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Millennials are the first “digital natives,'' people born into a world of digital tools. Every generation that follows will also grow up with touch screens, apps, and internet-connected devices as regular parts ...
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Gambling, Social Media, and 10 Years of Streaming the ‘Big Game’

Thanks to the unique perspectives we have via the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform, we're able to observe massive amounts of web traffic and data that provide insights across the various industries Akamai ...

Using Disinformation to Cause a Blackout

Interesting paper: "How weaponizing disinformation can bring down a city's power grid": Abstract: Social media has made it possible to manipulate the masses via disinformation and fake news at an unprecedented scale ...

On the Twitter Hack

Twitter was hacked this week. Not a few people's Twitter accounts, but all of Twitter. Someone compromised the entire Twitter network, probably by stealing the log-in credentials of one of Twitter's system ...

Artificial Personas and Public Discourse

Presidential campaign season is officially, officially, upon us now, which means it's time to confront the weird and insidious ways in which technology is warping politics. One of the biggest threats on ...
Why quantum computing is a risk to traditional cybersecurity

Social Engineering Attacks: Common Methods Involved and How to Avoid Being Caught Out

As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we take a closer look at what a social engineering attack entails and how to spot them ...
Why quantum computing is a risk to traditional cybersecurity

Social Engineering Attacks: Common Methods Involved and How to Avoid Being Caught Out

As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we take a closer look at what a social engineering attack entails and how to spot them ...

Fake News and Pandemics

When the next pandemic strikes, we'll be fighting it on two fronts. The first is the one you immediately think about: understanding the disease, researching a cure and inoculating the population. The ...

Hacking Instagram to Get Free Meals in Exchange for Positive Reviews

This is a fascinating hack: In today's digital age, a large Instagram audience is considered a valuable currency. I had also heard through the grapevine that I could monetize a large following ...

Attacking Soldiers on Social Media

A research group at NATO's Strategic Communications Center of Excellence catfished soldiers involved in an European military exercise -- we don't know what country they were from -- to demonstrate the power ...