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It has emergedthat Michigan State Police have been using a high-tech mobile forensics device that can extract information from over 3,000 models of mobile phone, potentially grabbing all media content from your iPhone in under two minutes. TheCelleBrite UFEDis a handheld device that Michigan officers have been using since August 2008 to copy information from mobile phones belonging to motorists stopped for minor traffic violations. The device can circumvent password restrictions and extract existing, hidden, and deleted phone data, including call history, text messages, contacts, images, and geotags....

Taking its first steps in June to drastically change the way inventors patent their creations, the US Senate has passed its biggest overhaul of the country’s patent system in 60 years, a revision that is hoped will spur economic growth and make it easier for inventors to protect their ideas. On June 24,US Congress passed the bill, allowing those who first submit an application get their ideas patented, instead of the first to invent....

While President Joe Biden’s plans to boost EV adoption have been well received, the incorporation of self-driving cars into US roads is still facing strong resistance. Yesterday, the US Senate Commerce Committee rejected Republican Senator John Thune’s proposal to attach measures lifting regulations on autonomous vehicles (AVs) to a $78 billion surface transportation bill,Reutersreports. Thune has suggested granting to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) the power to exempt a large number of autonomous vehicles per manufacturer from safety standards written with human drivers in mind....

A mini-survey from Stanford has concluded that US high school students spend “significantly” more time using digital media than their Chinese peers. Theresearchdid, however, find Chinese students to be more net-savvy. The Beijing-based teens were faster to embrace new Internet technology and more likely to connect online with people they do not known in person. Surprisingly, 44% of the Chinese students questioned owned iPads compared to just 16% of their US peers....

“Location data, communication data, traffic data, machine data, data from sensor networks, from our own bodies and from the universe.” That’s how the Wired 2011 conference’s programme’s opening gambit read for the first session at the event today. There was little question what this session was going to be about, and the first speaker up had an interesting story to tell. William Bratton: Super cop New York is one of the world’s biggest conurbations....