDoS botnets by script kiddies, politically motivated attack campaigns, and the bypass of CDN (Content Delivery Network) protections among other evolving threats. The post Navigating the 2024 holiday season: Insights into Azure’s DDoS defense appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
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