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Whitepaper July 17, 2026 UEFI Secure Boot is a security feature designed to prevent unauthorized software from loading during the boot process. Although it has been widely adopted in modern computing devices, it has proven to be vulnerable and prone to compromise. This white paper explores the problems with UEFI Secure Boot and compares it with the approach used by Mercury’s RelianceOne™ Trusted Platform. Mercury’s RelianceOne Trusted Platform provides customers with capabilities that go beyond the conventional definition of secure boot. What sets it apart is its unique approach to determining which boot components are authenticated, how that authentication occurs,…

China’s military advancements justify the Space Force’s $71 billion budget request, the White House nominee to lead the service said during a short and uncontentious Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.“I would say that the $71.1 billion that the president has asked for is exactly what we need,” said Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, who currently serves as the deputy chief of space operations for operations at the Pentagon. He told the Senate Armed Services Committee that it was “needed because of the threat from China and Russia, and the capabilities that the joint forces needs.”The Space Force’s budget request was thrown…

This week, Sens. Tim Kaine, D-Va., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Bill Cassidy, R-La., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Angus King, I-Maine, introduced a bipartisan proposal to encourage congressional action on Social Security: the Protecting Retirement Opportunities and Maintaining Income Security for Everyone, or PROMISE, Act.The PROMISE Act tackles the long-term finances of Social Security’s retirement program by moving reform out of endless discussion and into an actual legislative process. The bill itself does not raise payroll taxes, reduce benefits, change the retirement age or alter eligibility rules. Instead, it creates a framework in which those options, or some combination of them, could…

Irene Aldana has decided to hang up her MMA gloves.The one-time UFC bantamweight title challenger was removed from the UFC roster earlier that day despite being ranked in the top-15 of the women’s 135-pound division, as MMA Fighting first reported, and now the reason is known.“After a year and a half of deep reflection,” Aldana wrote on her Instagram stories Friday. “I have finally found the courage to make the hardest decision of my life: to prioritize my health, even though it means stepping away from fighting.”The 38-year-old Mexican leaves the sport with an overall record of 15-8 with 11…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States and Iran exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets on Saturday as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified. The region has endured days of back-and-forth attacks in a conflict increasingly focused on control of the strait, an essential waterway that used to carry a fifth of the world’s crude oil. The collapse of an interim ceasefire leaves no clear end in sight for the war that the U.S. and Israel began more than four months ago. The U.S. Central Command said early Saturday that its seventh straight night…

By Melissa Greer More women are getting into the ring than ever before. Find out what makes kickboxing such an amazing workout. 1. Melt fat, fast Combining martial arts techniques and heart-pumping cardio, kickboxing is a high-energy workout that is guaranteed to burn calories and fat. “It’s an incredibly efficient workout. Kickboxing alone burns about 750 calories in an hour,” says Sammie Kennedy, CEO, and creator of Femme Fitale, Ontario’s newest women’s-only kickboxing and mixed martial arts program (MMA). “Add in jump rope and conditioning drills, and you could burn anywhere from 750 to 900 calories in an hour.” The cardio-conditioning…

Jon Jones has given his two cents on the soon-to-be-announced heavyweight title unification clash between Ciryl Gane and Tom Aspinall. Gane, the current and two-time interim 265-pound titleholder, most recently knocked out Alex Pereira in Round 2 at UFC Freedom 250. By law, he should be running it back with the undisputed heavyweight titleholder Aspinall next. Gane wants the rematch to take place on his home soil in September, and Aspinall is game to accept the challenge. Their previous meeting came at UFC 321, but the bout ended in a no-contest in the first round. “Bon Gamin” double-eye-poked the Brit,…

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma TONIGHT (Sat., July 18, 2026) to stage UFC Oklahoma City, featuring a massive (quite literally) Middleweight fight between former division champion, Dricus du Plessis, taking on ex-Welterweight division kingpin, Kamaru Usman. In the co-main event, Middleweight heavy hitters Jared Cannonier vs. Christian Leroy Duncan will collide on Paramount+.OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA – JULY 17: Dricus Du Plessis of South Africa poses on the scale during the UFC Fight Night official weigh-ins on July 17, 2026 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)UFC OKLAHOMA CITY CHEAT SHEETWhat time does UFC Oklahoma…

Boston Blue Beat Beach Episode 2026 is happening this weekend and unsurprising as it may sound, it’ll be happening in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Notable players participating include Inzem, Kanme|Monarch, ONi|Classified, EVX|Kshuewhatdamoo, BlueSkyGuyBSG, DEUS|Incendiate, BBB|OmniDeag, Kazam, K7 Showoff, PAR|BEPaw, UA|Bass, 2GB Combo, SpaceBoy, Foxof, Ding, Icecool, PaidActor and more. Boston Blue Beat Beach Episode 2026 is a Gold event on the Arc World Tour for Guilty Gear Strive as well as…

President Donald Trump used newly declassified intelligence Thursday night to revive his claims about 2020 election issues, pointing to findings that China possessed or analyzed more than 200 million U.S. voter records. But the documents do not appear to subvert the intelligence community’s prior conclusions that China did not alter votes or interfere with the results of the election.The declassified records provide substantially more detail about Chinese intelligence collection involving U.S. voter data and reveal internal debate within the intelligence community over how analysts should characterize Beijing’s election-related activities.But many of the documents reviewed by Nextgov/FCW do not appear to…