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Cryptocurrency mining seems to be all the rage right now. While it wouldn’t be unusual for my clients in the finance industry to be keeping close tabs on technology’s “hottest” trend, I’ve been asked about cryptocurrency by just about everyone, including stay-at-home parents and retirees, mostly because a younger family member is either an avid

After months of denying it had any significant role in the 2016 Presidential elections, Facebook finally admitted that its platform had been exploited by Russian propaganda agencies with the express intent of spreading “fake news” and creating division among Facebook users. Five months later, it seems they haven’t made any progress on this front, and have

Hawaiians got a small taste of cold-war nostalgia last week with a false alarm that warned of an imminent but non-existent ballistic missile threat. While authorities were relatively quick to clarify the lack of impending doom for the tropical islands, they could not forestall the sharp criticism from many fronts, including North Korea who was

It seems that while most of us aren’t sorry to see 2017 in the rear-view, if recent news is any indication, 2018 isn’t shaping up to be any brighter for technology. My outlook on security for SMB technology is mixed at best – I’m certain we will see an escalating amount of attacks coordinated by

Let’s just start 2018 with a bang, shall we? If you thought Intel’s mind-boggling security flaw of late 2017 was a jaw dropper, this latest one is has got to be the “hold my beer” moment of 2018, and we’re only 3 days into the new year. Intel is topping itself with what appears to