Foxconn plans to assemble key components for Google servers from its plant in Wisconsin, people familiar with the matter said, finally breathing life into a factory Donald Trump hailed as crucial to bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. Bloomberg reports: The Taiwanese company has decided to locate production for this new contract at the existing complex rather than make the components…
Tag: infrastructure
Ask Slashdot: Why Haven’t We Implemented Public Key Infrastructure Voting?
Long-time Slashdot reader t0qer has a question: why haven’t we gone to an open source, Public Key Infrastructure-based voting system? “I’m fairly well versed in PKI technology, and quoting this site, it would take traditional computers 300 trillion years to break RSA-2048 for a single vote.”
SSL.com has a pretty interesting piece on using Public Key Infrastructure in voting. There’s also a…
Email and Web Traffic Redirected for Multiple Cryptocurrency Sites After GoDaddy Attack
“Fraudsters redirected email and web traffic destined for several cryptocurrency trading platforms over the past week,” reports security researcher Brian Krebs: The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting employees at GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain name registrar, KrebsOnSecurity has learned… This latest campaign appears to have begun on or around Nov. 13, with an attack on cryptocurrency trading platform liquid.com. “A…
OpenStreetMap is Having a Moment
Joe Morrison: The first time I spoke with Jennings Anderson, I couldn’t believe what he was telling me. I mean that genuinely — I did not believe him. He was a little incredulous about it himself. I felt like he was sharing an important secret with me that the world didn’t yet know. The open secret Jennings filled me in on…
NSF says Arecibo telescope will be dismantled
Heartbreaking news. After 57 years as a world-class resource for astronomy, the iconic Arecibo telescope is to be decommissioned, or withdrawn from service, the NSF announced today. The dish-type radio telescope – built into a natural depression in the landscape in Puerto Rico – appears to be headed for a “controlled disassembly.” Source: https://earthsky.org/space/arecibo-telescope-to-be-decommissioned…
‘Extremely Aggressive’ Internet Censorship Spreads In the World’s Democracies
Researchers from the University of Michigan used their own automated censorship tracking system to collect more than 21 billion measurements over 20 months in 221 countries. They discovered that citizens in what are considered the world’s freest countries aren’t safe from internet censorship. From a press release: [Roya Ensafi, U-M assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science who led the…
Trump Fires Election Security Director Who Corrected Voter Fraud Disinformation
phalse phace shares a report from NPR: Christopher Krebs, the Department of Homeland Security director who had spearheaded a campaign to counter rumors about voter fraud, has been fired, President Trump tweeted on Tuesday. Trump, in two misleading tweets about the security of the U.S. election, said Krebs’ termination was “effective immediately.” The CISA campaign, led by Krebs, was originally intended…
Election Was Most Secure In American History, US Officials Say
“The Nov. 3rd election was the most secure in American history,” state and federal election officials said in a statement Thursday. “There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.” Bloomberg reports: The statement acknowledged the “many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections” and…
Facebook Extends Political Ad Ban In US For At Least a Month
Facebook’s ban on political ads, which was initially projected to last just one week, is being extended for at least another month. The decision is aimed at limiting the misinformation that’s spreading rampantly over its platform in the wake of the U.S. election. The Guardian reports: “We are keeping the ad pause and other temporary election protection measures in place as…
Unlimited access to learning with Coursera Plus, now available worldwide
By Anubhav Chopra, Lead Product Manager When we announced Coursera Plus in February of this year, we were excited to bring you a new subscription plan where you could get unlimited access to 3,000+ courses for one affordable and all-inclusive price. Today, we’re pleased to announce that not only is Coursera Plus available to learners […]
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