Month: October 2021
End of Covid-19
Covid-19 will gradually become endemic but it will not be eradicated . Covid will then be a familiar, manageable enemy, like the flu. Although the destination is fixed, the route to endemicity is not. The difference between a well-planned journey and a chaotic one could be measured in millions of lives. The end of the
Tunisia Seeks Financial Aid from the Gulf
Tunisia political crisis weighs on already dire economic ills. The nations is in decisions with with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for sorely needed financial aid and talks with the IMF are ongoing. An agreement with the two Gulf states may be reached soon, the head of financing and foreign transactions at
North America Continent Ransomware Target
North America region has paid $131 million in cryptocurrency to ransomware attackers between July 2020 and June 2021, according to a report from Chainalysis Inc., crypto-forensics firm. The Region has been extorted for the most money by ransomware attackers of any region and the groups targeting it tend to be associated with “Russia-based cybercriminal groups”. Has
Iranian Hacking Group
hacking group has for years “hijacked accounts, deployed malware and used novel techniques to conduct espionage aligned with the interests of the Iranian government,” according to Google’s Threat Analysis Group blog. An Iranian hacking group has continued to wage widespread attacks, using an evolving list of tactics to dupe victims into clicking on malicious links
Semiconductor Shortage Extending to Next year (2022)
Although the shortage may become less severe than what was seen in the past summer, according to a senior executive of Bosch China Investment, supply crunch of semiconductors for carmakers will likely continue through 2022 . Chip producers were only able to meet about 20% of clients’ orders in July and despite some improvements in the
Protecting youths against harmful content
Facebook is rolling out several new features it says will better protect youth, including prompting teens to take a break using its photo-sharing app, Instagram, and “nudging” teens if they are repeatedly looking at the same content that’s not conducive to their well-being. Facebook is also planning to introduce new controls for adults of teens
industrial scale bitcoin
supplying power, the company has an industrial-scale bitcoin mining business on the property, an operation that’s been growing. Recently, the number of mining machines has doubled from around 7,000 to over 15,000. The opportunity to make big money is attracting huge investments to industrial-scale bitcoin mining, with thousands of supercomputer mining machines and enormous energy
passwords ditched with Windows 11
Microsoft released Windows 11, its new operating system. The redesigned software is a free upgrade with better facial recognition technology, tighter integration with office software such as Teams, and improved gaming features. It can also run Android apps. Microsoft recommends computers have at least a 1Ghz processor, 4GB RAM and 64 GB storage but an
Deepfake Content-Porn
In recent times, improvements in artificial intelligence have allowed for cheaper and more accessible technology in the world of visual effects, enabling the creation of deepfakes, where a person in a video can be replaced by someone else, nearly replicating their likeness and movements. While these innovations have democratized the creation of special effects, the
Ghouta chemical attack study
Rootclaim is a collective of specialists that use probability modelling and crowdsourced evidence to mathematically analyse competing hypotheses to reach conclusions that can better represent the best available understanding of complex politicized situations. A major area of research for Rootclaim has been the contested 2013 Syrian chemical weapons attack in Ghouta, the deadliest chemical attack