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Boost Infinite and Boost Mobile now combined as one brand

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www.searchenginejournal.com 3y ago

Google Launches NotebookLM – An AI Note-Taking Assistant

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metacpan.org 3y ago

An Overview of Accessing OAuth2 with Examples Using Perl LWP:Authen:OAuth2

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www.businessinsider.com 3y ago

Musk told Neuralink workers pretend bombs strapped on heads to work faster

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www.bleepingcomputer.com 3y ago

Zscaler outage causing heavy packet loss, connectivity issues

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petapixel.com 4y ago

Hubble Records Mass and Location of a Black Hole for the First Time Ever

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www.postbox-inc.com 4y ago

Postbox: The Power Email App for busy professionals, like you

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www.reuters.com 4y ago

Ukraine firm warns of risk after power is cut at Chernobyl

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www.ctvnews.ca 4y ago

Kosovo asks U.S. for permanent military base, speedier NATO membership

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www.wrc.noaa.gov 4y ago

NOAA: Treason 101

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apnews.com 4y ago

Health US panel backs Covid-19 boosters only for elderly, high-risk

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www.inputmag.com 6y ago

Avatarify lets users run realtime deepfakes on live video calls

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onezero.medium.com 6y ago

Science Fiction Imagined the 2020s

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www.npr.org 6y ago

First Case of New Coronavirus Detected in U.S.

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towardsdatascience.com 7y ago

Tolerance Stackups and How to Use Monte Carlo Simulations Instead

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www.npr.org 7y ago

Widespread Gas Shortage in Mexico as Government Tries to Thwart Fuel Thieves

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arstechnica.com 8y ago

Sonic and ultrasonic attacks damage hard drives and crash OSes

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syonyk.blogspot.com 8y ago

Why a Typical Home Solar Setup Doesn't Work with the Grid Down and How to Fix It

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newsroom.unsw.edu.au 8y ago

UNSW Researchers achieve major milestone with precision atom qubits

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www.acm.org 8y ago

USACM statement on preserving personal privacy [pdf]

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www.tmonews.com 8y ago

T-Mobile Upgrades Network in the Twin Cities for the Superbowl

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www.cylab.cmu.edu 9y ago

CMU Researchers unveil password meter that helps users make better passwords

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abcnews.go.com 9y ago

What's holding back self-driving cars? Human drivers

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www.asianscientist.com 9y ago

The Next Supercomputing Superpower–Chinese Technology Comes of Age

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www.computerworld.com 9y ago

New supercomputer will unite x86, Power9 and ARM chips

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www.technologyreview.com 9y ago

An AI Ophthalmologist Shows How Machine Learning May Transform Medicine

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www.nsf.gov 9y ago

Using Data to Better Understand Climate Change

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news.ncsu.edu 9y ago

Researchers Find Vulnerabilities in iPhone, iPad Operating System

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www.theverge.com 9y ago

Facebook Is Giving Away the Software It Uses to Understand Objects in Photos

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www.newscientist.com 10y ago

Checklist of Worst-Case Scenarios Could Help Prepare for Evil AI

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I had good luck with bing chat and the prompt "pretend you are the author of the article in a conversational voice, tell me what I need to know from the article."

It returned:

Hi, I’m Kim Zetter, the author of the article. I’m glad you’re interested in learning more about the SolarWinds hack, which was one of the most audacious and sophisticated cyberattacks in history. Here’s what you need to know:

The hackers were a group of Russian spies from the SVR, the same agency that hacked the Democratic National Committee in 2016. They were after intelligence and secrets from various targets, including the US government, defense contractors, tech companies, and think tanks.

They compromised SolarWinds by breaking into its network and inserting a malicious code into its Orion software, which is used by thousands of organizations to monitor and manage their IT systems. The code was hidden in a legitimate update that SolarWinds sent to its customers in March 2020. The code created a backdoor on the machines that installed the update, allowing the hackers to communicate with them and send commands. The hackers then used a variety of techniques to move laterally across the networks, evade detection, and steal data. They also used other methods to access some targets that did not use Orion.

The hackers were very careful and selective in their operations. They only activated the backdoor on about 300 of the 18,000 infected customers, and they only exfiltrated data from about 100 of them. They also used different infrastructure and tools for each target, making it harder to track them.

The hackers were discovered by two security firms: Volexity and FireEye.

Volexity noticed the hackers stealing email from a think tank client in late 2019 and again in mid-2020. FireEye noticed the hackers stealing its own hacking tools in December 2020. Both firms traced the source of the intrusion to SolarWinds’ Orion software and alerted the authorities and the public.

The discovery of the hack triggered a massive response from the US government and the private sector. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an emergency directive to all federal agencies to disconnect Orion from their networks. The FBI, NSA, and other agencies launched a joint investigation and attributed the attack to Russia. SolarWinds and other affected companies worked with security experts to patch their systems and remove the hackers. Congress held hearings and passed legislation to improve cybersecurity. The hack exposed the vulnerability of the software supply chain and the challenges of defending against sophisticated adversaries. It also raised questions about the role of private companies in national security and the need for more cooperation and information sharing among different stakeholders. The hack also highlighted the importance of having strong cybersecurity practices and policies, such as monitoring network activity, segmenting networks, enforcing multi-factor authentication, and updating software regularly.

I hope this gives you a good overview of what happened and why it matters. If you want to learn more details, you can read my article or check out some of the sources I cited.

Apple Rankings 4 years ago

Personally I am a fan of Tolman Sweet apples, but they are rather hard to come by.

The lock is only there to keep people honest. Opening the door/breaking a window etc. will trigger the home alarm system as well as being caught on camera. Killing my internet and jamming the cellular backup is not really a huge concern in my area as there are plenty of more ripe targets (attached garage doors left open all day etc.)