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Twitter verifies fake Cormac McCarthy account (again)

The Verge

Cormac McCarthy at the premiere of the film adaptation of his novel The Road in 2009. Many Twitter users were instantly skeptical about the authenticity of the account. “We Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage. Twitter’s verification process is frequently criticized for being slow, unfair, or just simply wrong.

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Ex-Bungie developers revive ‘Six Days in Fallujah,’ cancelled game about Iraq War’s bloodiest battle

GeekWire

Six Days combines personal interviews, video footage, photographs, and gameplay, striving to be “the most authentic military shooter to date,” with the developers working alongside both military and civilian survivors of the conflict. A letter to our community. SixDaysGame pic.twitter.com/WfEoebcp7x.

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IBM Claims Advances In Fully Homomorphic Encryption (and I’m claiming advances in an anti-gravity device)

CTOvision

Following initial revelation of the homomorphic encryption breakthrough in 2009 Gentry and co-inventor Shai Halevi began testing, refining and pursuing a working implementation of the invention. In 2011, the scientists reported a number of optimizations that advanced their goal of implementing of the scheme. IBM Media Relations.

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Twitter is letting anyone apply for verification for the first time since 2017

The Verge

To make the grade for verification, users will have to meet Twitter’s revamped verification criteria , which includes having an account of public interest that falls under one of six different types of categorizations as well as being “authentic, notable, and active.”. Verification originally launched in 2009. Basically, it was a mess.

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Hashing from A to Z

Dataconomy

The introduction of Bitcoin and blockchain technology in 2009 brought hashing into the spotlight. Hash functions are also the foundation of digital signatures, serving to confirm the authenticity and integrity of digital documents and transactions.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Focuses on People

SecureWorld News

For Charlet, the 2009 Operation Aurora cyberattack on Google was a watershed moment for the company. CISA and NCA are focusing on four key areas this October: Enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA). They are working from home, managing through the pandemic and looking for vaccination info. Updating software.

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Crypto-currencies and their promise for enterprise technology professionals

CTOvision

It was invented by Satoshi Nakamoto, who published the invention in 2008 and released it as open source software in 2009. The authenticity of each transaction is protected by digital signatures corresponding to the sending addresses, allowing all users to have full control over sending bitcoins from their own bitcoin addresses.