UL Assessment to Verify Security Claims of GE Appliances’ Connected Products Meeting Critical Cybersecurity Benchmarks

UL announced that GE Appliances is the world’s first household appliance brand to test its connected products against the UL IoT Security Rating assessment.  The IoT Security Rating is a security verification and labeling solution for consumer Internet of Things (IoT) products.  This solution aims to help manufacturers and developers demonstrate the security due diligence of their products … Read more

Traditional health claims about India’s ayurvedic foods help make them big business

In India, you can buy saffron that is “useful in asthma, indigestion, body pain, fever, dry skin diseases and pregnancy”, ghee that increases “memory power”, intellect and digestion, and lemon pickle that “improves your immunity level and helps the human body develop resistance against infectious agents”. Such claims rely not on the credulity of Indian consumers but on deep and widespread … Read more

A modern land run? Trump move opens Utah to mining claims under 1872 law

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw federal protections from millions of acres of Utah wilderness will reopen much of the iconic terrain to gold, silver, copper, and uranium land claims under a Wild West-era mining law, according to federal officials. FILE PHOTO: Comb Wash cuts from north to south through Cedar … Read more