AI traffic lights could reduce waiting times at intersections

Ordinarily, traffic lights change color in response to predetermined rules and induction loop sensors embedded in the road. According to new research, however, making those lights artificially intelligent may keep traffic flowing faster and smoother.Co… Continue reading AI traffic lights could reduce waiting times at intersections

Streaming Numbers Jump for European Football Tournament Delivered by Akamai

The video streaming traffic that Akamai delivered for more than 30 rights-holding customers during the July 11 Italy-England football (soccer) final as part of the delayed-to-2021European soccer tournament peaked at 34.9 Tbps on the Akamai edge platform. Continue reading Streaming Numbers Jump for European Football Tournament Delivered by Akamai

Visualize and Analyze Bots with Real User Monitoring

You interact with more than just customers on your website. Bots make up a disproportionate amount of traffic, which can skew human behavior analysis data — and cause you to make the wrong business decisions. In fact, one Akamai customer with 30% of t… Continue reading Visualize and Analyze Bots with Real User Monitoring

Visualize and Analyze Bots with Real User Monitoring

You interact with more than just customers on your website. Bots make up a disproportionate amount of traffic, which can skew human behavior analysis data — and cause you to make the wrong business decisions. In fact, one Akamai customer with 30% of total traffic from bots noticed a huge gap in business metrics like bounce and conversion rates. Since human and bot behaviors are unique, you need to analyze website performance to see how both impact your organization separately. Continue reading Visualize and Analyze Bots with Real User Monitoring

Gambling, Streaming Traffic Up During Men’s College Basketball Tourney

Gambling industry-related web traffic delivered by Akamai jumped 31% over the category average for all of Q4 2020 on March 31st. That was the day after the field of four finalists – Baylor, Houston, Gonzaga and UCLA – was set. Traffic leading up to the championship was comparatively subdued, peaking at a modest 8% above average prior to the game. Continue reading Gambling, Streaming Traffic Up During Men’s College Basketball Tourney

Akamai Focused on “What’s Next” Following New Traffic Milestone

Akamai hit a new milestone last week when web traffic delivered across our edge network peaked at 200 terabits per second (Tbps). To be blunt – that’s a whole lot of data traveling the world in a very short amount of time. We believe we can make a good… Continue reading Akamai Focused on “What’s Next” Following New Traffic Milestone

Akamai Focused on "What’s Next" Following New Traffic Milestone

Akamai hit a new milestone last week when web traffic delivered across our edge network peaked at 200 terabits per second (Tbps). To be blunt – that’s a whole lot of data traveling the world in a very short amount of time. We believe we can make a good case that it’s more than the entire (reported) network capacities of multiple Akamai competitors combined. Continue reading Akamai Focused on "What’s Next" Following New Traffic Milestone

Tracking Boats and Ships in Real Time at the Same Time

Software-defined radio came on the hacker scene in a big way less than a decade ago thanks to the discovery that a small USB-based TV tuner dongle could be used for receiving all kinds of radio transmissions. Two popular projects from that era are tracking nearby airplanes and boats in …read more

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Hacking the Road: Roundabouts

If you are from the US, you might be surprised at how prevalent roundabouts are in most of the world. Outside of Carmel, Indiana which has 125 roundabouts, these are pretty unusual in the United States though have been gaining in popularity over the past decade. It turns out, that …read more

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A Department of Defense bulletin on a ‘leaking’ sinkhole has baffled cybersecurity experts

In mid-April, an obscure agency housed under the Department of Defense issued a bulletin that a little-known, Chinese-linked hacking group is likely responsible for some suspicious activity aimed at defense contractors in the U.S. But how the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) came to that conclusion is complicated. The alert, sent to 38 contractors, says DCSA detected the group was making “inbound and outbound connections” with contractors’ facilities as of Feb. 1. The targeting, which appeared to have stopped by March 25, was directed at several critical infrastructure sectors, including aerospace, health care and maritime, according to a copy of the bulletin obtained by CyberScoop. A DCSA official tells CyberScoop the document was meant to raise awareness among the contractors, but numerous sources tell CyberScoop that it is more confusing than clarifying. The bulletin, which was first reported by Politico, has raised questions about the attributed hacking group and if the actions described […]

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