This article was published last Friday – for context about timings see last Friday’s Because… post. As you know I like space stories. NASA Artemis Nasa’s giant new SLS Moon rocket makes its debut – BBC News …and for those too young to know what Apollo was:
The power of Big Tech examined
Here is today’s coffee time article by April Glaser, Joan Donovan and Jenna Ruddock at The Guardian. It is from last week but I thought it was worth highlighting as the power that these mega-companies wield far exceeds most elected (and unelected) governments. How Silicon Valley’s Russia crackdown proves its …
Volunteers in the cyber war
As part of our “weekend read” section, here is a piece by Chris Stokel-Walker and Dan Milmo at The Guardian looking at the hacker volunteers, fighting what they consider a white hat action against Russia. ‘It’s the right thing to do’: the 300,000 volunteer hackers coming together to fight Russia …
Because It’s Friday – a sharp James Webb space telescope and a little extra about passwords
Just before we get to the James Webb space telescope. I prepare these Friday offerings during the week as I see something interesting. Once posted on a Friday, it is inevitable I then see something else, on Friday afternoon – which was the case with the James Webb initial alignment …
Cyber criminals take sides
One aspect of the Russia Ukraine conflict that has reached the wider internet is the falling out of rival cyber criminal gangs as they take sides: Ukraine invasion opens political rift between cybercriminals • The Register