Asus says it’s confident in its ‘strong product security’ after FCC foreign-made router ban, also *checks notes* fixes major security hole in its routers

After the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) put consumer-grade routers produced in foreign countries on its Covered List earlier this week, effectively banning the sale of new models in the country without special permission, Taiwanese manufacturer Asus has been quick to respond. An official statement released by the company yesterday says the following: “Asus has…

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Trump appoints Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, AMD’s Lisa Su, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, and more to science and technology advisory committee

President Trump has appointed members to a newly reestablished science and technology advisory council, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). And there are a fair few new faces in there—new kinds of faces, in fact, because the new board seems pretty business-heavy. In general, the members so far—which total just 13—seem…

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