Alan Marcus, University of Connecticut In the era of social media, antisemitism and Holocaust denial are no longer hidden in the margins, spewed by fringe hate groups. From Ye – formerly known as Kanye West – and NBA player Kyrie Irving to…
Scott Ruoti, University of Tennessee Proof-of-stake is a mechanism for achieving consensus on a blockchain. Blockchain is a technology that records transactions that can’t be deleted or altered. It’s a decentralized database,…
Did Twitter ignore basic security measures? A cybersecurity expert explains a whistleblower’s claims
Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Twitter’s former security chief, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, filed a whistleblower complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission in July 2022, accusing the microblogging platform company…
Nora McDonald, University of Cincinnati In overturning Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Dobbs case does not merely deprive women of reproductive control and physical agency as a…
Michael Withers, Texas A&M University and Steven Boivie, Texas A&M University It appears Twitter’s board of directors finally warmed to Elon Musk’ hostile bid and agreed to a sale – but not…
Chris Impey, University of Arizona Space travel is all about momentum. Rockets turn their fuel into momentum that carries people, satellites and science itself forward into space. 2021 was a year full…
Prasenjit Mitra, Penn State 5G stands for fifth-generation cellular network technology. It’s the technology that enables wireless communication – for example, from your cellular phone to a cell tower, which channels it…
Rabindra Ratan, Michigan State University and Dar Meshi, Michigan State University You may think the metaverse will be a bunch of interconnected virtual spaces – the world wide web but accessed through…
Lucy Bernholz, Stanford University Fundraising appeals are part of everyday life, both online and off. Requests for financial donations arrive by snail mail, email, social media and text messages. Cashiers at chain…
At-home COVID-19 tests were made available by Google for its full-time employees and their families, but thousands of contractors and temporary workers of the company are not getting the same benefit, a…
Several popular sites cannot be easily accessed on Tuesday after a major outage hit Amazon’s cloud-service network, the company confirmed, as reported by AP News. Many governments, companies, universities, and media outlets…