Peter Membrey, Contributor. 18 November 2021, 8:36 am Intel is once again in the spotlight this week after announcing a security flaw in a number of their computer processors. If exploited, the flaws could allow an attacker with physical access to the device, the ability to get around Bitlocker disk encryption, gain access to the […]
Monthly Archives: November 2021
The 35 Innovators Under 35 competition for 2022 is now open for nominations
Our 35 Innovators Under 35 competition for 2022 is now open for nominations. You can nominate great candidates from now until 10 p.m. EST on January 24, 2022. We’ve been publishing a list of young innovators for more than two decades now. The list always includes fascinating stories of young people working to employ technology […]
Securing your digital life, the finale: Debunking worthless “security” practices
Enlarge / Take one daily to keep Evil Hackerman away! reader comments 48 with 38 posters participating, including story author Share this story Securing your digital life View more stories Information security and privacy suffer from the same phenomenon we see in fighting COVID-19: “I’ve done my own research” syndrome. Many security and privacy practices […]
This new startup has built a record-breaking 256-qubit quantum computer
In 2019, Google announced that its 53-qubit machine had achieved quantum supremacy—performing a task not manageable by a convention computer—but IBM challenged the claim. The same year, IBM launched its 53-bit quantum computer. In 2020, IonQ unveiled a 32-qubit system that the company said was the “world’s most powerful quantum computer.” And just this week […]
ITP releases Skills Portfolio tools to help advance careers
ITP Team. 17 November 2021, 3:43 pm IT Professionals NZ today released their full CareerAdvance programme, including a Skills Portfolio tool paired with career planning resources and a recently refreshed full mentoring programme. With CareerAdvance, you can create your very own Skills Portfolio: build up your own skills profile, then compare with potential job roles to […]
Are our phones really designed to slow down over time? Experts look at the evidence
By Michael Cowling and Amy Johnson, Editor. 17 November 2021, 3:00 pm It’s usually around this time of year you hear people complain about their phones slowing down. Apple and Google release new versions of their operating systems (OS) and suddenly there’s a slew of people claiming their old devices have started to lag – conveniently […]
Accelerating development in aerospace for more urban mobility
The next wave of aerospace is just around the corner, and a lot of that innovation is happening thanks to new, faster methods of development. “What’s happening now is that companies are trying to understand how they take the lessons from Agile software development and apply those to Agile product development,” explains Dale Tutt, vice […]
The Department of Defense is issuing AI ethics guidelines for tech contractors
The purpose of the guidelines is to make sure that tech contractors stick to the DoD’s existing ethical principles for AI, says Goodman. The DoD announced these principles last year, following a two-year study commissioned by the Defense Innovation Board, an advisory panel of leading technology researchers and businesspeople set up in 2016 to bring […]
The metaverse is the next venue for body dysmorphia online
That doesn’t bode well for the metaverse, where avatars are likely to be the primary way we communicate and interact with each other. Noelle Martin, a legal researcher at the University of Western Australia and coauthor of a forthcoming paper on Meta’s metaverse, is raising just such concerns. “If people are able to customize their […]
From crypto-jacking to doxing – the trouble with gaming
Peter Griffin, Editor. 16 November 2021, 11:31 am Video gamers are facing a wave of cyberattacks that is resulting in significant financial loss according to new research from Norton LifeLock. The antivirus company’s 2021 Cyber Safety Insights Report surveyed over 5,300 adults ages 18+ across eight countries, including 505 New Zealand adults. It found that […]