Day: August 18, 2020

US senators: WikiLeaks ‘likely knew it was assisting Russian intelligence influence effort’ in 2016 Dem email leak

And: ‘Putin ordered the Russian effort to hack computer networks’ to help Donald Trump win White House race The 2016 hacking of the Democratic Party’s email system – and subsequent leaking of its messages – was personally ordered by Vladimir Putin and aided by Julian Assange, according to the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.……


Panasonic is launching a cubicle for your work-from-home setup in September – CNET

Make home feel just like the office. …read more Source:: CNet


Google makes it easier to browse past searches on jobs, recipes and shopping – CNET

The company rolled out an update to activity cards, which make it easier to retrace past searches. …read more Source:: CNet


Facebook Wanted to Be a Force for Good in Myanmar. Now It Is Rejecting a Request to Help With a Genocide Investigation

Just when it seemed like Facebook’s controversies might have peaked, the company now appears to be obstructing a genocide investigation, and it’s using U.S. law to do it. From a report: The West African nation The Gambia is seeking to hold Myanmar accountable for charges of genocide against the Rohingya people, an ethnic and religious…


Ransomware Attack on Carnival May Have Been Its Second Compromise This Year

Security vendor Prevailion says it observed signs of malicious activity on the cruise operator’s network between at least February and June. …read more Source:: DarkReading


New Toyotas Will Upload Data To AWS To Help Create Custom Insurance Premiums Based On Driver Behavior

KindMind shares a report from The Register: Toyota has expanded its collaboration with Amazon Web Services in ways that will see many of its models upload performance data into the Amazonian cloud to expand the services the auto-maker offers to drivers and fleet owners. […] Toyota reckons the data could turn into “new contextual services…


How Intel will keep Moore’s Law cranking for years to come – CNET

Maybe your 2025 laptop won’t suck. …read more Source:: CNet


Robust Rust trust discussed after Moz cuts leave folks nonplussed: Foundation mulled for coding language

Cannot infer an appropriate lifetime, indeed Following Mozilla’s announcement last week that it would restructure and cut 250 jobs, the Rust Project, which oversees the Rust programming language, on Tuesday said it plans to work with Mozilla to create a Rust foundation by the end of the year.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Closest-ever asteroid to pass Earth and not hit it squeaked by on Sunday – CNET

At least it was small. …read more Source:: CNet


CxO, disrupt yourself: How to prepare for a better future in the next normal

Whitney Johnson, one of the world’s top innovation and disruption theorists, helps us to better understand how individuals and organizations can navigate through these uncertain times, by applying disruption theory to the way we work and grow. …read more Source:: ZDNet