Find someone who is down, then kick them.
Afghanistan becomes the primary target for ransomware attacks following Taliban takeover
Paul Skeldon reports;
The recent Taliban takeover of the government in Afghanistan has brought a lot of chaos upon the nation – and cybercriminals are seeing that such disorder in the country is another chance for them to benefit.
According to the Atlas VPN team data analysis, Afghanistan became the primary target for ransomware attacks worldwide in the last month. Providing security for companies’ staff and customers will be extremely difficult in now Taliban-ruled land.
In the past 30 days, cybercriminals launched 1.77% of all ransomware attacks at Afghanistan. Hackers noticed that businesses in the Taliban governed country right now are very vulnerable.
Read more on Telemedia Online. The Atlas VPN analysis relied on the Kaspersky cybermap.
Not sure this makes it clear…
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/state-of-privacy-laws-in-us/
The State of Consumer Data Privacy Laws in the US (And Why It Matters)
… What current national privacy laws (don’t) do
Currently, privacy laws are a cluttered mess of different sectoral rules. “Historically, in the US we have a bunch of disparate federal [and state] laws,” said Amie Stepanovich, executive director at the Silicon Flatirons Center at Colorado Law. “[These] either look at specific types of data, like credit data or health information,” Stepanovich said, “or look at specific populations like children, and regulate within those realms.”
The United States doesn’t have a singular law that covers the privacy of all types of data. Instead, it has a mix of laws that go by acronyms like HIPAA, FCRA, FERPA, GLBA, ECPA, COPPA, and VPPA.
Does this mean you can’t open your iPhone in Baltimore?
UPDATE: Baltimore Bans Private-Sector Use of Facial Recognition Technology
On August 9, 2021, Baltimore joined Portland, Oregon and New York City in enacting a local ordinance regulating the private sector’s use of facial recognition technology. Baltimore’s ordinance will become effective on September 8, 2021. Read our earlier post for more details about Baltimore’s ban on the use of facial recognition technology by private entities and individuals within its city limits.
Trying. It might even be helpful.
Money, mimicry and mind control: Big Tech slams ethics brakes on AI
In September last year, Google's cloud unit looked into using artificial intelligence to help a financial firm decide whom to lend money to.
It turned down the client's idea after weeks of internal discussions, deeming the project too ethically dicey because the AI technology could perpetuate biases like those around race and gender.
Since early last year, Google has also blocked new AI features analyzing emotions, fearing cultural insensitivity, while Microsoft restricted software mimicking voices and IBM rejected a client request for an advanced facial-recognition system.
All these technologies were curbed by panels of executives or other leaders, according to interviews with AI ethics chiefs at the three U.S. technology giants.
It was a good idea, it was a bad idea...
https://news.mit.edu/2021/qa-dina-katabi-smart-home-actual-intelligence-0907
Q&A: Dina Katabi on a “smart” home with actual intelligence
The next frontier is the home, and building truly-intelligent wireless systems that understand people’s health and can interact with the environment and other devices. Google Home and Alexa are reactive. You tell them, “wake me up,” but they sound the alarm whether you’re in bed or have already left for work. My lab is working on the next generation of wireless sensors and machine-learning models that can make more personalized predictions.
We call them the invisibles. For example, instead of ringing an alarm at a specific time, the sensor can tell if you’ve woken up and started making coffee. It knows to silence the alarm. Similarly, it can monitor an elderly person living alone and alert their caregiver if there’s a change in vital signs or eating habits. Most importantly, it can act without people having to wear a device or tell the sensors what to do.
For my MBA students.
https://hbr.org/2021/09/why-ai-will-never-replace-managers
Why AI Will Never Replace Managers
Given that artificial intelligence is increasingly overtaking people on a range of expert tasks, will it someday make human managers obsolete? Luckily, there’s one cognitive ability where people still have a big edge: reframing. Reframing is not about solving a problem (with either intuition or conscious reasoning) but about defining what exactly is the problem to be solved. It isn’t easy, and it’s usually time-consuming, but it is key to both discovering breakthrough innovations and adapting to a rapidly changing environment. Four tactics can help you cultivate this ability: dedicating time to not thinking about the problem, making hidden assumptions explicit, playful exploration, and leveraging surprising analogies.
You may know all of these, but do your students?
https://www.makeuseof.com/best-websites-find-academic-information/
The 7 Best Websites to Find Academic Information Online
Will Wally be getting into politics?
https://dilbert.com/strip/2021-09-08
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