“We're here. We have
the tools and we know how to use them.” The problem is they are
still thinking like pre-internet strategists – “What's nearby so
I can begin my conquest of the world?” In the Internet Age,
everything is nearby.
D. Frank Smith reports:
Colleges
have consistently been a prime target for hackers. In 2013, the
University of Wisconsin sustained up to 100,000 hacking attempts each
day, according to The
New York Times. And research
released May 20 by the EDUCAUSE Higher Education Information
Security Council shows that the education sector topped the charts in
a survey of security breaches across seven industries.
The
survey analyzed digital security breaches in which records were
illegally obtained. In the education sector, 73 percent of breaches
resulted in stolen records.
Read more on EdTech.
Another risk from the
Internet of (Hackable) Things!
Smart
TVs Are A Growing Security Risk: How Do You Deal With This?
… If you have a
Smart TV, then yes, it can be hacked.
The good news is that
it isn’t a rampant phenomenon… yet. The day is soon coming,
however, when you may need to install anti-virus and anti-malware
software onto your TV to keep it safe.
… What is a Smart
TV? James was pretty thorough with his Smart
TV overview which also explains whether or not you should even
purchase one. Long story short, a Smart TV is the hybrid child of
the television and the computer. It can browse the web, install and
run apps, respond to voice commands, and more.
Again, let me restate:
Smart TVs are not inherently compromised in terms of security. You
only need to worry if you have a Smart TV that actively uses the
Internet.
Californians are about
to collide with the Internet of Things! I've been thinking that this
is the electronic equivalent of having a chauffeur. Have we skipped
over the electronic butler and maid because cleaning a house is more
complicated than driving on California highways? How about
e-Gardeners and all those other Downton Abbey characters?
California
Will Allow Self-Driving Cars on the Road This Fall
Be prepared to see
driverless cars on California roads
after Sept. 16. That's when the DMV will allow
self-driving cars to begin testing on public
roads. The move comes two months after California held
public
hearings on the technology.
In order to test
self-driving cars companies must apply for a permit and purchase a $5
million insurance bond. If any of the cars get in an accident, it
has to be reported within 10 days. Additionally, researchers have to
report if the car's self-driving functions are turned off for safety
reasons.
This article nicely
summarizes my concerns. Now we can pay into another fund that will
never get spent for its intended purpose.
FCC
gets approval for plan to subsidize fast rural internet access
At long last, the FCC
can move forward with reforming its rural connection subsidies for
the broadband era. A federal appeals court has upheld
the agency's Connect America Fund after challenges from smaller
carriers, which were worried that the shift from subsidizing phone
calls to fast internet access would hurt their bottom line. Their
arguments were either "unpersuasive" or were blocked from
legal consideration in the first place, the court says.
The fund still faces
criticism from those worried that the $4.5 billion in subsidies will
hike phone bills through growing fees; there's also concerns that the
occasional
fraud seen in existing programs might carry over to Connect
America.
Coming soon to a state
near me.
Kentucky
Wins Hemp Seed Release from Federal Government
Something to amuse my
students?
Learn
New Words With The Collins Twictionary [Weird & Wonderful Web]
New words are being
invented all the time, both online and offline. The Internet is
responsible for a host of new words and phrases, many of which end up
making it into dictionaries.
Having previously
looked at 10
Internet phrases we would like to see die in a fire, it’s high
time we balanced things out with a look at a collection of new words
currently vying for inclusion in the next Collins English Dictionary.
… The
Twictionary is Collins’ attempt to utilize the power of Twitter
to decide which Internet-originated words should make it into the
twelfth edition of the Collins
English Dictionary.
[My
Favorite: Adorkable – Dorky in an adorable way.
Once again Dilbert
connects on many levels.
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