People do not usually wake up one day and fall in love with syntax and semicolons. What happens more often is this, someone discovers coding as a way to create something they care about, and that feeling grows into real enthusiasm. This article is written for the community: teachers, mentors, meetup organizers, bootcamp leaders, open-sourceContinue reading “How to Make People Fall in Love with Coding”
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Stakeholders Suggest Changes to CISA’s Cybersecurity Reporting Rule.
MGMA, WEDI urge CISA to align its reporting timelines and requirements with other federal partners, including the HHS Office for Civil Rights, to decrease the administrative burden. Stakeholders in healthcare are proposing changes to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s proposed rule on cyber incident reporting requirements under the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical InfrastructureContinue reading “Stakeholders Suggest Changes to CISA’s Cybersecurity Reporting Rule.”
Why Prof. Amruth Kumar wants to make ethics ‘unavoidable’ in computer science.
Tomorrow’s computer class will likely have a lot more conversation if new curricula recs are followed. The last time an official set of “computer science curricula” came out, Twitter had just gone public, Google Glass headsets had adorned a few heads, and Vine was still a thing. In 2013, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)Continue reading “Why Prof. Amruth Kumar wants to make ethics ‘unavoidable’ in computer science.”
Why marketers aren’t cookie-free yet.
Half of marketers surveyed still “depend heavily” on cookies, according to Adobe. While Google only began phasing out third-party cookies in January, some people had been freaking out about it long before: 40% of marketers Adobe surveyed in 2022 who said the cookie phaseout would hurt their businesses thought it would cause “significant harm or devastation.” SeveralContinue reading “Why marketers aren’t cookie-free yet.”
UF Health Creates Device to Send Alerts to Patients About Care Parameters for Putting Weight on Feet.
The Bluetooth device, which can be worn on a limb or in a shoe, would send a smartphone alert to a patient who is placing too much weight on a surgically repaired foot. A surgeon and engineering professor at the University of Florida have banded together to invent a wearable Bluetooth device that sends doctorsContinue reading “UF Health Creates Device to Send Alerts to Patients About Care Parameters for Putting Weight on Feet.”
Smart thinking: UK enforces security baselines for connected products.
The act aims to enforce better passwords and clearer details about reporting and updates. Connectable products that have a default password of “12345” are going to have to scramble the numbers a bit. A UK law, effective April 29, aims to address security weaknesses in internet-connected products by enforcing strong default passwords, clear reporting structuresContinue reading “Smart thinking: UK enforces security baselines for connected products.”
How MFA Is Falling Short.
In baseball, it’s tempting to think that once you’re on a base, the hard part is over. But then, just when you think you’re safe (you are literally “safe”) the baseman hits you with the hidden ball trick. Your opponent appears to throw the ball away, but merely hides it and tags you in the moment you’re mostContinue reading “How MFA Is Falling Short.”
Ransomware is ravaging healthcare orgs—and making it harder for them to get insurance.
Cyber insurance rates plateaued in 2023, but remain unaffordable for many hospitals and are likely to rise again soon. The disastrous ransomware attacks on Change Healthcare and Ascension this year ran up staggering costs and put a spotlight on the healthcare sector’s vulnerability. But healthcare orgs are hardly new to eye-popping bills after a major hack. Analyzing attacks onContinue reading “Ransomware is ravaging healthcare orgs—and making it harder for them to get insurance.”
UCSF to make AI monitoring tool for healthcare.
A team at UCSF wants to make sure new AI tools are tracked in healthcare. Artificial intelligence (AI) has become increasingly integrated into healthcare settings, but the shortcomings of the technology mean the potential for errors is more consequential than ever. One study suggests that the AI healthcare market hit $6.6 billion in 2021. Soon, theContinue reading “UCSF to make AI monitoring tool for healthcare.”
This season’s hottest beach accessory is…your smartphone?
Three-quarters of sunbathers say they use their phone at the beach—for both business and pleasure. Sunbathers might forget an umbrella, cooler, or sunscreen, but most aren’t leaving their phones behind when they flock to the beach. According to a new Morning Consult survey commissioned by Verizon, three-quarters of respondents reported using their mobile phones atContinue reading “This season’s hottest beach accessory is…your smartphone?”
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