She’s Birdie Review

HomeShe’s Birdie Review We tried the She’s Birdie personal alarm, and it can definitely draw attention when you need help. By John Carlsen Senior Staff Writer, Security & Smart Home April 30, 2023Share Article SafeWise is an independent review site. We may earn money when you click links on our site. Learn how we rank… Continue reading She’s Birdie Review

Trupanion Pet Insurance Review

HomeTrupanion Pet Insurance Review We decoded Trupanion’s sample policy and compared it to the competition. It’s great for puppies and kittens. Best for puppies and kittens Trupanion 4 Prices don’t increase with pet’s age Direct-to-vet payment or owner reimbursement No vet exam required Visit Trupanion Compare features Info current as of post date. Offers and… Continue reading Trupanion Pet Insurance Review

Friday Squid Blogging: More Squid Camouflage Research

Here’s a research group trying to replicate squid cell transparency in mammalian cells. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here.

6 more out-of-sight Android features worth finding

Confession time: I write about Android for a living and obsess over my smartphone’s software more than most reasonably sane people — and yet, I still find myself stumbling onto features that once seemed incredible and then promptly got forgotten. Android’s had so many interesting options come up over the years that lots of stuff… Continue reading 6 more out-of-sight Android features worth finding

Security Risks of AI

Stanford and Georgetown have a new report on the security risks of AI—particularly adversarial machine learning—based on a workshop they held on the topic. Jim Dempsey, one of the workshop organizers, wrote a blog post on the report: As a first step, our report recommends the inclusion of AI security concerns within the cybersecurity programs… Continue reading Security Risks of AI

Many Public Salesforce Sites are Leaking Private Data

A shocking number of organizations — including banks and healthcare providers — are leaking private and sensitive information from their public Salesforce Community websites, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The data exposures all stem from a misconfiguration in Salesforce Community that allows an unauthenticated user to access records that should only be available after logging in. A… Continue reading Many Public Salesforce Sites are Leaking Private Data

Janco: IT managers earn more than other top execs

IT executives and managers are among the most highly paid workers in US corporations, according to a new report based on the latest data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS this week updated its Occupational Employment and Wages Summary for 2022; it showed computer and information research scientists earn on average… Continue reading Janco: IT managers earn more than other top execs

AI to Aid Democracy

There’s good reason to fear that A.I. systems like ChatGPT and GPT4 will harm democracy. Public debate may be overwhelmed by industrial quantities of autogenerated argument. People might fall down political rabbit holes, taken in by superficially convincing bullshit, or obsessed by folies à deux relationships with machine personalities that don’t really exist. These risks… Continue reading AI to Aid Democracy