Collaborate Disseminate
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) published "From Awareness to Action: A Cybersecurity Agenda for the 45th President" (press release here). There’s a lot I agree with — and some things I don’t — but these paragraphs struck me as particularly insightful: The Obama administration made significant progress but suffered from two conceptual problems in its cybersecurity efforts…. Continue reading CSIS’s Cybersecurity Agenda
Two days ago, the White House released a report on privacy: "Privacy in our Digital Lives: Protecting Individuals and Promoting Innovation." The report summarizes things the administration has done, and lists future challenges: Areas for Further Attention Technology will pose new consumer privacy and security challenges. Emerging technology may simultaneously create new challenges and opportunities for law enforcement and national… Continue reading New White House Privacy Report
Sovetsky, a historic neighborhood in Baku, Azerbaijan, has been demolished as the city restyles itself as a shiny metropolis similar to Dubai. Continue reading How to Erase a Neighborhood
A modern photocopier is basically a computer with a scanner and printer attached. This computer has a hard drive, and scans of images are regularly stored on that drive. This means that when a photocopier is thrown away, that hard drive is filled with pages that the machine copied over its lifetime. As you might expect, some of those pages… Continue reading Photocopier Security
The Ark Encounter theme park in Williamstown, Kentucky has a life-size Noah’s Ark to celebrate creationism. Continue reading A Visit to ‘Ark Encounter’, Where Creationism and Dinosaurs Collide
After 29 years in business, Tekserve’s old employees and most loyal customers said goodbye with an old-fashioned auction. Continue reading A Funeral for Tekserve, New York City’s Most Iconic Computer Repair Shop
Short answer: It was to prove a point that wireless emergency alerts could be way better—and save more lives. Continue reading Why Homeland Security Unleashed an ‘Alien Virus’ on Silicon Valley
The air is electric in Rio right now, and not just because of the surveillance cameras scattered all around the city. Continue reading The Olympics Are Turning Rio into a Military State
My adventure making Picnic: an app that orders random delivery food to a random location, and then orders you an Uber to take you there. Continue reading I Was Forced to Eat an Omelet at a Gas Station by My Picnic Randomizer Bot
Hyperloop One is doing the world’s first hyperloop propulsion test Wednesday. Continue reading The First Public Hyperloop Propulsion Test Is Wednesday