Federal Agency Data Under Siege

https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/federal-agency-data-under-siege/a/d-id/1331467

#CoSoSec

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Avoiding the Ransomware Mistakes that Crippled Atlanta

https://www.darkreading.com/partner-perspectives/iboss/avoiding-the-ransomware-mistakes-that-crippled-atlanta/a/d-id/1331518

#CoSoSec

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Q1 Cyber-Attacks on UK Firms Jump 27%

https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cyberattacks-on-uk-firms-jump-27/

#CoSoSec

Russian court blocks Telegram messaging app in privacy row

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-russian-court-blocks-telegram-messaging.html

#CoSoSec

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No, that galaxy without dark matter has not ruled out modified gravity

http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2018/04/no-that-galaxy-without-dark-matter-has.html

#CoSoScience

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Uber's 2016 Breach Affected More Than 20 Million U.S. Users

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-12/uber-breach-exposed-names-emails-of-more-than-20-million-users

#CoSoSec

@Jeast Catering to a certain subset, I'm guessing.

They're back! (OK, for some of us, they never left)

“High Definition Vinyl” Is Happening, Possibly as Early as Next Year

https://pitchfork.com/news/high-definition-vinyl-is-happening-possibly-as-early-as-next-year/

#CoSoMusic #CoSoScience

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@Kit @richi Personally, I think this is a big part of exactly why they won't improve security.

It's why credit cards took so long to incorporate chips, etc. Less expensive (and less work) to just pay for breaches.

Google Chrome to Boost User Privacy by Improving Cookies Handling Procedure

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-chrome-to-boost-user-privacy-by-improving-cookies-handling-procedure/

#CoSoSec

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Scientists Create Beautiful Iridescent Material That Could Be Edible

(Personally, I'll wait until the "could be" thing is hashed out)

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-create-beautiful-iridescent-material-that-co-1825115747

#CoSoScience

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When curing a disease with gene therapy is bad business

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610873/the-gene-therapy-that-cures-bubble-boy-disease-isnt-worth-it-to-glaxo/

#CoSoScience

Europeans are arguing over whether robots should have rights

I have a feeling the outcome of discussions like this may be kind of important.

https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/610874/europeans-are-arguing-over-whether-robots-should-have-rights/

#CoSoScience #CoSoSec

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NASA's Juno Mission Provides Infrared Tour of Jupiter's North Pole

http://www.astronomy.com/magazine/press-releases/2018/04/nasas-juno-mission-provides-infrared-tour-of-jupiters-north-pole

#CoSoScience

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@DanceLight Good question. It could be that the people who process the images do so with an eye for visual appeal (e.g. artificial color choices), or it could be that because we're part of and came from the universe, what we find beautiful stems from that.

Or both.

The Columbia space shuttle first launched 37 years ago

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/04/the-columbia-space-shuttle-first-launched-37-years-ago

#CoSoScience #NASA

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