[Image credit: US Customs and Border Protection] While privacy advocates are concerned that the technology could be used to track people and could put law-abiding citizens and visitors it can’t recognize in trouble, CBP believes it will significantly bolster airport security and also speed up […]
Month: August 2018
Huawei and ZTE aren’t allowed to help build Australia’s 5G network
After the Australian Government announced that it would disqualify companies from participating in the 5G network rollout that are “likely subject to extrajudicial directions from a foreign government”, Huawei has confirmed that both it, and fellow Chinese mobile provider ZTE, have been banned from providing […]
Si tuffa in piscina e annega. Muore anche l’amica che ha cercato di salvarlo
È morta dopo ore di agonia, Ilaria Abele, diciannovenne di Cambiano, nel Torinese, dopo il disperato tentativo di salvare il suo amico Marco Lipari, 21 anni di Chieri, sempre in provincia di Torino, che durante un gioco tra amici si è ritrovato nella … by […]
Epic Games just gave a perk for folks to turn on 2FA; every other big company should, too
Let’s talk a bit about security. Most internet users around the world are pretty crap at it, but there are basic tools that companies have, and users can enable, to make their accounts, and lives, a little bit more hacker-proof. One of these — two-factor […]
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22 agosto 2018 18.04 "La nostra proposta di legge sulle pensioni d'oro ha tanti nemici potenti,che faranno di tutto per mantenere il loro privilegio ai … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
Netanyahu praises Lithuania for help in balancing EU
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Vilnius on Thursday for a meeting with the leaders of the three Baltic states, as part of his effort to create … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours
Why the DNC Thought a Phishing Test Was a Real Attack
On Wednesday, the Democratic National Committee was alerted by Lookout, a mobile security firm, about an apparent phishing campaign. Someone had created fake site that looked just like VoteBuilder, a DNC-managed database that contains years’ worth of voter information. Were an unsuspecting DNC employee to […]
Epic uses a free ‘Fortnite’ dance to encourage two-factor authentication
As Fortnite’s popularity has grown, player’s accounts have become targets for attackers who want to steal access and run up fake charges. One way to combat this is by enabling two-factor authentication that requires a generated code or emailed link for login in addition to […]
To beat Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, here’s how much Intel’s GPU needs to improve
While Nvidia just released its RTX 20 series of graphics cards, all but trouncing AMD’s latest and most powerful cards, it may have another challenger to consider before this series is through: Intel. The firm recently teased its launch of discrete graphics cards for 2020. […]
rain fire and brimstone: Word of the day for August 24, 2018 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
rain fire and brimstone , v : (transitive, idiomatic) To send horror or destruction. Many scholars believe that Mount Vesuvius erupted on this day in 79 C.E., destroying several Roman settlements including Pompeii and Herculaneum.