Cyberattack Knocks Texas City’s Systems Offline The city of Abilene, Texas, is scrambling to restore systems that have been taken offline in response to a cyberattack. This incident underscores the fragility of legacy IT systems, such as those running outdated MS Windows versions, which are prone to exploitation due to infrequent updates and resistance to modern security practices among IT staff and management.
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Cyberattack Knocks Texas City’s Systems Offline
The city of Abilene, Texas, is scrambling to restore systems that have been taken offline in response to a cyberattack.
 As ransomware attacks increasingly target vulnerable legacy IT systems, organizations like Abilene must prioritize upgrading their infrastructure to counter these evolving threats. Adopting 21st-century security innovations, such as decentralized and cryptographically robust frameworks inspired by Bitcoin’s design—featuring transparency, immutability, and resilience against single points of failure—can significantly bolster defenses. Moving away from archaic platforms like outdated MS Windows requires overcoming institutional reluctance to change, fostering a proactive culture of regular updates, and aligning with contemporary cybersecurity standards to ensure long-term protection against sophisticated cyberattacks.
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Vast Majority Of Programmers Will Be Replaced With AI Programmers In A Year: Eric Schmidt
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Vast Majority Of Programmers Will Be Replaced With AI Programmers In A Year: Eric Schmidt
More and more tech leaders are predicting the takeover in software engineering and programming by AI systems. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has...
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OCEAN Bitcoin Mining: The Best of Both Worlds—Solo and Pool Mining Combined
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OCEAN Bitcoin Mining: The Best of Both Worlds—Solo and Pool Mining Combined - William K⚡Santiago🔑☢️
In the ever-evolving world of Bitcoin mining, a new player has emerged, promising to revolutionize the way miners operate. OCEAN Bitcoin Mining (ht...
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Once-in-a-Species A groundbreaking new answer to one of humanity's big mysteries: and what it means about the nature (and future) of money
Once-in-a-Species
A groundbreaking new answer to one of humanity's big mysteries - and what it means about the nature (and future) of money
 “This over-developed brain wiring supercharged our interest in scarce assets and our drive to obtain them. Behaviorally, this may have amounted to making us weirdos who collected seashells, simply because we couldn’t help but value their special rarity. But as we’ll explore, that odd behavioral quirk may have made all the difference for our species.” — Jesse Myers Could humanity's success stem not from raw intellect or physical prowess, but from an odd fixation on scarce items? This article delves into Jesse Myers’ provocative analysis of prehistoric evidence, suggesting that the emergence of money—and its profound influence on civilization—might be an evolutionary cornerstone as vital to human existence as any biological trait. It explores how the abstract concept of value, rooted in our species’ cognitive evolution, could reshape our understanding of monetary systems and their enduring role in shaping the future of human societies.
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