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☆ Heading platoons, repairing machines and doing twice as much: How the war has changed Ukrainian women
  + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Svitlana Vlasova | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
Before the war, having a young woman in charge of an all-male Ukrainian military unit might have given the troops pause. She works in a repair department of the Ukrainian Railways in the Poltava region. With women making up 40% of Ukrainian Railways’ employees, she is likely not the only one. Halyna Shevchenko, left, is among the Ukrainian women stepping up during the war to do what have traditionally been seen as "men's jobs." The company has also started training women to be boiler operators – a job women didn’t tend to do before the war.
Persons: Oksana Rubanyak’s, Rubanyak, It’s, ”, “, Halyna Shevchenko, Shevchenko, Natalia Teryakhina, didn’t Organizations: CNN —, CNN, Armed Forces of, ”, National Bank of Ukraine, Ukrainian Railways, Department of Information, Public Strategic Communications Locations: Ukrainian, Ukraine, Russia, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Bakhmut, –, Poltava
☆ Philippines Wards off Cyber Attacks From China-Based Hackers
  + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +1 min
MANILA (Reuters) - Hackers operating in China attempted to break into websites and e-mail systems of the Philippine's president and government agencies, one promoting maritime security, but failed, an information and communications ministry official said on Monday. But using the internet protocol addresses, we pinpointed it to China," Paraiso said, adding the hackers were traced to be using the services of Chinese state-owned Unicom. "We are appealing to the Chinese government to help us prevent further attacks." The thwarted cyber attacks came at a time of heightened tensions with China, largely over disputed territory in the South China Sea. The Philippines is currently working on a five-year cybersecurity strategy to beef up its cyber defences to combat attacks and digital crimes.
Persons: Ferdinand Marcos Jr, DICT, Renato Paraiso, Paraiso, Neil Jerome Morales, Michael Perry Organizations: Department of Information, Communications Technology, National Coast Watch, Philippine Locations: MANILA, China, China's, Manila, South China, Philippines
☆ Fulton County government outage: Cyberattack brings down phones, court site and tax systems
  + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Alta Spells | Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
CNN —An ongoing cyberattack against Georgia’s Fulton County, which includes parts of Atlanta, has brought some of the government’s systems to a standstill, halting access to court filings, tax processing and other services. The office of the county’s District Attorney Fani Willis lost access to its phones, internet and the court system website, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. The communication, court and tax systems have all been brought down, said Fulton County Board of Commissioners Chairman Robb Pitts in a news briefing Monday. A source with first-hand knowledge in Fulton County told CNN the internet and Odyssey court access are down as well. “We at Fulton County take cybersecurity seriously and we place a high priority on the protection of sensitive information,” Pitts said.
Persons: Fani Willis, Willis, Donald Trump, Robb Pitts, Pitts, ” Pitts, “, ” Organizations: CNN, Georgia’s, county’s Department of Information Technology, FBI, Fulton, IT, The Atlanta, Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Locations: Georgia’s Fulton County, Atlanta, county’s, Fulton County, Baltimore, New Mexico’s, Albuquerque, US
☆ Fact Check-No deal between DuckDuckGo and Microsoft to track users online
  + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
Independent experts say that DuckDuckGo blocks known tracking scripts from loading to prevent vulnerable personal identifiers from being exposed, including Microsoft-owned scripts. A separate partnership with Microsoft for advertising on DuckDuckGo’s search results page is limited to ad placements, not tracking users or building profiles, a DuckDuckGo spokesperson said. Users sharing the headline, “Google Lite: DuckDuckGo Signs Secret Deal with Bill Gates to Track Users Online” in April 2023 can be seen (here) and (here). We’re glad this is no longer the case,” the company said in a statement (here)DuckDuckGo’s privacy policy on tracking users can be seen (here). Whether browser privacy protections ever permit user tracking is beyond the scope of this fact check.
☆ Russia uses facial recognition technology from US companies to spy on anti-war protestors, says report
  + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Court records show Moscow's surveillance network played a role in the arrests of protesters, says Reuters. US facial recognition technology is aiding the tracking of protestors in Russia, said Reuters. More than 3,000 cameras in Moscow are connected to facial recognition systems. According to the court records, many of those detained due to the cameras were during anti-government protests in 2021. After he was detained by police, he was asked about his views on the Ukraine war and on Russia President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reported.
☆ How facial recognition is helping Putin curb dissent
  + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +8 min
There officers told the 51-year-old bank employee that the metro’s facial recognition system had flagged him for detention because of his political activism. Facial recognition is now helping police to identify and sweep up the Kremlin’s opponents as a preventive measure, whenever they choose. The facial recognition system in Moscow is powered by algorithms produced by one Belarusian company and three Russian firms. All but one said they understood from officers that they were flagged for detention by facial recognition. Facial recognition technology uses artificial intelligence algorithms to analyse and identify faces.
☆ American truckers' wages have dropped by more than $50,000 since 1980, creating one of the industry's biggest problems
  + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Bianca Giacobone | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The deregulation of the trucking industry in the 1980s led to wages being slashed by almost half. A high turnover rate — around 90% for large fleets — is considered a big problem of the industry. The change is tied to the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, which deregulated the trucking industry. Along with depressed wages, truckers face a dangerous job: In the US, one in 6 workers killed on the job is a trucker, according to Levy. That contributes to a high turnover of over 90% for large fleets.
☆ Taylor Swift 'Midnights' album gives TikTok fan groups more fodder, and community
  + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Casey Fiesler | Ph.D. | J.D. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +6 min
The magic of a midnight showing wasn’t just about the film but about the community created standing in line together. Some of these fan theories also fuel speculation that Swift might be queer, and in the lead-up to the album release, this conjecture culminated in debate about whether “Midnights” would be Swift’s coming out album. I study fandom and online communities, especially communities that form around fanfiction, and have seen up close that fan theories bring joy to those who engage in making them. There can be a downside to fan theories created around celebrities, of course. But for now, my For You Page has been full of excited videos from fans just enjoying Swift’s music.
☆ Biden's plan to forgive student loans could end up costing over $1 trillion, an analysis says
  + stars: | 2022-09-05 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Biden's plan to forgive student loans could cost more than $1 trillion, per an analysis. Under the plan, around 20 million borrowers would eligible to have their full debt wiped out. The plan also included extending student loan forbearance to the end of the year, which the model estimates would cost another $16 billion. That additional $520 billion would take the total costs of the student loan forgiveness plan to over $1 trillion, Wharton said. Americans currently have a collective student loan debt of around $1.6 trillion, per federal data.
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