On Tuesday, former Maryland representative and 2020 presidential candidate John Delaney announced a plan to create a Department of Cybersecurity that “would be led by a cabinet-level secretary who would be in charge of implementing the United States’ cybersecurity strategy,” reports The Verge. “The proposal is the first major cybersecurity push from any presidential candidate so far this cycle.” From…
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It Can Happen Again: Museums Are at Risk, Too
The American Alliance of Museums says that after the Notre-Dame fire, donors may want to consider support for museum infrastructure.
Mysterious Cherokee Inscriptions in Alabama Cave Decoded
Fun fact: I’m not named after a tree. Nor am I named after a popular large SUV. I, like a great many other folks, am named after a person far cooler than I will ever be. Sequoyah was a Cherokee silversmith who lived from 1770 to 1843 who accomplished something pretty unreasonably awesome. He created,… Continue reading Mysterious Cherokee Inscriptions in Alabama Cave Decoded
‘BlackHoles@Home’ Will Use Your PC For DIY Gravitational Wave Analysis
West Virginia University assistant professor Zachariah Etienne is launching “a global volunteer computing effort” analyzing gravitational waves from colliding black holes, reports Phys.org: “As our gravitational wave detectors become more sensitive, we’re going to need to greatly expand our efforts to understand all of the information encoded in gravitational waves from colliding binary black holes,”… Continue reading ‘BlackHoles@Home’ Will Use Your PC For DIY Gravitational Wave Analysis
Could We Blow Up the Internet?
About six years ago, when I told people I was writing a novel about a group of activists destroying the internet, they would always ask me two questions. The first was always “why?” Tellingly, that’s not a question I get asked anymore. More often than not I’m met with a “nice,” a “right on,” or… Continue reading Could We Blow Up the Internet?
Repairing All the ‘Structurally Deficient’ Bridges in the US Would Take More Than 80 Years
A new report from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association said that at the current rate, it would take more than 80 years to fix all of the country’s bridges in need of urgent repairs. The ARTBA’s 2019 Bridge Report said that 8 percent—or 47,000 of the country’s 616,087 bridges—are “structurally deficient,” which the… Continue reading Repairing All the ‘Structurally Deficient’ Bridges in the US Would Take More Than 80 Years
What’s new on Coursera for Business – February and March 2019
We launched 97 new courses in February and March of this year, including 13 courses in Arabic, 10 in Spanish, and 11 in Russian. Here are our top ten courses in English from the past two months: AI For Everyone, deeplearning.ai – AI is not only for engineers. If you want your organization to become […]
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How an Advanced Computer Science Degree Prepares You For Today’s Most Exciting Tech Careers
Computer programming is one of the most in-demand skills in today’s workplace, coding education has become more accessible than ever. Whether on-campus or through online computer science degree courses — such as those offered through Coursera — learners can get started on a computer science education in more ways and at more price points than […]
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