Collaborate Disseminate
If you thought that COVID-19 couldn’t possibly impact space travel, think again. The ongoing pandemic is having unexpected consequences for companies like SpaceX, who are worried about liquid oxygen shortages …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: August 29, 2021
The CEO of Reddit has responded to calls from users to purge the site of disinformation, saying “dissent is a part of Reddit and the foundation of democracy.” Continue reading Reddit Responds to Calls From Moderators to Fight Disinformation
Remember when work meetings were just a bunch of people filling up a small, poorly ventilated room with their exhaled breath? Back in the good old days, all you had …read more Continue reading Compact Sensor Keeps You Safe by Watching CO2 Levels
To celebrate getting his second vaccine dose [Paul Klinger] combined two of our favorite things — blinking lights and wearable tech — to create an awesome mRNA vaccine badge. The …read more Continue reading Celebrate mRNA Vaccine With This Badge That Blinks the Nucleotide Code
[Mark Jenkins] wasn’t impressed with the Covid 19 vaccination verification systems that restaurants in Manitoba are required to use. Patrons must present a QR code, which must be verified by …read more Continue reading Manitoban Makes Open Software Demo of Proprietary Vaccine Verification Systems
A Russia-based disinformation push about COVID-19 vaccines wasn’t a traditional “influence” campaign, so much as it was partially a campaign on “influencers.” The subsidiary of a U.K.-registered marketing firm behind the effort, named Fazze, tried to spoon-feed popular accounts on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube a package of articles and instructions about the Pfizer vaccine, claiming that it obtained information about fatalities following a hack-and-leak operation. Instead, as Facebook outlined in a Tuesday report detailing the campaign, some of those influencers thought the offer was fishy and exposed it on social media. The campaign against Pfizer that began in May traced its beginnings back to November and December of 2020, with the first leg devoted to bashing the AstraZeneca vaccine. Its primary targets were India and Latin America, but to a smaller extent the United States, Facebook said. Facebook said it removed 243 Instagram accounts and 65 Facebook accounts from Russia […]
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People who spread anti-vaccine myths on the internet—why do they do it?
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Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. In this edition, we’ll learn about the legacy between the healthcare industry and cyberattacks, the vulnerable points in the… Continue reading Five worthy reads: The never-ending love story between cyberattacks and healthcare
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only had a profound impact on everyone across the globe; it has also fundamentally changed the way organizations function. We are nearing one and a half years since remote work became the norm and organizations …
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Some Italian healthcare websites and their backroom systems have been wiped off the internet by malware.
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