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The unexpected global pandemic left the world scrambling to maintain their daily activities and work as best they could. With stay-at-home orders that lasted for months on end—and some countries currently instituting another wave of lockdowns—most peo… Continue reading Digital Habits During Pandemic Have Lasting Impact
Facebook is still struggling to rein in COVID-19 misinformation in Spanish, a recent report from the advocacy group Avaaz indicates. Avaaz, a global human rights group, looked at top-performing posts on the platform promoting a debunked viral claim the coronavirus will make patients’ arms magnetic because it contains metals or possibly a microchip. Of the 30 posts in Spanish, only one had received a fact-checking label as of June 14. In comparison, roughly half of the 47 high-performing English posts had a fact-checking label. One post flagged by the group showed a woman placing a magnet on her arm, claiming that it stuck to the site where she received her vaccine injection. The post, which racked up tens of thousands of views, has been removed by Facebook. Facebook employs third-party organizations to fact-check its content. If a post receives a fact-checking label as false, it’s deprioritized in the user’s feed. […]
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As the COVID-19 vaccination rollout advances and the roadmap out of lockdown becomes clearer, physical offices are eager to welcome employees back. Highly anticipated by some, viewed with skepticism by others, the transition from working from home to … Continue reading How to Safely Transition Back to the Office
Tech companies and global organizations have championed health passes, sometimes known as vaccine passports, as a means to securely reopen businesses and borders as COVID-19 cases drop and vaccination rates rise. The technology is meant to serve as a secure way to prove vaccination without someone needing to present a physical vaccine card or other documentation. For instance, instead of checking a customer’s vaccine card, a business or airline could simply scan a QR code that provides verification based on uploaded medical records. The European Union, Israel, Japan and Singapore have all embraced vaccine passports to an extent to help reopen their borders. Several states including New York and soon California have embraced verification technology. A growing number of states, including Arizona, Florida, and Georgia have banned requiring them. Some opponents of the technology have raised concerns that vaccine passports are an unnecessary replacement for paper, and could disadvantage individuals […]
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We all know that the government can get a subpoena compelling you to produce records that are in your “possession, custody or control,” provided those records are not privileged, along with a few other constraints. They can also get a search warrant a… Continue reading Can the Government Compel You To Produce Records That Don’t Exist Yet?
By Sam Jones | Cyber Tec Security
Not too long ago things were looking bleak for the world, still under the dark cloud of the COVID pandemic, but with vaccine rollouts now taking place worldwide, there is finally a light at the end of the tun… Continue reading Top Cyber Security Challenges Post Lockdown
South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency launched a pilot program yesterday to minimize vaccination waste using a nationwide smartphone app. People who are over 30 years of age can search for …read more Continue reading Smartphone App for Leftover Vaccinations
Trabajo remoto, desarrollo de la nube, ¿qué podría salir mal? Más allá del trabajo en la distancia, la nueva normalidad exige una serie de elementos que debemos coordinar para contar con una óptima estrategia, según revela Gartner en un reciente …
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TechSpective Podcast Episode 059 If you have worked in or near cybersecurity in the last 20 years or so, there’s a good chance you’re familiar with Richard Stiennon. Richard is a former Gartner analyst who has established himself as a leading independe… Continue reading Richard Stiennon Talks about Security Yearbook 2021 and Getting Through the Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has further digitised the way we receive our healthcare services. Learn how we can make sure this industry remains cybersecure here.
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