EU chipmakers propose IoT cybersecurity baseline ahead of new regulations
Qualcomm-owned NXP and fellow European chipmakers support new regulations to enforce IoT cybersecurity standards.
Qualcomm-owned NXP and fellow European chipmakers support new regulations to enforce IoT cybersecurity standards.
Android 7.1.1 is ready to install for Nexus and Pixel devices, bringing with it features previously available only to Pixel devices and the December patch, which fixes 40 issues covering 74 vulnerabilities.
Google has released a monster 108 fixes in its Android security update for July, and has even split the update in two to due to flaws in the drivers of chips from Qualcomm, MediaTek, and NVIDIA.
Google has released its April update for Nexus devices, which includes fixes for 40 bugs altogether, including 15 critical issues and a rooting flaw it addressed in March.
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