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Month: August 2017
Louisiana’s Plan to Punch a Hole in the Mississippi River
Credit to Author: Rosemary Westwood| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 14:00:00 +0000
To save coastline, the state is attempting the “most important environmental construction project in US history.”
Read MoreVMware CEO Pat Gelsinger on building better app defense
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger talks about distributed encryption between virtual machines and the concept of app defense.
A Viral Hurricane Harvey Tweet Is Giving Gators a Bad Reputation
Credit to Author: Claire Downs| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:00:00 +0000
“Education is always key: alligators are misunderstood.”
Read MorePreparing for GDPR: What the Financial Services Industry Should Know
Credit to Author: Bill Hogan| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:50:00 +0000
Businesses around the globe are becoming increasingly data driven. This, in large part, has to do with the expectation of customization across the user experience. Financial institutions, for example, have been able to use customer data and customization to offer tailored services to their customers, such as loans or insurance, based on recent purchases or financial history. However, consumers are now being encouraged to re-take control of their own personal data. The new emphasis being placed on individual rights to data is clearly demonstrated…
Read MoreBig Tech’s Blackballing of Neo-Nazi Sites Shows Who Controls the Internet
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:00:00 +0000
This week on Radio Motherboard, we talk about whether corporations should decide who gets to stay online.
Read MoreMicrosoft yanks buggy patch of a buggy patch, KB 4039884
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 05:18:00 -0700
There’s no official confirmation, and no explanation of course, but overnight Microsoft pulled a patch that was supposed to fix the main problems in this month’s Windows 7 security updates. I talked about the repair hotfix yesterday in “Microsoft repairs buggy Win7 security patch with buggy hotfix KB 4039884.” Today, the repair hotfix isn’t available any more.
All we know for sure is that, sometime last night, the Microsoft Update Catalog entry for KB 4039884 disappeared. As of early Tuesday morning, Eastern time, the KB article is still available, and it hasn’t been modified — it still points to the Update Catalog.
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Hunt Moose to Save Caribou That Are Killed By Wolves, Scientists Say
Credit to Author: Jacob Dubé| Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:00:00 +0000
Canada’s caribou are under threat.
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