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Caretakers of the Sky: The Wright Brothers and Recording the Aerial Age

Unwritten Record

Their setup consisted of a 60-foot wooden monorail on a dolly with two modified bicycle hubs and another hub attached to the front of the machine, detailed in the National Park Service Article “Road to First Flight.” to record an airplane in flight at his own expense. The Wright Brothers, National Air and Space Museum: [link].

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Million-dollar deposits and friends in high places: how we applied for a job with a ransomware gang

Security Affairs

Interestingly, it was sometime in June 2020 – the time when this story takes place – when REvil first used the double extortion tactic as it began auctioning off data stolen from a Canadian agricultural production company that refused to pay a ransom. The terms of the deal. The terms of the offer seemed rather tempting as well. Getting in.

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50 Years Makes a Difference! How Film Research Has Changed Since the 1972 Conference on Audiovisual Archives

Unwritten Record

Government films document the activities of various federal agencies, and they show us what the federal government felt was important to communicate to its citizens–and to audiences around the world– whether it be the best way to eradicate an agricultural pest , the dangers of illegal drugs , or the benefits of democracy.

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EU: Competition policy in the digital era (Part 1)

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

This article is part of a series of articles exploring the regulatory challenges of the digital society from a competition law and data protection perspective within the European Union. By Bertold Bar-Bouyssiere & Patrick Van Eecke. 1. Vestager II. were not yet developed.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #14 [Eyes on the Prize] How Crafty Cons Attempted a 36 Million Vendor Email Heist

KnowBe4

"What we think is having an immediate impact on the threat landscape is that this type of technology is being used for better and more scalable social engineering: AI allows you to craft very believable 'spear-phishing' emails and other written communication with very little effort, especially compared to what you have to do before."

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If-Then and Antiquities of the Future

John Battelle's Searchblog

Hence, issue one of Wired had articles about the future of war, education, entertainment, and sex, based on reporting done in the here and now. I’d have noticed that they used their computers and online networks to communicate with each other, to share information, to search and discover things, and to create communities of interest.

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If-Then and Antiquities of the Future

John Battelle's Searchblog

Hence, issue one of Wired had articles about the future of war, education, entertainment, and sex, based on reporting done in the here and now. I’d have noticed that they used their computers and online networks to communicate with each other, to share information, to search and discover things, and to create communities of interest.