For 25 years, Window has been quietly changing the security industry with her pioneering work at Apple, Mozilla, Fastly, and Intel, among others.
“She basically revolutionized security for the entire internet with her work [at Microsoft],”
Katie Moussouris says.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/04/window-snyder-cybersecurity-trailblazer/
July was the hottest month on record. So here's some tips on how to stay safe in the heat:
-Do not look directly at the sun. The sun interprets this as a challenge, and will become hotter to assert dominance.
-Cover your body in slugs. Each slug will lower your body temperature by a third of a degree.
-Crawl around on all fours instead of walking. Heat rises, so you want to stay as low as possible.
-Remove the various tubs of ice cream from your freezer to make room for yourself.
Ah yes, of course. I've been trying to figure out who the fuck to blame.
Scientists failed for decades to communicate the coming risks of rapid sea-level rise to policymakers and the public, a new study has found. That has created a climate catch-22 in which scientists have soft-pedaled the kinds of catastrophic risks most easily headed off by cutting emissions. While scientific communication has improved in the 2020s, this…
A reminder that the "free speech" CEO over at Saudi-government-funded Twitter suspended the account of a Tesla/Musk critic who keeps pointing out sleaze and flaws. https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/money-report/twitter-has-suspended-the-accounts-of-a-prominent-tesla-and-elon-musk-critic-plainsite-founder-aaron-greenspan/3278831/
Meanwhile, journalists just keep on supporting Musk by pouring their work into his site.
Then again, journalists continue to treat democracy as just one interesting approach to government, rather than the foundation of their ability to maintain freedom of expression.
The cost of being Black in America.
"The Black population had 1.63 million excess deaths, representing more than 80 million years of potential life lost over the [twenty two year] study period."
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2804822
NEW: Krebs Stamos Group, the consultancy firm founded by the two cybersecurity veterans, laid off six people last week.
Yet another sign that cybersecurity is not immune to the seemingly endless run of tech layoffs.
The firm had less than 20 employees before this round of layoffs.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/18/consulting-firm-krebs-stamos-group-lays-off-six-employees/
Disney on Thursday upped the ante in its battle with Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, and it cost his state 2,000 white-collar jobs.
Disney is scrapping plans to build a $1 billion office complex in Florida, citing “changing business conditions”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/18/media/disney-florida-desantis/index.html
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