Archive for December 2021
Featured Article : What’s All the Fuss About Julian Assange?
In this article, we take a look at some of the main details of the case of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange, and what can be learned from this ongoing battle between Assange and the US government, whose secrets his website shared. Who Is Julian Assange? Julian Assange is 50-year-old Australian editor, publisher and activist who…
Read MoreTech Insight : What Is A Password Manager?
In this tech insight, we look at challenges to using passwords, what password managers are, and why they are still so important. The Limitations and Challenge of Passwords Passwords have long provided a practical way to log in to websites, platforms, apps and other access gateways yet using passwords comes with many limitations and challenges,…
Read MoreTech News : A Peek at ‘Metaverse’
Meta (Facebook) has released a social VR experience called âHorizon Worldsâ, giving users the first real look at the âMetaverseâ described by Mark Zuckerberg in the companyâs recent re-brand announcements. What Is Horizon Worlds? Horizon Worlds (which launched via invite-only in beta last year) is a free, virtual space app that has been built with…
Read MoreSecurity Stop-Press : Apache Log4j Security Vulnerabilities
The Apache Foundation has released an emergency update for a critical zero-day vulnerability in Log4j. This is a widely used logging tool included in almost every Java application. The problem that the update has been issued to address is that a bug in the Log4j library could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on…
Read MoreTech Insight : How To Know If Someone Has Read Your Email?
In this tech insight, we take a look at the better-known ways of being able to tell if someone has read your email. The Usual Suspects The main ways to tell if a person has read your email include: â Request a read receipt when you compose the email. The read receipt is then sent to you…
Read MoreFeatured Article : Digital Markets Act Could Protect Whistleblowers
The EUâs adoption of a proposal on the Digital Markets Act (DMA) on Tuesday not only offers the potential to help tackle the market dominance of big tech businesses but could also protect whistleblowers. What Is The Digital Markets Act? Currently at the proposal stage, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) from the European Commission is…
Read MoreTech News : Hamster Crypto-Croaks
Max, a.k.a. âMr Goxxâ, the hamster that found Internet fame through outperforming many human cryptocurrency-traders, has died. Experiment With âWheelâ Results The hamsterâs life as a crypto trader was down to him being used as part of an experiment by an anonymous German lecturer and prototyping specialist duo who set out to demonstrate the randomness…
Read MoreTech News : Self-Powered Mobile Masts Could Beat Remote Off-Grid Challenges
Vodafoneâs announcement that it aims to deploy self-powered âEco-Towerâ mobile masts across the UK could mean connections for remote areas as well as environmental benefits. Wind and Solar Powered The new masts will be self-powered, using wind turbine technology, combined with new solar and battery technologies developed through Vodafone working with renewable energy technology specialist Crossflow…
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