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Savvy Cybersecurity Programs Focus On Competence, Integrity, And Empathy

Forrester IT

As of July 31, 2021, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center saw a 62% increase in reported ransomware incidents compared with the same time frame in 2020.

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Microsoft is (mostly) killing off Flash at the end of 2020

TechSpot

Back in July 2017, Microsoft, Adobe, and other tech giants, including Facebook, Apple, and Google, announced that Flash would no longer be supported after 2020. Now, Microsoft program manager Suchithra Gopinath writes that the company is dropping support for Flash Player in Edge, Edge Legacy, and Internet Explorer on December 31, 2020.

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As work and school shift online indefinitely, study finds 20% of King County lacks reliable internet

GeekWire

At a time when internet access has never been more critical, 20% of households are undeserved in King County, a region that encompasses Seattle, Bellevue, Kent, and other communities in Washington state, stretching east to Snoqualmie Pass. About 47% of residents surveyed who would qualify for the programs were unaware of them.

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The Internet Archive is now preserving Flash games and animations

The Verge

The Internet Archive — the non-profit digital library known for the Wayback Machine — announced that it will now preserve Flash animations and games , ahead of Adobe’s planned demise for the defunct web software at the end of 2020. Image: Puffballs United. In the years following, Adobe decided to end support for Flash on mobile.

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Comcast offers 60 days of free broadband for low-income families in Washington state through 2020

GeekWire

Comcast will offer 60 days of free broadband service to low-income customers in Washington state through the rest of the year as the coronavirus pandemic forces many families to rely on home internet for school and work. The telecom giant said Thursday that it will expand the program through 2020.

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SpaceX moves to beam Starlink internet into cars, boats, and aircraft

The Verge

SpaceX is asking the FCC for approval to beam Starlink internet into moving vehicles. SpaceX is seeking regulatory approval to connect its rapidly growing network of internet-beaming Starlink satellites to cars, trucks, shipping boats, and aircraft. A train of Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit passes over Uruguay.

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Mozilla wants to put ethics back into AI with the "Responsible AI Challenge"

TechSpot

Mozilla's latest attempt to save the future of the Internet goes through the creation of a trustworthy AI. Building upon the Trustworthy AI whitepaper published in 2020 and the experience gained through the Mozilla Builders initiative, the company is now pushing a new incubator program design to promote AI solutions.

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