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Twitter hack highlights underground trade in handles

In mid-July, hackers rocked the internet by taking over accounts of high-profile Twitter figures and using the accounts for a bitcoin scam, among other…

byThe Smart Reader StaffSeptember 1, 2020July 19, 2026
Technology

Hack reveals meddling could influence election results

A handful of attackers in mid-July managed to get control of VIP accounts of politicians in a bitcoin scam. But, what if the hackers, instead asking for…

byThe Smart Reader StaffSeptember 1, 2020July 19, 2026
Technology

Goodbye Segway: We hardly knew you

Segway stopped making its Human Transporter in July. The company ended up selling just 150,000 of the scooters, mainly to warehouses, police departments,…

byThe Smart Reader StaffSeptember 1, 2020July 19, 2026
Technology

Quote: The origin of Twitter

The idea of Twitter started with me working in dispatch since I was 15 years old, where taxi cabs or firetrucks would broadcast where they were and what…

byThe Smart Reader StaffSeptember 1, 2020July 19, 2026
Technology

Smart phone technology changes protesting, policing, more

In one town, one teenager messaged a friend that two boys were going to have a fight. In 15 minutes, one hundred teenagers drove to the address. Imagine…

byThe Smart Reader StaffAugust 1, 2020July 19, 2026
Technology

What happens when critical cell networks fail?

On June 22, with most of the nation quarantined and watching anxiously as demonstrations troubled the cities, one circuit in the Southwest failed. That…

byThe Smart Reader StaffAugust 1, 2020July 19, 2026
Technology

Could government or protestors shut down cell service?

It’s never been used, but the president has the power to order a shut down of cell service. On the other hand, while it is a federal crime, organized…

byThe Smart Reader StaffAugust 1, 2020July 19, 2026
Technology

Turn on multi-factor authentication or risk big headaches

If you don’t turn on multi-factor authentication (MFA) on your electronic devices, a crook might do it for you. Then you are in for a world of hurt. Here…

byThe Smart Reader StaffAugust 1, 2020July 19, 2026
Technology

Vaccine technologies: Why a Covid vaccine will take months, not centuries

The smallpox virus raged among humans for 10,000 years before a leap of insight led to the vaccine that killed it forever. The insight took about 300…

byThe Smart Reader StaffJuly 1, 2020July 19, 2026
Cybercrime isn’t outlaw fun; it’s boring
Technology

Cybercrime isn’t outlaw fun; it’s boring

Study: Cybercrime isn’t outlaw fun; it’s boring Cybercrime has gone mainstream, according to research by Cambridge University’s Cybercrime Centre, and it…

byThe Smart Reader StaffJuly 1, 2020July 19, 2026

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