Day: December 16, 2019

SQL Server 2019 Tool Tells Attackers Which Data Is Sensitive

The design of SQL Data Discovery & Classification could let attackers pinpoint sensitive information while flying under organizations’ radars. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Boeing To Suspend Production of Their 737 Max Aircraft [Update]

An anonymous reader quotes the Wall Street Journal: Boeing Co. is considering either suspending or cutting back production of the 737 MAX amid growing uncertainty over the troubled plane’s return to service and could disclose a decision as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter. Boeing management increasingly sees pausing production as…


Wildfires Have Changed. It’s Time the Science Did Too.

A group of researchers are working to find a bigger, better way to predict how the world’s deadliest blazes will behave. One mathematical model provides the spine for almost every computer program used to analyze wildfire behavior in the US, yet there are a number of factors it doesn’t include, Technology Review reports. As a…


Canada’s .ca supremo in hot water after cyber-smut stash allegedly found on his work Mac ‒ and three IT bods fired

Board ‘profoundly upset’, eh, amid claims PFYs sacked after discovery The head of Canada’s .ca internet registry is under fire following allegations multiple IT staffers were axed after a porn stash was apparently discovered on his iMac and reported to HR.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


These TaoTronics Bluetooth earphones are now just $18 – CNET

We found some ultra-affordable wireless earbuds you can wear at the gym — priced $10 less than anywhere else we could find. …read more Source:: CNet


Economists Got the Decade All Wrong. They’re Trying To Figure Out Why.

The U.S. has enjoyed its longest economic expansion on record without triggering inflation as interest rates remain historically low [Editor’s note: the link may be paywalled]. From a report: […] So in 2013 Larry Summers, a former top adviser to Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and now an economist at Harvard University, advanced an…


Sonos Play alternative: The Bose SoundTouch 10 Wi-Fi speaker for $100 – CNET

That’s a great price for this great-sounding speaker, which also has Alexa skills. …read more Source:: CNet


It’s 2019 so, of course, this Wells Fargo employee accused of stealing customer cash posed with wads of dosh on Instagram, Facebook

Feds are not amused A Wells Fargo employee is accused of stealing bank vault deposits – and posting pictures of the alleged purloined loot on Instagram and Facebook.… …read more Source:: Register


Kumail Nanjiani gets super buff for Marvel movie and the internet is pumped – CNET

“Marvel actually has Super Soldier Serum,” one observer points out. …read more Source:: CNet


Amazon intros Knowledge Skills for Alexa developers

The new skill type lets users ask questions about spreadsheet data without calling up a specific skill by name. …read more Source:: ZDNet