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Plans for first Chinese solar power station in space revealed By Kirsty Needham – February 15, 2019 – The Sydney Morning Herald Beijing: China is taking its renewable energy push to new heights, with scientists revealing plans to build the first solar power station in space. A solar power station orbiting the earth at 36,000 kilometres…
by Steingarts Morning Briefing – 21 FEB 2019 Die Friedensdividende, die Ost und West nach dem Zerfall der Sowjetunion genossen hatten, ist damit aufgezehrt. Wir erleben die Rückkehr archaischer Machtpolitik, die davon ausgeht, dass nicht der Klügere, sondern der technologisch Schwächere nachgibt. Trumps Amerika, sagt Prof. Peter R. Neumann, Sicherheitsexperte am Londoner King’s College im Morning…
von Mathias Brandt am 20.02.2019 Womit beschäftigen sich eigentlich Unternehmensberatungen? Um diese Frage zu beantworten, haben Statista-Analysten 162 Whitepaper und Artikel führender Beratungsunternehmen – unter anderem Accenture, Boston Consulting, McKinsey – aus den letzten Jahren ausgewertet. Davon drehten sich 36 Publikationen (22,2 Prozent) um das Thema Digitale Transformation. Auf Platz zwei und drei folgen Personalstrategie und…
[Privacy Ignorance: how can you “forget” you put a microphone in it?] Google said there’s absolutely, positively nothing to worry about the secret microphone in your Nest Secure smart home hub that it didn’t tell you about. Nope, not at all. Just an oversight, said Google. No need to be alarmed. Everything is just fine.…
By Ionut Arghire on February 20, 2019 The number of supply chain attacks observed last year was 78% higher compared to the previous year, a new Symantec report reveals. Aiming to compromise a target by exploiting third-party services and software, supply chain attacks take many forms, including the hijacking of software updates to inject malicious…
Nearly half of millennial traders have more trust in digital currency exchanges than in United States (U.S.) stock market exchanges. Data regarding millennial investment attitudes was collected in a new study from investment platform eToro and published on Feb. 19. Per the report, 43 percent of the surveyed millenial online traders demonstrate less trust in…
Zahl der offenen Stellen steigt sprunghaft an von Frauke Suhr, 20.02.2019 Die Zahl der offenen Stellen in Deutschland hat ein Rekordhoch erreicht. Wie das IAB-Forschungsinstitut der Bundesagentur für Arbeit heute meldete, gab es trotz Konjunkturschwäche im vierten Quartal 2018 einen neuen Höchstwert von 1,46 Millionen offenen Stellenangeboten. Im Westen waren 1,13 Millionen Stellen frei und…
Die deutsche Volkswirtschaft in Gänze braucht sich davon nicht angesprochen zu fühlen. 2018 wurde mit 294 Milliarden US-Dollar und damit 7,4 Prozent des BIP wieder der weltgrößte Exportüberschuss erzielt. Die USA sind erneut das Land mit dem größten Leistungsbilanzdefizit von rund 455 Milliarden US-Dollar. Damit vergrößerte sich das amerikanische Minus um fünf Milliarden Dollar. Die…
The German government is consulting companies and industry groups that could become stakeholders in the country’s blockchain development, Reuters reports on Feb. 18. The unnamed companies and groups have reportedly been invited to supply recommendations from this week onwards. Reuters also cites unspecified government sources saying that it is still unclear if those recommendations will…
The Schnorr-based multi-signature scheme MuSig, a test code for a potential upgrade to the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain, has been released by blockchain tech firm Blockstream, according to an announcement published on Feb. 18. Last January, four Bitcoin developers released a paper outlining how Schnorr multi-signatures (‘multisig’) could help scale the Bitcoin blockchain, saying that the…
Chinese mining giant and ASIC hardware producer Bitmain has announced its next generation 7nm (nanometer) ASIC mining chip, according to a press release published on Monday, Feb. 18. The new mining hardware, BM1397, is designed for mining cryptocurrencies that use the SHA256 algorithm for their proof-of-work (PoW), such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH).…
By Edward J. Hawkins, II Contributor, InCyberDefense Once you’ve successfully completed the physical security of your environment, it is time to examine its logical security. Logical security should reflect the administrative security of the environment. It is the mapping of the administrative security to its logical counterparts. For example, if an administrative policy says that…
Rear Adm. Christian Becker, head of Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, speaks at West 2018. (U.S. Naval Institute) The Navy’s primary IT organization is renaming its subordinate centers to better reflect the reality of information warfare. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Commander Rear Adm. Christian Becker told an audience Feb. 13 at…
[This is just a log of the news by AFP] By AFP on February 14, 2019 Germany is to join the ranks of NATO countries making its cyber warfare skills available to the alliance to help fight hacking and electronic warfare, officials said on Thursday. NATO has designated cyberspace as a conflict domain alongside land,…
The Japanese government plans on strengthening its defenses against cyber attacks from China, among other nations. It aims to do so through regulating and securing the use of cloud services. The government plans to draw up security standards and start trial runs this year, with the aim of introducing the full system in 2020. An…
GPS technology has revolutionized modern warfare. Military organizations regularly depend on satellite technology for accurate positioning, timing and communications. But GPS signals received on Earth are weak and susceptible to interference and intentional jamming. GPS Anti-Jamming uses power minimization to reduce the effect of interference and jamming so that the GPS receiver can continue to…
[Tip: this is not really “Blockchain”, when “permissioned” is part of the deal. Defeats the purpose and violates core principles of Blockchain.] Blockchain technology has a wide range of applications. Currently, it is tested as a means to ensure the privacy and security of aircraft flight data. NASA claims that blockchain networks and smart contracts…
The U.S. will sell India equipment similar to the one used on the two ‘Air Force One’ Boeing 747 aircraft that carry the US president. The deal includes two Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures Self-Protection Suites (SPS) for VIP jets. The systems consist of AN/AAQ 24(V)N Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) ALQ-211(V)8 Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic…
Large drone markets are currently restrained by the complexity of common drone solutions implementation, due to various considerations regarding risk to the public. For the first time in Europe, the Directorate-General for Civil Aviation (DGAC) which regulates drones uses in France, has approved a fully-automated drone with no pilot, an unprecedented approval since any authorized…
von Mathias Brandt 15.02.2019 1,4 Milliarden Smartphones wurden laut IDC 2018 weltweit abgesetzt – das entspricht einem Rückgang von 4,1 Prozent gegenüber dem Vorjahr. Schuld sind unter anderem die hohe Verbreitung und der Mangel an echten Innovationen. “Der Smartphone-Markt ist derzeit weltweit ein Durcheinander”, so Ryan Reith, Vice President von IDC, und verweist auf…
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