Day: May 27, 2020

Asteroid, climate change not responsible for mass extinction 215 million years ago

Posted on by Robin Edgar

A team of University of Rhode Island scientists and statisticians conducted a sophisticated quantitative analysis of a mass extinction that occurred 215 million years ago and found that the cause of the extinction was not an asteroid or climate change, as had previously been believed. Instead, the scientists concluded that the extinction did not occur Read more about Asteroid, climate change not responsible for mass extinction 215 million years ago[…]

Photostopped: Adobe Cloud evaporates in mass outage. Hope none of you are on a deadline, eh? – yay cloud!

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Adobe technicians scrambled on Wednesday to restore multiple cloud services after a severe outage left customers stranded. Starting around 0600 PDT (1300 UTC) Adobe’s status board began lighting up with red outage notifications. At the time this article was written, 13 major issues were ongoing and five had been resolved. By issues, Adobe means people Read more about Photostopped: Adobe Cloud evaporates in mass outage. Hope none of you are on a deadline, eh? – yay cloud![…]

Live analytics without vendor lock-in? It’s more likely than you think, says Redis Labs

Posted on by Robin Edgar

In February, Oracle slung out a data science platform that integrated real-time analytics with its databases. That’s all well and good if developers are OK with the stack having a distinctly Big Red hue, but maybe they want choice. This week, Redis Labs came up with something for users looking for help with the performance Read more about Live analytics without vendor lock-in? It’s more likely than you think, says Redis Labs[…]

Qatar’s contact tracing app put over one million people’s info at risk

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Contact tracing apps have the potential to slow the spread of COVID-19. But without proper security safeguards, some fear they could put users’ data and sensitive info at risk. Until now, that threat has been theoretical. Today, Amnesty International reports that a flaw in Qatar’s contact tracing app put the personal information of more than Read more about Qatar’s contact tracing app put over one million people’s info at risk[…]

Samsung launches stand alone mobile security chip

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Samsung will launch a new standalone turnkey security chip to protect mobile devices, the company announced today. The chip, which has the said-once-never-forgotten name “S3FV9RR” – aka the Mobile SE Guardian 4 – is a follow-up to the dedicated security silicon baked into the Galaxy S20 smartphone series launched in February 2020. The new chip Read more about Samsung launches stand alone mobile security chip[…]