Collaborate Disseminate
Just like the imaginative kids depicted in “Junior Missile Men in Action,” you’ll have to employ a fair bit of your own imagination to figure out what was going on …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: Junior Missile Men of the 1960s
Gavin Newsom skipped the climate conference because of a ‘family obligation’ and then attended the startlingly indulgent Getty heiress wedding. Continue reading California Gov Skips Climate Conference, Attends Oil Heiress’ Lavish Wedding
High end gaming PCs are too powerful for California and several other states new regulations to handle. Continue reading Dell Can’t Sell This Gaming PC in California Because It Uses Too Much Power
A city in California didn’t disclose a ransomware payment for more than two years after its insurer covered the cost, the city manager acknowledged amid yet another ransomware attack on the municipality. In 2018, officials in Azusa, Calif. paid $65,000 through its insurer Chubb to free up its most vital system and used a free decryption key to unlock the others, City Manager Sergio Gonzalez said. The hackers took control of the city’s police dispatch system for more than a week in the fall that year, he said. State-by-state data breach notification laws have different triggers for when hacking victims must report publicly on what happened. “We did not make a public statement and did not have to file anything legally because we could confirm that no data was migrated out” of police servers, Gonzalez said, according to local new accounts. In an interview with CyberScoop, Gonzalez said the city […]
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The results from the first 12 months of a small universal basic income trial in California suggest those receiving the monthly unconditional payments report increased rates of employment and improved mental health. Full results of the 24 month trial, s… Continue reading Early results of Californian basic income trial report success
A broad drug reform bill has been introduced to the California state legislature proposing to decriminalize the possession and personal use of a number of psychedelic drugs, including LSD, psilocybin and MDMA. The bill proposes to expunge all criminal … Continue reading California bill proposes lawful use and sharing of psychedelic drugs
Almost three years after revealing its autonomous delivery vehicle, robotics startup Nuro has been given the green light for commercial operations in California. Initially, service needs will be met by fully autonomous Prius vehicles, but the R2 delive… Continue reading Nuro gets permit to start commercial autonomous deliveries in California
Fishtown Analytics, the Philadelphia-based company behind the dbt open-source data engineering tool, today announced that it has raised a $29.5 million Series B round led by Sequoia Captial, with participation from previous investors Andreessen Horowitz and Amplify Partners. The company is building a platform that allows data analysts to more easily create and disseminate organizational […] Continue reading Fishtown Analytics raises $29.5M Series B for its data engineering platform
In 2018, the Camp Fire devastated a huge swathe of California, claiming 85 lives and costing 16.65 billion dollars. Measured in terms of insured losses, it was the most expensive natural disaster of the year, and the 13th deadliest wildfire in recorded history.
The cause of the fire was determined …read more
The attack on the Newhall District in Valencia is part of a wave of ransomware attacks on the education sector, which shows no sign of dissipating. Continue reading California Elementary Kids Kicked Off Online Learning by Ransomware