Who Got Hacked This Week? November 9 Edition
What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, November 9, 2019? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.
Blogs
You Should Consider a Four Day Work Week
Take a minute to think about how nice it would be to have a long weekend—every weekend, with a four day work week. Would one extra day off per week do you and your team some good? The corporate world has been experimenting with this idea recently, and the results are generally positive, with employees […]
Researchers Have Figured Out How to Hack Smart Home Devices — With a Laser
As helpful as Siri, Alexa and Google Home are, cyber security experts have long warned that smart device are probably not keeping your privacy very secure. It turns out, smart home hacking doesn’t even require much technical skill. Researchers at the University of Michigan say they have found a way to take over a Google […]
The Sun Could Have a Bright Future in Renewable Energy by 2024
With the costs of solar energy declining, renewable energy is forecasted to rise high in the next five years.
The U.S. Needs to Get Serious About Election Cybersecurity
If there’s one legislative body that truly understands the importance of cybersecurity in the digital age, it should be the U.S. Congress. Remember the election cybersecurity issues of 2016? That was fun. We went through so many news stories about Wikileaks, hacking, and election interference that you were convinced Congress would act and take the […]
Limiting Noncompete Agreements Worked for Silicon Valley – Could This Work for the Rest of the Country?
A recent legislation proposal to limit the use of noncompete agreements might give American workers a leg up, like it did to California and Silicon Valley.
Artificial Intelligence Has an Emissions Problem
Technology, artificial intelligence and automation are supposed to solve our biggest problems, not create new ones or exacerbate existing issues. Unbeknownst to many, big tech is actually putting a huge burden on the environment. In a study assessing the energy consumption required to train several common large AI models, Researchers at the University of Massachusetts […]
Did You Play Pokémon Go? You Might Have Been Tricked
Big tech companies and popular games like Pokémon go have been collecting consumers’ data and using it to influence them to buy their products.
Giuliani iPhone: The IT Manager’s Nightmare
Passwords. Let’s talk about ‘em. I’ve forgotten some. You have too. No big deal. Just click the forgotten password link and follow the steps. Hopefully you remembered which email address you used to set up the account. But the code to unlock your phone? You can probably do that in your sleep. Chances are it’s […]
Google to Acquire Fitbit for $2.1B
Google is entering the smartwatch market, buying leading smartwatch and fitness device brand Fitbit in a cash deal worth $2.1 billion. The deal immediately puts Google more squarely into the wearables market alongside Apple. In a post on the company’s website, Rick Osterloh, the senior vice president of devices and services, said the company has […]
