Ok it is clickbait of a type – but this is a serious story of how systems we all depend can be vulnerable after extended research of both white and (possibly) black hat hackers. In this case legitimate cyber security researchers will demonstrate to the European Space Agency (ESA) how …
Because It’s Friday – The largest rocket ever launched the SpaceX Starship
At the end of a week of cyber security news – most of which is not happy stuff – it is good to go into the weekend with something lighter. This week a big rocket – the SpaceX Starship. Fully laden with about 5,000 metric tons of liquid oxygen and …
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Because It’s Friday – The View From Space
For this week’s bit of something else before the weekend – you can now understand why we shorten this slot and call it “Because It’s Friday” – we are off to space. In particular to the International Space Station and a camera on the station that broadcasts continuous live images …
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Because It’s Friday on a Thursday!
No Because It’s Friday reveals in the title this week – just something found funny: xkcd: Towed Message Smart Thinking will be taking a break for Easter – except if a major cyber security story breaks and especially if that story impacts you. Have a great Easter break – I …
Because It’s Friday – Volcanoes or a Dyson Sphere?
I spotted this article in The Conversation – volcanoes in space – just the type of story I like for Because It’s Friday, to ease us all into the weekend. Four volcanic hotspots in the Solar System (theconversation.com) The image above is of a volcano on Io, the most volcanically …
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