After your organization forms a general plan for tackling its cybersecurity and privacy risk management issues, it needs particular state-of-the-art tools to make that plan a reality. Computer security and privacy experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have the answer with an updated toolbox of safeguards for protecting an organization’s operations…
Italy’s government said Tuesday it will re-nationalise the bankrupt former national carrier Alitalia to make sure crises like the coronavirus pandemic never strand its compatriots abroad. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-italy-re-nationalise-alitalia-response-virus.html Views: 0
In May 2017, around a quarter of a million computers around the world running Microsoft Windows were attacked and infected with malware that would later be named “WannaCry.” Victims found their computers locked and unusable, but could free them if the victims transferred Bitcoin—typically an amount equivalent to $300-600 USD—to the people behind the attack.…
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways says it will cut its flight schedule by 90% in April after passenger traffic in February fell by more than half from a year ago amid travel curbs to fight the coronavirus. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-cathay-pacific-april-flights-due.html Views: 0
Australian airline Qantas announced Tuesday it was slashing its international capacity by 90 percent and domestic flights by 60 percent in a further coronavirus blow to the beleaguered travel industry. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-australian-carrier-qantas-slashes-international.html Views: 0
Airlines worldwide face an unprecedented existential threat as the coronavirus shuts down global travel, leaving governments with controversial and costly decisions about which carriers to bail out. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-virus-stricken-airlines-bailout.html Views: 0
The CEO of Volkswagen on Tuesday said the German auto giant was bracing for a “very difficult” year as the coronavirus epidemic wreaks havoc with the global economy. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-vw-difficult-year-virus-crisis.html Views: 0
Amazon said Monday that it needs to hire 100,000 people across the U.S. to keep up with a crush of orders as the coronavirus spreads and keeps more people at home, shopping online. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-amazon-hire-surge.html Views: 0
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Brown University have developed new approaches that significantly improve the accuracy of an important material testing technique by harnessing the power of machine learning. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-machine-learning-technique-sharpens-material-mechanical.html Views: 0
Google sister company Verily has launched a website to screen people who think they might have COVID-19 and point them to testing sites. But you probably can’t use it to get tested quite yet. Read More https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-google-sibling-verily-covid-screening.html Views: 0