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ET Welcome: Kentucky City Beams Message Into Space Inviting Extraterrestrial Visitors

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky city has come up with an out-of-this-world campaign to promote tourism. The Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau used an infrared laser to beam a message into space to invite extraterrestrial travelers. “The first thing you’ll notice as you descend through Earth’s atmosphere above Central Kentucky is the lush green […]

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Bill Gates says AI will boost productivity for all, including ‘bad guys’

C3 AI CEO Tom Siebel provides insight on the ‘unimaginably powerful’ technology on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Tuesday said artificial intelligence will boost productivity for all, including “bad guys.” “AI is a brilliant tool for people to be more productive,” he told Bloomberg before acknowledging the technology also “means the bad

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Helsinki: The trailblazing smart city | Computer Weekly

A collection of startup incubators, sustainable initiatives, supporting testbeds and novel innovations confirm Finland’s capital as a global innovation and environmental, social and governance trailblazer.  It is a journey that began in the early 2000s, demonstrated by the establishment of the City of Helsinki’s Innovation Fund in 2002. The ideas within were targeted towards protecting

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NCSC invites security pros to join the big leagues | Computer Weekly

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched Cyber League, an initiative through which it hopes to bring together a trusted community of security experts drawn from its own ranks and the wider industry, to work together on tackling the most urgent cyber threats facing the country. The group will see a diverse

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Biometric revolution in IAM: The future of authentication | Computer Weekly

The landscape of identity and access management (IAM) is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the integration of biometric technologies. This evolution marks a significant shift from traditional authentication methods to more advanced, secure and user-friendly biometric services. This comprehensive article delves into precisely that – the latest advancements in biometric technologies in the

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Cloud-to-cloud backup: What it is and why you (probably) need it | Computer Weekly

Organisations that use cloud IT or cloud-based applications often do so in the belief they can spend less time managing IT and more time running the business. Partly, this is because customers see cloud technology as more robust and resilient than in-house IT. But when it comes to backup and data protection, the opposite

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The Security Interviews: Rebecca Taylor, SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit | Computer Weekly

If she was ever to write a book about her life in cyber security – which as an English and creative writing graduate, she may yet do – SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) threat intelligence knowledge manager Rebecca Taylor would write that the most important part of the job, and the bit she has

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Victims of 2023 Capita data breaches head to High Court | Computer Weekly

Ordinary people who believe their personal data was compromised in two different cyber incidents that affected systems at Capita in 2023 – one a ransomware attack claimed by the Black Basta syndicate; the other an accidental leakage of data stored in an unsecured AWS S3 bucket – are heading to the High Court of

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