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Image: GettyUS security agency, the National Security Agency (NSA), has released new software supply chain guidance to help developers avoid cyberattacks targeting proprietary and open-source software. The new guidance is meant to help US private and public sector organizations defend themselves against supply chain attacks, including the one Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) hackers deployed against SolarWinds and its customers.More on tech security: The next challenges "Recent cyberattacks such as those…

Mumbai-based Stellar Value Chain Solutions has a network of distribution and fulfillment centres and transportation facilities.Tech-enabled consumer supply chain firm Stellar Value Chain Solutions plans to hire 300 engineers per year, its chairman and managing director Anshuman Singh said. To move away from the industry practice of mass hiring just ahead of the festive season in a bid to cater to enhanced demand, the company will recruit 10,000 individuals, including engineers and diploma holders, in a staggered manner,…

Google has introduced a new vulnerability rewards program to pay researchers who find security flaws in its open-source software or in the building blocks that its software is built on. It’ll pay anywhere from $101 to $31,337 for information about bugs in projects like Angular, GoLang, and Fuchsia or for vulnerabilities in the third-party dependencies that are included in those projects’ codebases. While it’s important for Google to fix bugs in its own projects (and in the software that it uses to keep track of changes…

The music industry remits billions of dollars in revenue yearly from the masterpieces music artists create in the form of songs. However, music artists are owned by record labels as they’re bound by contracts that give these labels the right to do with the music licenses and profits as they wish. This has led to exploitation and losses on the part of the artists, but with Klangaverse (KLG) on the Binance Smart Chain (BNB), it’s time for them to take control and dictate their profits and rights as they deem fit. Over $43…

A Chipotle Mexican Grill sign is seen in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesA Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in Lansing, Michigan, became the chain's first location to vote to unionize.Workers at the store voted 11 to three in favor of unionizing under the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, according to the tally conducted on Thursday."We're disappointed that the employees at our Lansing, MI restaurant chose to have a third party speak on their…

Volkswagen CEO Diess and Canadian minister Champagne (foreground), German Federal Chancellor Scholz and Canada's Prime Minister Trudeau Volkswagen Group has (like Mercedes-Benz) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Canada to promote e-mobility in the country and to explore opportunities across Canada’s automotive and battery supply chain. The two parties signed the MoU this week…

Pollo Campero, the world’s largest Central American chicken franchise, is eyeing Denver and Colorado Springs to expand into the Colorado market for the first time. The fast-casual chain aims to build four to six locations in next five years in the Centennial State, with the potential for 16. Each site would create 40 jobs. The chicken and side dishes that can be had at Pollo Campero. (Courtesy of Pollo Campero) “There’s a lot of excitement,” said Blas Escarcega, director of franchise development. “The brand has never been…

Mercedes-Benz signs Memorandum of Understanding with Government of Canada to strengthen cooperation across the electric vehicle value chain, including natural resources development (CNW Group/Mercedes-Benz Canada Inc.) Mercedes-Benz Group AG and the Government of Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore deeper cooperation across all stages of the automotive value chain – from technical…

Starbucks Chief Operating Officer John Culver is departing the company after two decades with the coffee chain, as part of a restructuring that will eliminate his role.His exit comes in the middle of a broader executive reshuffling at Starbucks. Former CEO Kevin Johnson retired earlier this year, leading Howard Schultz to return to the helm of the company as interim chief executive until long-term successor is named.Effective Oct. 3, Culver will step down from his current role and become an executive advisor until he…

Cisco gave a positive forecast for first-quarter sales as a COVID-19 recovery in China eases supply chain shortages and helps it meet demand for networking hardware, sending the company's shares 5 percent higher in extended trading. The results announced on Wednesday suggest networking equipment makers have started overcoming the component crunch that had kept them from tapping a post-pandemic revival in digital infrastructure spending."After a challenging April due to the COVID-related shutdowns in Shanghai ... overall…