by David Brooks | Nov 9, 2016 | Blog, Newsletter
In light of the DDOS attack on Dyn from scads of infected Internet of Things items, I talked to Dyn fellow Andrew Sullivan about what we, as IoT buyers, should do. You can read his response here.
by David Brooks | Nov 9, 2016 | Newsletter
Years ago it seemed inevitable that Chronic Wasting Disease, a contagious, fatal neurological disorder that strikes deer and moose, would show up in New Hampshire as it spread across the country. CWD has been detected in 24 states, two Canadian provinces and in Korea...
by David Brooks | Nov 9, 2016 | Newsletter
News about botnets – millions of tainted Internet of Things devices being used to tandem to swamp targets with DDoS attack, as happened to Dyn last month – just keeps getting wilder. An entire country, Liberia in west Africa, was targeted, reports Kevin...
by David Brooks | Nov 9, 2016 | Newsletter
Any comments or questions, let me know at dbrooks@cmonitor.com. You can subscribe for free at bit.ly/monitornewsletters And don’t forget – Science Cafe Concord gathers on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m. at The Draft. Free, first come, first seated – pub...
by David Brooks | Nov 9, 2016 | Blog
Tuesday night results of a few ballot initiatives of interest to Granite Geek types: In Maine, there was an effort to allow ranked-choice voting for all statewide and federal elections (not local races). That system is one of several alternatives to the...