By this point, the Cambridge Analytica news is starting to cool off—even as the heat continues to be turned up on Facebook and its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. At his Senate hearings, Zuckerberg’s testimony about Facebook’s data on 87 million members being used by Cambridge Analytica could be boiled down to two essential points: …
Rotary Phones Can you Imagine? Kids today will never know the pleasure of slamming down a phone in anger! For a look at how today’s kids interact with an old-school rotary phone, click on the video below: Rotary dial phones are the earliest user-controlled phone to be mass produced. Before them, a user…
‘FACEBOOK and FAKE NEWS’ Zuckerberg Asked to Answer Facebook felt significant backlash in 2017, with many expressing discomfort about the social media giant’s oversight measures in preventing inaccurate posts. With the cloud of potential Russian meddling in that most democratic of institutions—the 2016 Presidential election—2017 found Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg announcing changes, including: Stronger…
So virtually everyone knows now that the FCC has voted to rollback internet regulations put in place by the FCC during the Obama administration. This change is generally regarded as bad for consumers. Why? Well, let’s take a look at the three main aspects of ‘net neutrality’ that just got repealed: 1. Internet Service…
The resignation of Senator Al Franken is only the latest instance in a chain of fallout from claims of sexual harassment and sexual misconduct that has been swiftly growing ever since claims of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s misconduct surfaced on Oct. 5. Many of the initial accusations originally focused on Hollywood and the greater media…
It’s a story reminiscent of the 2015 San Bernardino shootings. In that case, not only were 14 people left dead, but FBI investigators were left deadlocked with Apple. The FBI wanted help with the encryption in order to gain access to gunman Syed Farook’s iPhone 5C. Apple didn’t want to give it to them. The…
The recent California wildfires are a tragedy for those whose homes were destroyed and whose lives were upturned. The recent California wildfires are a tragedy for those whose homes were destroyed and whose lives were upturned. The high-profile disaster has prompted a local relief effort on November 9th, 2017 at AT&T Park in San Francisco.…
There is something about Halloween that captures the imagination. Children, obviously, are enamored of Halloween, and it’s not just the free candy, but rather more the idea of being scared that causes a delightful frisson in a young one’s heart. Parents who are concerned about children finding Halloween too frightening should take heart…
Documents—love ‘em, hate ‘em, or indifferent to ‘em, it doesn’t really matter. They’re part of your life—and a big part of Human Resources. Whether you create the document internally or receive it from an outside partner, HR departments today are in charge of more and more information than ever before. …
Sure, today it’s easy today to find pineapples used in a refreshing cocktail or an upside-down cake. But did you ever wonder how pineapples came to become a symbol of hospitality? And did you know that cunning cyber thieves use a device called a “Pineapple” to pose a real threat to your data security? …