Startup Stores All of Wikipedia Data on a DNA Strand
A technology as old as life itself, DNA strands provide a chemically stable storage alternative that resists the technological inevitability of becoming obsolete.
Blogs
Recent Windows 7 Security-Only Update Surprise: It Wasn’t Security-Only
A recent Windows 7 security-only update came with a telemetry surprise. Ed Bott reports on ZDNet that these updates usually stick to their name and only include security updates… But that wasn’t the case this time. The “July 9, 2019—KB4507456 (Security-only update)” supplied the Compatibility Appraiser, KB2952664 — designed to identify issues preventing a Windows 7 machine from updating to […]
The Biggest Targets of Cyber Attacks and How to Prepare For Them
Christopher Krebs discusses recent phishing incidents, who is affected, and what can be done to prevent cyberattacks in the future.
Warren Wants To Combat Insecure and Inefficient Elections
With a tax on the extremely wealthy, Warren wants to fund a complete overhaul of outdated American election infrastructure.
Automation is On the Rise, But So Are Jobs Humans Can Do
Even though automation threatens to take jobs away from workers, especially in manufacturing, jobs that humans can do are growing simultaneously.
Who Got Hacked This Week? July 15 Edition
What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, July 15, 2019? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.
Economists Predict the Automation Takeover Will Be Bleak
A report from Oxford Economics highlights a new wave of automation that could disproportionately hurt lower-income families.
Renewable Energy Beats Coal In U.S. for the First Time
Solar, wind, and hydro power surpassed coal this past spring for a short time – here’s how.
Week in Review: Connected Apps and IIoT, Online Privacy, etc.
This week, July 8th – 12th, 2019: the value of connected applications to IIoT, online privacy facts, the internet fustercluck, and more.
The Last Month Was a Real ‘Fustercluck’ for the Internet: Here’s Why
Would you describe your recent internet experience as “apocalyptic?” Such dramatic language could be forgiven, because there were several major internet outages in the last month which affected millions of worldwide users. According to a Tech Crunch article, the outages affected websites, services, images, direct messages, calenders, and emails. Some of which were unavailable for […]
