With much sadness we acknowledge the passing of Stephen Hawking, and the loss a a great mind. The like of which is hard to imagine an equal. His death on March 14 or “pi” day seems sadly fitting. March 14 or 3-14 has been taken to refer to the numeric...
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Hackers hijack government websites to mine crypto-cash
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) took down its website after a warning that hackers were taking control of visitors’ computers to mine cryptocurrency. Security researcher Scott Helme said more than 4,000 websites, including many government ones, were affected. He said the affected code had now been disabled and visitors were...
Unhackable computer under development with $3.6 million DARPA funding project
By Kavita Iyer – December 28, 2017 University of Michigan is developing ‘unhackable’ computer The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $3.6 million grant to a team of computer scientists and engineers at the University of Michigan who are working to create an unhackable computer with...
Supreme Court considers if your privacy rights include location data
Nathan Ingraham, @nateingraham At issue is whether the Fourth Amendment covers location data wireless carriers collect from your phone. With all the attention focused on the FCC’s upcoming vote to dismantle net neutrality protections, it’s easy to have missed an upcoming hearing that has the potential to reshape electronic-privacy protection....