For nearly three weeks, Baltimore has struggled with a cyberattack by digital extortionists that has frozen thousands of computers, shut down email and disrupted real estate sales, water bills, health alerts and many other services. From a report: But here is what frustrated city employees and residents do not know: A key component of the malware that cybercriminals used in the…
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Advice from Google IT Support Learners
Thinking about pursuing a career in IT? We talked to Coursera learners who found success in their own careers after completing the Google IT Support Professional Certificate, a program that can help prepare you for a job in IT support. Here are their words of wisdom for anyone who wants to pursue a career in […]
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Massive Martian ice discovery opens a window into red planet’s history
Newly discovered layers of ice buried a mile beneath Mars’ north pole are the remnants of ancient polar ice sheets and could be one of the largest water reservoirs on the planet, according to scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Arizona. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-massive-martian-ice-discovery-window.html…
Violent Tornadoes and Flooding Are Expected in Oklahoma and Texas Tonight
Oklahoma, northwest Texas and the Texas panhandle are bracing for a day of extreme weather, including dangerous tornadoes, flooding and thunderstorms. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65523-tornado-watch-oklahoma.html
American Explorer Completes Deepest Submarine Dive In History
schwit1 quotes the maritime industry news site gCaptain: A private equity investor from Dallas, Texas and his team of explorers have completed a series of record-breaking dives to Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, commonly known as the deepest place on earth. The initial record-setting dive took took place on April 28 when American, Victor Vescovo, a retired U.S. Navy officer,…
Clouds that look like ocean waves
They’re called Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds, aka billow clouds or shear-gravity clouds, and they look like breaking ocean waves. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/kelvin-helmholzt-clouds…
When is the next Blue Moon?
You might know the definition of Blue Moon as the 2nd of 2 full moons in a calendar month. But there’s another kind of Blue Moon … coming up on May 18, 2019. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/when-is-the-next-blue-moon…
65 years after Brown v. Board of Education, school segregation is getting worse
Source: https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/5/10/18566052/school-segregation-brown-board-education-report…
Florida’s new law lets teachers carry guns in class. Black and Latino students are worried.
Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/5/9/18563345/florida-texas-armed-teachers-school-safety-black-latino-students…
Six suborbital research payloads from MIT fly to space and back
Blast off! MIT made its latest foray into research in space on May 2 via six payloads from the Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative, tucked into Blue Origin’s New Shepard reusable space vehicle that took off from a launchpad in West Texas. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-suborbital-payloads-mit-space.html…