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Read This If You Do Business in China

SecureWorld News

The FBI identifies these groups are particularly at-risk, given China's previous tendencies toward the chemical and finance sectors paired with recent concerns about China's role in COVID-19 data theft. Actively scan and monitor web applications for unauthorized access, modification, and anomalous activities.

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Why a “room-temperature superconductor” would be a huge deal

Vox

Superconductors are already employed in certain limited applications for storing energy. Batteries — from a Duracell AA all the way to a Tesla lithium-ion battery capable of holding approximately 100 kWh — store energy chemically, and can convert it to usable electricity. The papers had notable, somewhat suspicious differences.

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Sandbox AQ CEO: Enterprises must prep for quantum threats

CIO Business Intelligence

One of the applications of quantum computing that he discusses in that book is Shor’s Algorithm , which — if you have access to a working quantum computer — makes it possible to crack many of today’s encryption algorithms, finding private keys in seconds rather than (billions of) years. An example would be VPN and SD-WAN. Hidary: Yes.