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Naming & Shaming Web Polluters: Xiongmai

Krebs on Security

If ever there were a technology giant that deserved to be named and shamed for polluting the Web, it is Xiongmai — a Chinese maker of electronic parts that power a huge percentage of cheap digital video recorders (DVRs) and Internet-connected security cameras. A rendering of Xiongmai’s center in Hangzhou, China. BLANK TO BANK.

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To get the most from blockchain in government, a sharing mindset is needed

CGI

When I was at university earning my Masters in Computer Science, I devoted a lot of my coursework to distributed computing. I was excited to join colleagues within the ACT-IAC Blockchain Working Group as a contributor to the new ACT-IAC Blockchain Playbook for the U.S. Mon, 05/14/2018 - 00:45. ACT-IAC guidance.

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Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia and the search for trusted information

CILIP

s connected generation take fingertip computing power for granted, and have instant access to information and data from across the internet. Huge chunks of that information is benign, but the ease with which it can be created and accessed means it has become simple to manipulate and distort the truth. unusual result.