A coders who performs mundane and repetitive coding tasks for minimum wage.

“The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act expired on Wednesday when the federal government shut down. The law had provided legal protections since 2015 for organizations to share cyber threat intelligence with federal agencies. Without these protections, private sector companies that control most U.S. critical infrastructure face potential legal risks when sharing information about threats”

This is of course total BS. CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) provided such a service. At least until the clammy hand of GOV got their hands on it in Feb 2023.

Are these the same people who were involved in the implimentation of the JLR microservices based architecture?

Jaguar Land Rover - Implementing a microservices based architecture

The Solution: “For JLR, we supported the development and implementation of an Information Fabric (iFAB) platform. In partnership with CapGemini who provided architecture, development and test resources, we ran the overall programme and solution roadmap”

Services Utilised:

* Project management

* Sprint planning

* Agile development

* Team facilitation

The Hidden Boot Code of the Xbox

“In short: The memory limitations in the hidden ROM made the system vulnerable in principle. A terribly wrong design and three bugs in the implementation opened three independent backdoors.”

> How much would you pay for that? .. Geographical redundancy is what is known in the industry as "fucking expensive".

It's call peering. you provide a back-up route for other companies and they in turn provide a back-up route for yours. Not acceptable having internet, phone, and TV services lost for several hours.

AI operates as an invisible digital panopticon, continuously monitoring and predicting our behavior, which fosters widespread self-censorship by shaping what we see and do online. Through advanced algorithms, it delivers a curated stream of information designed to influence our desires and perceptions, while limiting exposure to dissenting viewpoints.

This digital surveillance undermines privacy and autonomy, replacing direct oversight with algorithmic governance. As a result, individuals regulate their own actions under the illusion of freedom. This raises serious concerns about power, control, and the manipulation in democratic societies.

The Digital Panopticon: Surveillance Technologies, Big Data, and the Crisis of Democratic Societies

"The outage stemmed from a fiber optic cable that was damaged by a stray bullet"

Wouldn't it be a good idea to have more than one fiber optic cable providing Internet to the area.

Zuckerberg: “I do think people are going to use AI for a lot of these social tasks. Already, one of the main things we see people using Meta AI for is talking through difficult conversations they need to have with people in their lives. ‘I'm having this issue with my girlfriend. Help me have this conversation.’”

“Or, ‘I need to have a hard conversation with my boss at work. How do I have that conversation?’ That's pretty helpful. As the personalization loop kicks in and the AI starts to get to know you better and better, that will just be really compelling,”

Apparently, Charlie Javice had the ability to tap into the zeitgeist of the attractive, self-powered woman who seemed to "have it all." The Überfrau: a woman who transcends traditional limits and expectations in pursuit of success and empowerment. Media portrayal and her own public persona emphasized her as a youthful, ambitious entrepreneur who overcame challenges and disrupted a flawed financial aid system. However, this image was ultimately built on vapourware, exaggerated claims and false data.

Cryptocurrencies function like a gigantic financial version of a cloud computer system. Where a problem in one spot can instantly spread across the whole system and cause a global economic meltdown. So-called crypto assets have a lot of weaknesses; like leverage, liquidity mismatches, and fragile technology, that can amplify small shocks into big systemic disruptions. The way crypto is so tightly connected to traditional finance makes it even easier for trouble in one area to cascade rapidly everywhere else. This makes the whole system pretty vulnerable to sudden crises.

Modern Educayshun (07:20). This is no longer a parody.

a. MCAS was designed specifically for the 737 MAX to address handling differences caused by the larger, repositioned LEAP-1B engines, which resulted in a nose-up pitching tendency at high angles of attack.

b. MCAS was originally triggered by data from only one angle-of-attack (AoA) sensor at a time, even though there were two sensors on the aircraft. This single sensor reliance was partly to avoid triggering recertification requirements.

c. MCAS had overriding authority over the power trim system, preventing pilots from manually resetting the trim wheel without disabling power assist, which made manual trimming more difficult.

d. Boeing initially did not inform pilots about MCAS to avoid costly simulator training and minimize changes to existing pilot training programs.

e. The 737 MAX was an adaptation of the 737 Next Generation (NG) to extend the model’s service life and save costs by avoiding development of a completely new airframe.

Or maybe Apple back-doored their own chip for the NSA ;)

The Mystery of CVE-2023-38606: Apple's Secret iPhone Backdoor Exposed?

Jaguar Land Rover’s underlying technology for its software-defined networking (SDN) running in the cloud and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) is based on Tata Communications' Cloud-first, software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) technology. This modern digital infrastructure connects all 128 of JLR’s global locations, including production facilities, warehouses, sales centers, data centers, and cloud services, enabling seamless, secure, and scalable connectivity.

How Agile Methodology Propelled Jaguar Land Rover to the Top of Digital Innovation