New Delhi, Jan 1: The website of National Security Guard has been hacked by Pakistani miscreants. The website’s landing page was taken over by the hackers.
Month: January 2017
Technological breakthroughs for 2017
The year of 2016 witnessed huge technological developments across the world with new opportunities in the horizon. From technological perspective, it can be said “the world will never be the same again” after these developments hit the market.
China looks to build up underwater defences
China’s seizure of an American underwater drone in the South China Sea this month was a reflection of Beijing’s concerns about the growing use of such vehicles in the contested waters and would spur efforts to build up its own military capabilities beneath the waves, military experts say. Beijing played down the seizure of the unmanned underwater vehicle, which the United States said was operating lawfully in international waters about 50 nautical miles northwest of Subic Bay in the Philippines when it was taken by a Chinese navy ship on December 15, and returned the drone five days later to a US navy ship close to where it had been seized.
Erasing the News: Should some stories be forgotten?
In September 2016, a newly formed committee of four editors at the Tampa Bay Times hosted the first of what will be quarterly meetings to develop policies for requests to remove or alter stories in online archives. This is yet another disruptive twist for journalism in the digital age: the possibility of erasing the historical record.
NASA announces New Year’s Fireworks from a Shattered Comet coming January 3rd
According to the International Meteor Organization and other forecasters, Earth will pass through a stream of debris from the comet on January 3rd, 2017, producing a shower of meteors known as the Quadrantids. The Quadrantid meteor shower is one of the most intense annual meteor showers, typically producing meteors at a rate of more than 100 per hour from a point in the sky near the North Star, also known as the shower’s radiant.
Make Sure Your Content Is Original With A Plagiarism Checker
If you need to purchase content on a regular basis and you want to ensure that the content you purchase is original and has not been copied from the Internet then it is very essential for you to invest in the right kind of plagiarism software so you can check the content before you publish it. Although there are various kinds of content available on the Internet, academic content happens to be one that is highest in demand.
N. Korea’s leader hints of long-range missile test launch
South Koreans watch a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s speech, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. North Korea’s development of banned long-range missiles is in “final stages,” the country’s leader Kim was quoted as saying in his New Year’s message.
US museum getting a massive geodesic dome with 61 glass eyes
A massive geodesic dome with 61 glass eyes is coming to Arkansas’ Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. The structure, called Fly’s Eye Dome, was designed by the late Buckminster Fuller, who was known for his futuristic inventions and who hoped it would revolutionize housing.
The Latest: Turkey lowers number of foreign fatalities
Turkey’s state-run news agency says an armed assailant has opened fire at a nightclub in Istanbul during New Y… . Medics carry a wounded person at the scene after an attack at a popular nightclub in Istanbul, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017.
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Verint Systems Inc. (VRNT) Short Interest Up 37.0% in December
Verint Systems Inc. was the recipient of a large increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,770,250 shares, an increase of 37.0% from the November 30th total of 2,022,775 shares.
New Year’s attack on packed Istanbul club leaves 39 dead
Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin said that an armed assailant has opened fire at a nightclub in Istanbul during New Ye… . Young people leave from the scene of an attack in Istanbul, early Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017.
Can Alexa help solve a murder? Police ask Amazon for help
While police have long seized computers, cellphones and other electronics to investigate crimes, this case has raised fresh questions about privacy issues regarding devices like the Amazon Echo or the Google Home, voice-activated personal command centers that are constantly “listening.”
8 things to do when your identity is … 32 minutes ago
More and more of our Christmas shopping was done from the convenience of our computers, smartphones or other online devices. However, the simplicity of online shopping also brings the risk of having your credit card, Social Security number or other sensitive data stolen.
Mike Cote’s Business Editor’s Notebook: Alexa knows the tune, but she still has a lot to learn
Eight-year-old Sutton Philips, left, his brother, 10-year-old Greyson Philips, center, and their mom, Liz Philips, right, play a game of rock-paper-scissors with “Alexa,” their Amazon Echo wireless speaker and voice command personal assistant at their home in San Diego’s Scripps Ranch community.
Can Learning Smalltalk Make You A Better Programmer?
Slashdot reader horrido shares an article that “has done more for Smalltalk advocacy than any other article in memory.” It was the second-most popular article of the year on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise site TechBeacon , with Richard Eng , the founder of the nonprofit Smalltalk Renaissance, arguing that the 44-year-old language is much more than a tool for teachers — and not just because Amber Smalltalk transpiles to JavaScript for front-end web programming.
Just How Dangerous Is Alexa?
The “willing suspension of disbelief” is the idea that the audience is willing to suspend judgment about the implausibility of the narrative for the quality of the audience’s own enjoyment. We do it all the time.
The Priority Resolution
News distorts policy priorities. The primary mechanism: News showcases exciting stories with colorful characters, while ignoring boring stories with big numbers.
Ukraine hit by 6,500 hack attacks, sees Russian ‘cyberwar’
Hackers have targeted Ukrainian state institutions about 6,500 times in the past two months, including incidents that showed Russian security services were waging a cyberwar against the country, President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday. In December, Ukraine suffered attacks on its finance and defence ministries and the State Treasury that allocates cash to government institutions.
New subway line, awaited since the 1920s, is set to roll
In this April 12, 2007 file photo, a Metropolitan Transit Authority employee climbs the stairs to the street from the partly finished track of the 2nd Avenue subway prior to the ground breaking ceremony in New York. Construction first started 45 years ago, but New Yorkers’ long wait to take a subway under Manhattan’s far Upper East Side ends at noon Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, when a stretch of the new Second Avenue line is set to open to the public.