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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is fighting misinformation on top of a major storm cleanup in Florida as Hurricane Milton rapidly intensifies just after Hurricane Helene rocked the state. From a report: FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell… Continue reading FEMA Adds Misinformation To Its List of Disasters To Clean Up
A long-shot congressional challenger in Virginia is so determined to debate the Democratic incumbent one more time that he created an AI chatbot to stand in for the candidate in case he’s a no-show. From a report: Less than a month from election day, t… Continue reading Virginia Congressional Candidate Creates AI Chatbot as Debate Stand-in For Incumbent
Political polling, once hailed as a revolutionary tool for democracy, is facing a crisis of confidence amid high-profile failures and fundamental critiques. Data scientist G. Elliott Morris, Nate Silver’s successor at FiveThirtyEight, has defended poll… Continue reading The Problems With Polls
American Water, the largest water and wastewater utility company in the US, has shut down some of its systems following a cyberattack. While the company confirmed that none of its water or wastewater facilities or operations have been negatively affect… Continue reading American Water shuts down systems after cyberattack
American Water faces a cyberattack, disrupting its customer portal and billing operations. The company assures that water services… Continue reading Cyberattack on American Water Shuts Down Customer Portal, Halts Billing
American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for discovering microRNA, tiny molecules that regulate gene expression. Their groundbreaking work in the 1990s revealed a new layer of genetic con… Continue reading MicroRNA Pioneers Win Nobel Prize in Medicine
Undeterred by the indictment issued against one of its alleged members, North Korean APT group Stonefly (aka APT45) continues to target companies in the US, Symantec threat analysts warned. About Stonefly Also known as Andariel and OnyxFleet, Stonefly … Continue reading Private US companies targeted by Stonefly APT
The small town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, which supplies high-purity quartz essential for semiconductor production, is reeling from the damage caused by Tropical Storm Helene. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: Spruce Pine is one of t… Continue reading Hurricane Helene Took Out NC Town the Entire Tech World Relies On
The Federal Communications Commission is making up to $200 million available to help schools and libraries make their computer systems more secure. From a report: The Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program will be used to evaluate whether to… Continue reading FCC is Offering $200 Million To Protect Schools and Libraries From Hackers
Anduril founder Palmer Luckey advocated for a “warrior class” and autonomous weapons during a talk at Pepperdine University. The defense tech entrepreneur, known for his Hawaiian shirts and mullet, argued that societies need people “excited about enact… Continue reading Anduril Founder Luckey: Every Country Needs a ‘Warrior Class’ Excited To Enact ‘Violence on Others in Pursuit of Good Aims’