Month: March 2017

The No 8 Wire: Demand soars for manuka

High-performance manuka seedlings are in high demand with close to 2million expected to be sold for planting in 2018. Manuka Farming is the commercial arm of Manuka Research Partnership , a company formed in 2011 with a shareholding representing primary sector and apiary interests including Arborex Industries Ltd, Comvita, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and Landcorp Farming.

Platform Specialty Products Corporation Deploys Aryaka’s Global SD-WAN in 190 Sites in Four Months

AryakaA , the leading global SD-WAN provider, announced today that Platform Specialty Products Corp., a global, diversified producer of high technology specialty chemical products, has successfully deployed Aryaka’s global SD-WAN solution to 190 sites worldwide in four months. Platform Specialty Products, which is the product of a six-company merger, needed a solution that would allow for a quick and easy consolidation of disparate networks and a reliable connection to remote locales.

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An alleged CIA surveillance program disclosed by WikiLeaks on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, purporte… WASHINGTON – The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks raised the prospect Wednesday of sharing sensitive details it uncovered about CIA hacking tools with leading technology companies whose flagship products and services were targeted by the U.S. government’s hacker-spies. If that sharing should take place, the unusual cooperation would give companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung and others an opportunity to identify and repair any flaws in their software and devices that were being exploited by U.S. spy agencies and some foreign allies, as described in nearly 9,000 pages of secret CIA files WikiLeaks published on Tuesday.

Mellanox to Showcase Cloud Infrastructure Efficiency With…

Technologies, Ltd. , a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end smart interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems , today announced that it will work with Microsoft to showcase the Open Networking solution with its flagship Open Compute Project compatible Spectrum Ethernet Switches running production-ready networking operating system based on Microsoft’s Software for Open Networking in the Cloud at 10, 25, 40, 50 and 100Gb/s speed. This combined solution demonstrates continued momentum behind the Open Ethernet initiative, as highlighted by interoperability, high availability, operational simplicity, and end-to-end efficient data movement based on Remote Direct Memory Access over Converged Ethernet .

Study: Healthcare Organizations Are Top Targets for Hackers – 68% Have Compromised Email Credentials

The research , conducted in a collaboration between Evolve IP and ID Agent, reveals the pervasive nature of email-based cybersecurity attacks and sheds light on the quantity, variety, sources and consistent growth of these threats. Healthcare IT leaders place a high priority on preventing breaches, but despite their best efforts, hackers often break through the organization’s weakest link – end user email credentials.

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The CIA Is Allegedly Stockpiling Methods To Hack Your Phone

Newly leaked documents allege that the U.S. government can hack into smartphones and spy on their owners – potentially putting millions of iPhone and Android users at risk. , dated between 2013 and 2016 – describing malware and other tools the agency has stockpiled and could potentially use to hack into consumer electronics.

Mouser Electronics Continues Sponsorship of Create the Future Design Contest

Mouser Electronics , Inc., the New Product Introduction leader that empowers innovation, is again a major sponsor of the Create the Future Design Contest , a challenge to engineers and students worldwide to create the next great thing. are a major sponsor of the Create the Future Design Contest, a challenge to engineers and students to create the next great thing.

Robots might be saving the world from a demographic disaster

An aging population and its negative implications for the global economy has been a worry among economists for some time now. A shrinking working-age population, coupled with longer life spans and retirements, means there will be fewer working people around to carry the burden of supporting a larger non-working population.

Let’s start investigating Russiagate

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Randomly generated pixel art potions

Korean illustrator Jang Suk-Woo was inspired by the music of Max Schneider to create some lovely layered illustrations. Late last year, famed South African artist Esther Mahlangu visited a number of major American cities with a traveling display of her work and hands-on workshops for aspiring artists.

Stocks Primecap Management Continues to Buy

PRIMECAP Management was founded in September 1983 in Pasadena, California, and manages Vanguard’s PRIMECAP Fund, Vanguard Capital Opportunity Fund and Vanguard PRIMECAP Core Fund. It manages a portfolio composed of 277 stocks with a total value of $101.625 billion.

Global Stem Cell Banking Market 2016: Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast

Latest industry research report on: Global Stem Cell Banking Market 2016: Industry Research, Size, Shares, Key Trends, Demand, Analysis, Performance, Growth, Segmentation, Parameters, Consumption and Prospects to 2021 Stem Cell Banking refers to the human stem cell transplantation for the purpose, with acquisition, processing, preservation and provides the ability to differentiate stem cell storage bank, has been called the “life bank”. Scope of the Report: This report focuses on the Stem Cell Banking in Global market, especially in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa.

Study reveals how potatoes could grow on Mars

Experiments to grow potatoes in the harsh soil of the southern Peruvian desert have revealed new promise for their ability to thrive on Mars. The dry soils in the Pampas de La Joya desert are the closest thing on Earth to the conditions of the red planet, and so far, researchers have found the potatoes are able to tolerate the environment.

Frida Kahlo, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie get Snapchat filter treatment

Frida Kahlo, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie get Snapchat filter treatment Snapchat introduced three filters on International Women’s Day honoring famous women. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2mFZ1sh Want to look like artist Frida Kahlo, civil rights activist Rosa Parks or scientist Marie Curie for International Women’s Day? Snapchat has you covered.

Frida Kahlo, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie get Snapchat filter treatment

Frida Kahlo, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie get Snapchat filter treatment Snapchat introduced three filters on International Women’s Day honoring famous women. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2mFZ1sh Want to look like artist Frida Kahlo, civil rights activist Rosa Parks or scientist Marie Curie for International Women’s Day? Snapchat has you covered.

EOTB’s Rogan O’Connor claims Bianca Gascoigne ‘used’ him

Hoaxer convinces live German TV show he is Ryan Gosling and goes on stage to accept La La Land award as stars including Nicole Kidman and Jane Fonda look on in horror Watched by the ‘Weeping Angels’: How Samsung TV viewers were ‘recorded via their sets by US spies who hacked into devices with a virus named after eerie Doctor Who villains’ How can you stop YOUR TV and car spying on you? Experts reveal how to stay safe in light of WikiLeaks bombshell Who’s the new mole? FBI prepares hunt for the source of CIA documents published by WikiLeaks after latest catastrophic breach for the US intelligence community CIA has stolen spying techniques from Russia allowing it to carry out ‘false flag’ attacks which fool targets into thinking they’ve been hacked by the Kremlin, WikiLeaks documents reveal ‘There are some bad people who have Samsung TVs’: Ex-CIA chief says spy agency would never hack into … (more)

EOTB’s Rogan O’Connor claims Bianca Gascoigne ‘used’ him

Hoaxer convinces live German TV show he is Ryan Gosling and goes on stage to accept La La Land award as stars including Nicole Kidman and Jane Fonda look on in horror Watched by the ‘Weeping Angels’: How Samsung TV viewers were ‘recorded via their sets by US spies who hacked into devices with a virus named after eerie Doctor Who villains’ How can you stop YOUR TV and car spying on you? Experts reveal how to stay safe in light of WikiLeaks bombshell Who’s the new mole? FBI prepares hunt for the source of CIA documents published by WikiLeaks after latest catastrophic breach for the US intelligence community CIA has stolen spying techniques from Russia allowing it to carry out ‘false flag’ attacks which fool targets into thinking they’ve been hacked by the Kremlin, WikiLeaks documents reveal ‘There are some bad people who have Samsung TVs’: Ex-CIA chief says spy agency would never hack into … (more)

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield get their own dolls

Hoaxer convinces live German TV show he is Ryan Gosling and goes on stage to accept La La Land award as stars including Nicole Kidman and Jane Fonda look on in horror Watched by the ‘Weeping Angels’: How Samsung TV viewers were ‘recorded via their sets by US spies who hacked into devices with a virus named after eerie Doctor Who villains’ German government demands answers from the US over WikiLeaks’ claims there is a CIA listening post in Frankfurt as it attempts to verify leaked documents Who’s the new mole? FBI prepares hunt for the source of CIA documents published by WikiLeaks after latest catastrophic breach for the US intelligence community CIA has stolen spying techniques from Russia allowing it to carry out ‘false flag’ attacks which fool targets into thinking they’ve been hacked by the Kremlin, WikiLeaks documents reveal ‘There are some bad people who have Samsung TVs’: Ex-CIA … (more)

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield get their own dolls

Hoaxer convinces live German TV show he is Ryan Gosling and goes on stage to accept La La Land award as stars including Nicole Kidman and Jane Fonda look on in horror Watched by the ‘Weeping Angels’: How Samsung TV viewers were ‘recorded via their sets by US spies who hacked into devices with a virus named after eerie Doctor Who villains’ German government demands answers from the US over WikiLeaks’ claims there is a CIA listening post in Frankfurt as it attempts to verify leaked documents Who’s the new mole? FBI prepares hunt for the source of CIA documents published by WikiLeaks after latest catastrophic breach for the US intelligence community CIA has stolen spying techniques from Russia allowing it to carry out ‘false flag’ attacks which fool targets into thinking they’ve been hacked by the Kremlin, WikiLeaks documents reveal ‘There are some bad people who have Samsung TVs’: Ex-CIA … (more)

India’s Flipkart looking to raise $1 billion in latest funding round, says source: Reuters

India’s top e-commerce company Flipkart is holding talks with investors to raise up to $1 billion in one of its biggest funding rounds so far, a source familiar with developments said on Wednesday. The source declined to name the potential investors and the exact valuation Flipkart was looking for, but said it hoped the valuation would be in the “double digits”, referring to a valuation of $10 billion or more.

India’s Flipkart looking to raise $1 billion in latest funding round, says source: Reuters

India’s top e-commerce company Flipkart is holding talks with investors to raise up to $1 billion in one of its biggest funding rounds so far, a source familiar with developments said on Wednesday. The source declined to name the potential investors and the exact valuation Flipkart was looking for, but said it hoped the valuation would be in the “double digits”, referring to a valuation of $10 billion or more.

House Passes NASA Bill, Cornyn Provisions to Set Goal of Astronaut Landing on Mars

U.S. Senator John Cornyn issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 442, the to require NASA to develop plans for the future of U.S. human space exploration, including setting the goal of landing an astronaut on Mars: “This bill’s passage demonstrates our nation’s strong commitment to the long-term goal of landing a human astronaut on Mars,” . “I thank my colleague Rep. Culberson for his work on this legislation, and I look forward to the President signing this bill into law so we can continue exploring the next frontier.”

House Passes NASA Bill, Cornyn Provisions to Set Goal of Astronaut Landing on Mars

U.S. Senator John Cornyn issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 442, the to require NASA to develop plans for the future of U.S. human space exploration, including setting the goal of landing an astronaut on Mars: “This bill’s passage demonstrates our nation’s strong commitment to the long-term goal of landing a human astronaut on Mars,” . “I thank my colleague Rep. Culberson for his work on this legislation, and I look forward to the President signing this bill into law so we can continue exploring the next frontier.”

Why Capita and Microsoft’s HealthBot technology could reduce pressure on health call centres

As technology, including artificial intelligence, machine learning and analytics become more advanced, the ways in which healthcare is delivered can become even more efficient and patient centric. Recently we were invited to present at the Microsoft AI and Health Innovation Summit in Brussels following work we had done with them on bot frameworks as part of the AI in Health Alliance.

What the CIA thinks of your antivirus program

Peppering the 8,000 pages of purported Central Intelligence Agency hacking data released Tuesday by WikiLeaks are reviews of some of the world’s most popular antivirus products. The hackers are quoted taking potshots at antivirus firms, suggesting the American intelligence agencies are keenly aware of flaws in the products meant to be keeping us all safe online.

U.S. Stocks Pare Gains After Employment Data as Banks Advance

U.S. equities advanced in early trade after ADP data showed companies added the most workers in almost three years to payrolls last month and financial stocks rallied. The S&P 500 Index has given back some of its earlier gains to trade flat at 2,368 as of 10:20 a.m. in New York, after posting the first back-to-back losses in a month on Tuesday.

Huge investments accelerating VR growth

The rapid growth of the virtual reality market is attracting substantial private and federal investments to innovative start-ups, mostly in the areas of video, services and solutions, games and apps reports Frost & Sullivan. With technological advances and improvements in user experience, VR will become more ubiquitous in industries such as healthcare, automotive, education, manufacturing, retail, design, aerospace and defence, and entertainment.

Huge investments accelerating VR growth

The rapid growth of the virtual reality market is attracting substantial private and federal investments to innovative start-ups, mostly in the areas of video, services and solutions, games and apps reports Frost & Sullivan. With technological advances and improvements in user experience, VR will become more ubiquitous in industries such as healthcare, automotive, education, manufacturing, retail, design, aerospace and defence, and entertainment.