Governor Mike Parson called a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter a "hacker". He threatened criminal prosecution because he notified state officials about a database that exposed the sensitive information of 100,000 educators.
I think this is a great time to do a startup. Number one, VCs be damned at this point. You don't need their money at all, just some angel investors to invest in some very minute infrastructure. With cloud computing out there and the number of things you can do from a marketing, application developer's, and outsourcing perspective, you can basically get a technology company up and running -- and profitable -- probably for the least real cost we've seen in years. It's a great time for people who are innovative, able, and resourceful to get out there and start technology companies.
IBM and the Indian government have launched an effort to help millions of citizens find work via their mobile devices.
Given the US Government's track record in keeping data secure, what makes anyone think moving Federal IT operations to the cloud is a good idea?
It's been a relatively quiet week in the land of gov, where most elected and appointed officials have taken a long weekend from Big Brothering to enjoy fireworks and hot dogs. Even so, there are always stories to get your blood pumping, and this week is no exception.
The UK government has launched a UK Space Agency dedicated to coordinating the government's involvement in civilian spaceflight, with responsibility for looking after policy and budgets.
As always, money will dominate American poilitics next year. But it appears science may play a larger role that it has in recent years.
Today the California Air Resources Board approved state standards that will push utilities there to use less fossil fuel for generating electricity. The express reason for the new, tougher anti-emissions regs: combat global warming.
Europol has finally figured out something I wrote about four years ago, the FBI seems to be taking the NSA's place in the "keep quiet and shut up" department, and no one is listening to the White House about data center energy efficiency (or much of anything else, it seems). It's another week in that slapstick world we call government.
The FCC chairman has called for a step-up in the fight against cybercrime.
Google finally launches its Find My Device network. Here are the Android models that support it
One of the best Android watches I've tested is not made by Google or Samsung
3 million smart toothbrushes were not used in a DDoS attack after all, but it could happen
Raspberry Pi 4 Model B review: A capable, flexible and affordable DIY computing platform
Which Microsoft Surface PC is right for you?
Inside a fake $20 '16TB external M.2 SSD'