We bet you think it was the cell phone. This article outlines why that may not be so. Charles Katz made his money from basketball. On most mornings, he’d enter a phone booth on Sunset Blvd., in his hometown of Los Angeles, and wire illegal gambling wagers to Miami and...
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People Are Finding It Hard to Focus on Work Right Now
A survey finds that nearly a third of people say they have been less productive since the election. Months before the election, there were reports of greater political tension in offices than in previous election cycles. In one survey from the American Psychological...
Measuring the Impact of Cyberattacks: Lost Revenue, Reputation & Customers
CISOs are feeling the pressure when it comes to cybersecurity management, but new data from Cisco’s annual report may help in getting them the buy-in they need. The Cisco 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report, released 1/31/17, outlines some of the major trends and risks...
Not even Donald Trump can save Twitter
Since taking office on January 20, President Donald Trump has tweeted more than 120 times to his 24 million followers. But while Twitter has never had more geopolitical importance or market-moving potential, with the leader of the free world preferring to make...
5 Cybersecurity Lessons Learned from the Super Bowl
The NFL’s biggest game – and one of the largest sporting events on the planet offered millions the chance to be entertained for a few hours. Fans were glued to their television sets to experience the drama, the competition and the showmanship. Were they thinking about...
Hackers could use hidden mal-audio to attack Google Now
The problem is not in an individual spoofing the voice recognition, the problem is in professional hacking cases where sounds are created that seem like noise to the human ear but are speech for a device. There's a fabulous story about a slew of Amazon Echo devices...