In today’s military technology news, here is a report that says “in some ways, new Navy computers fall short of the power of 1930s tech.” ow.ly/XDKe30qJf9m
Someone has invented a “lickable screen (that) can recreate almost any taste or flavor without eating food” because why the heck not: ow.ly/vt3330qJffK
Here is a look at “a ‘secure’ open-source alternative to Zoom” ow.ly/rpy230qJfpT
Here is a report that says researchers have pushed “44.2 Tbps over fibre” ow.ly/FriA30qJfq6
Reports are in that the “U.S. Copyright Office says it’s time to update the DMCA”
Spoiler alert:
“mostly in favor of rightsholders”
High school exams may never be the same now that someone has upgraded “a dumb Casio calculator with a secret screen, wifi, and even messaging functionality.”
Here is news of a ransomware that is “deploying Windows XP virtual machines to encrypt victim’s files while evading detecting from security software installed on the host”
According to this post “both Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and IBM this week announced significant cost-cutting measures, including pay cuts and significant job losses.”
But wait, there’s more:
“IBM laying off thousands”
This reports says that “Instagram’s problem with fake users might be much bigger-and far darker-than you think” *
* with helpful picture of what a fake Instagram user may look like. ow.ly/R6ne30qJfTi
Here is a shocking report that says “Bitcoin’s combined global computing and mining network is equal to that of the state of Israel”
Hold, please:
“a single Bitcoin transaction demands as much energy as the average US household consumes over 18 days.”
In recent cryptocurrency theft news is this story of “how ‘Baby Al Capone’ pulled off a $23.8 million crypto heist”
Here is a report that says “Binance and Coinbase, two large crypto exchanges, were accused of facilitating insider trade” this past week: ow.ly/Ib6G30qJfXI
Here is a report that describes “how people with Down syndrome are teaching Google”
