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Space/Poverty. On space barons and global poverty (Harun Onder, Brookings)

On July 21, 2021, billionaire Jeff Bezos rocketed about 65 miles above the Earth’s crust. Another billionaire, Sir Richard Branson, did the same nine...

China. Assessing China’s “common prosperity” campaign (Ryan Hass, Brookings)

Evidence has been mounting in recent months that the Chinese leadership may be implementing a hard pivot toward asserting greater state control of society...

USA. How 9/11 helped to militarize American law enforcement (Rashawn Ray, Brookings)

Across four presidents, the United States spent trillions of dollars on the War in Afghanistan fighting terrorist groups and trying to assist to stabilize and control...

USA. Twenty years later, how Americans assess the effects of the 9/11 attacks (William A. Galston, Brookings)

In a recent survey, 93% of Americans ages 30 and above said they can remember exactly where they were or what they were doing the...

Cybersecurity. A new botnet named Mēris is behind massive DDoS attack that hit Yandex (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The massive DDoS attack that has been targeting the internet giant Yandex was powered b a completely new botnet tracked as Mēris. A new botnet...

Cybersecurity. Millions of Microsoft web servers powered by vulnerable legacy software (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

CyberNews researchers identified more than 2 million web servers worldwide still running on outdated and vulnerable versions of Microsoft Internet Information Services software. Millions of...

Cybersecurity. TeamTNT cybercrime gang expands its arsenal to target thousands of orgs worldwide (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The financially motivated TeamTNT hacking group expanded its arsenal with new tools used to target thousands of victims worldwide. TeamTNT gang expands its arsenal to...

Cybersecurity. Yandex is under the largest DDoS attack in the history of Runet (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The Russian internet service provider Yandex is under a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that began last week. Yandex is under the largest DDoS attack...

TechInnovation. The 2022 Chevrolet Silverado gets a tech upgrade, hands-free trailering and a new ZR2 off-road flagship (Kirsten Korosec, TechCrunch)

Image Credits: GM GM unveiled Thursday the 2022 Chevrolet Silverado, a full-sized pickup truck that received a major technology upgrade, including its hands-free Super Cruise advanced...

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