Sunday, June 25, 2023

What I am Reading 6/25/2023 - Post Russian Coup Edition

 No coup stuff -  I have no freakin idea what's going on

Heat is battering Texas’s power grid. Are giant batteries the answer?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/06/24/texas-heat-wave-power-grid/

Green electricity won’t help with pollution disparities


https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/green-electricity-wont-help-with-pollution-disparities/

Incentives for Advanced Cybersecurity Investment [by Electric Utilities]

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/03/2023-08929/incentives-for-advanced-cybersecurity-investment

Federal incentives could help utilities overcome major cybersecurity hurdle: money

https://cyberscoop.com/ferc-cybersecurity-incentives-electric-grid/

Two Energy Department entities breached as part of massive MOVEit compromise

https://cyberscoop.com/energy-department-cl0p-moveit-cisa/

The US Navy, NATO, and NASA are using a shady Chinese company’s encryption chips

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/the-us-navy-nato-and-nasa-are-using-a-shady-chinese-companys-encryption-chips/

Why Legacy System Users Prioritize Uptime Over Security

https://www.darkreading.com/edge/why-legacy-system-users-prioritize-uptime-over-security

Millions of Americans’ personal DMV data exposed in massive MOVEit hack

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/millions-of-americans-personal-dmv-data-exposed-in-massive-moveit-hack/

Critical Barracuda ESG Zero-Day Linked to Novel Chinese APT

https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/critical-barracuda-esg-zero-day-chinese-apt

Hackers can steal cryptographic keys by video-recording power LEDs 60 feet away

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/hackers-can-steal-cryptographic-keys-by-video-recording-connected-power-leds-60-feet-away/

Why is it so rare to hear about Western cyber-attacks?

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65977742?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Thousands of realistic but fake AI child sex images found online, report says


https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/thousands-of-realistic-but-fake-ai-child-sex-images-found-online-report-says/

US might finally force cable-TV firms to advertise their actual prices


https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/us-might-finally-force-cable-tv-firms-to-advertise-their-actual-prices/

FCC chair to investigate exactly how much everyone hates data caps

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/fcc-chair-to-investigate-exactly-how-much-everyone-hates-data-caps/

Twitter CEO starts fighting Musk’s battles, paying Musk’s overdue bills


https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/twitter-ceo-starts-fighting-musks-battles-paying-musks-overdue-bills/

Texas will require parental consent for kids to use social media


https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/texas-will-require-parental-consent-for-kids-to-use-social-media/

Google risks forced breakup of ad business as EU alleges shocking misconduct


https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/google-may-soon-be-ordered-to-break-up-its-lucrative-ad-business-eu-warns/

Amazon accused of tricking Prime customers

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65978053?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Ex-Samsung executive alleged to have stolen tech to recreate chip plant in China

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ex-samsung-executive-alleged-to-have-stolen-tech-to-recreate-chip-plant-in-china/

Is the US trying to kill crypto?

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65861096?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

The Shitty Stack System: How Microsoft's ruthless employee evaluation system annihilated team collaboration.

https://tryingtruly.substack.com/p/the-shitty-stack-system

Study: Aging population could be a drag on economic growth


https://around.uoregon.edu/content/study-aging-population-could-be-drag-economic-growth

U.S. Seeks 70-Month Prison Sentence for YouTube Content ID Scammer

https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-seeks-70-month-prison-sentence-for-youtube-content-id-scammer-230623/

Nigerian engineering students’ favorite teachers are Indian YouTubers

https://restofworld.org/2023/nigerian-engineering-students-indian-youtubers/

Towards Accountable Capitalism: Remaking Corporate Law Through Stakeholder Governance

https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2019/02/11/towards-accountable-capitalism-remaking-corporate-law-through-stakeholder-governance/

Self-Study the Basics of Computer Science

https://github.com/Lesabotsy/bootcamp

‘His ideas resonate’: how the Unabomber’s dangerous anti-tech manifesto lives on


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/19/unabomber-ted-kaczynski-dangerous-anti-tech-manifesto-lives-on

Africa’s Richest City Is Crumbling Under Chaos and Corruption


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-06-16/south-africa-s-crime-chaos-and-corruption-make-it-look-like-a-failed-state

The Online Books Page

https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/

21st-century editors should keep their hands off 20th-century books


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/12/books-editing-retouching-free-expression/












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