Mitchell Clark, a news writer for The Verge, reported yesterday that Google was thinking of bringing back their Wallet app on Android smart devices. Wallet apps, like Apple Wallet, allow device users to centralize all of their electronic payment methods (i.e. credit and debit cards) as well as transport passes, merchant rewards programs and even government-issued ID documents onto a single device.
Yesterday, Wired magazine published an article about a potentially game changing development in cybersecurity. Dubbed Pipedream by cybersecurity firm Dragos, this new threat is a malware program designed to attack oil refineries, power grids, water systems and other forms of major infrastructure.
If you've ever looked up a business on Google's main search engine or on Google Maps, you may have encountered this problem: the business's actual operating hours don't correspond to what you found online. Anyone who's been frustrated by this shortcoming in Google's information may be able to rest easy soon.
On March 29th, USA Today published a story, which was later reprinted in The Cincinnati Enquirer, about Verizon Wireless customers receiving spam from their own numbers. "Verizon said it is working to block spam texts some customers say they have received from their own numbers," Brett Molina reports.
On Tuesday, we discussed the importance of protecting your proprietary source code. A group called Lapsus$ recently attacked Samsung and Nvidia's source codes. It seems they've struck again, this time against Microsoft's.
Microsoft published a summary of the incident on their security blog on March 22nd.
Anthony Chemero, a Ph.D. and cognitive researcher at the University of Cincinnati, recently published some research, which suggests that the ubiquity of smart phones and other mobile devices doesn't affect people's brain power. This may come as a surprise.
The Journal News, a local newspaper out of Butler County, Ohio, recently reported on a new research project at the University of Cincinnati. Focusing on patients who have lost their hearing due to non-cancerous tumors, the project is studying how a combination of art therapy and robotic companions, in this case a puppy, can help people cope with the depression and isolation that often accompany problems in the brain.
On March 4th, WCPO reported about a new project at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Using pediatric patient data, researchers are employing the world's second-fastest supercomputer, located at Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee, to analyze and predict mental health outcomes for patients with depression and anxiety disorders, including those who suffer from thoughts of suicide.
Did you hear? Cincinnati Bell is changing its name. WCPO reports, "The big change comes six months after an Australian private-equity firm bought Cincinnati’s former phone company with the goal of rapidly expanding its fiber-optic networks in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) finally eased their masking guidelines, with the introduction of a new, color-based system for counties around the country. Each color code corresponds to a level of risk: green for low-risk counties, yellow for medium risk areas, and orange for those areas where COVID-19 infection rates are still comparatively high.