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In today’s issue of Ethan Mollick’s One Useful Thing, I learned that the iPhone 15 has a unique button I hadn’t paid any attention to – the action button. He mentioned how the action button can be used to launch a voice chat with ChatGPT, and I found instructions at TechCrunch. But I only have […]
In this week’s Princh Library Blog, guest writer Nina Grant observes how libraries are presented in the pop culture, and more specifically, in film. Enjoy! When movies take us into libraries, it’s like stepping into another world. You know the feeling… the soft hush of pages flipping, the soft thuds of footsteps wandering between towering […]
A 26-year-old Finnish man was sentenced to more than six years in prison today after being convicted of hacking into an online psychotherapy clinic, leaking tens of thousands of patient therapy records, and attempting to extort the clinic and patients. On October 21, 2020, the Vastaamo Psychotherapy Center in Finland became the target of blackmail […]
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today levied fines totaling nearly $200 million against the four major carriers — including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon — for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information without consent. The fines mark the culmination of a more than four-year investigation into the actions of the major carriers. In […]
In this week’s Princh Library Blog post, guest writer Jill Brooks discusses how libraries can navigate their digital transformation, including some of the challenges libraries face and the tools they can utilize. Enjoy! Libraries have long stood as bastions of knowledge, evolving through centuries from exclusive archives of scrolls to community hubs bustling with activity […]
The head of counterintelligence for a division of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) was sentenced last week to nine years in a penal colony for accepting a USD $1.7 million bribe to ignore the activities of a prolific Russian cybercrime group that hacked thousands of e-commerce websites. The protection scheme was exposed in 2022 […]
In this week’s Princh Library Blog, guest writer Nina Grant talks about something that’s always present, but rarely thought about; air, or more precisely, the air quality in libraries, and how certain activities can be the source of major air pollution. Enjoy! Think about the last time you walked into a library. The smell of […]
In this week’s Princh Library Blog, guest writer Nina Grant talks about something that’s always present, but rarely thought about; air, or more precisely, the air quality in libraries, and how certain activities can be the source of major air pollution. Enjoy! Think about the last time you walked into a library. The smell of […]
I use Firefox these days, so this wasn’t a priority. I’ve had this tucked away since it was announced about a month ago, but only now got around to trying it out, and I like it! Last month, Google introduced the Google Scholar PDF Reader. I thought about making a quick screencast, but of course […]
For nearly a dozen years, residents of South Carolina have been kept in the dark by state and federal investigators over who was responsible for hacking into the state’s revenue department in 2012 and stealing tax and bank account information for 3.6 million people. The answer may no longer be a mystery: KrebsOnSecurity found compelling […]
The U.S. government is warning that “smart locks” securing entry to an estimated 50,000 dwellings nationwide contain hard-coded credentials that can be used to remotely open any of the locks. The lock’s maker Chirp Systems remains unresponsive, even though it was first notified about the critical weakness in March 2021. Meanwhile, Chirp’s parent company, RealPage, […]
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said today it is investigating a breach at business intelligence company Sisense, whose products are designed to allow companies to view the status of multiple third-party online services in a single dashboard. CISA urged all Sisense customers to reset any credentials and secrets that may have been […]
In this week’s Princh Library Blog post, guest writer Sam L. Bowman explores how both individuals and businesses can practice library advocacy and contribute to their local libraries. Enjoy! Your local library is the perfect place to connect with your community and learn more about the world around you. Volunteering with a library can enrich […]
In this week’s Princh Library Blog post, guest writer Sam L. Bowman explores how both individuals and businesses can practice library advocacy and contribute to their local libraries. Enjoy! Your local library is the perfect place to connect with your community and learn more about the world around you. Volunteering with a library can enrich […]
On April 9, Twitter/X began automatically modifying links that mention “twitter.com” to read “x.com” instead. But over the past 48 hours, dozens of new domain names have been registered that demonstrate how this change could be used to craft convincing phishing links — such as fedetwitter[.]com, which until very recently rendered as fedex.com in tweets. […]
If only Patch Tuesdays came around infrequently — like total solar eclipse rare — instead of just creeping up on us each month like The Man in the Moon. Although to be fair, it would be tough for Microsoft to eclipse the number of vulnerabilities fixed in this month’s patch batch — a record 147 […]
In January 2024, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced “sweeping changes to Alberta’s student gender identity, sports and surgery policies” aimed at the province’s transgender community. According to news reports, “Alberta’s premier says she’s had many conversations with members of the trans community before and since drafting a suite of policy proposals dealing with transgender rights.” […]
A cybercrook who has been setting up websites that mimic the self-destructing message service privnote.com accidentally exposed the breadth of their operations recently when they threatened to sue a software company. The disclosure revealed a profitable network of phishing sites that behave and look like the real Privnote, except that any messages containing cryptocurrency addresses […]
In today’s world, libraries stand as iconic institutions, appreciated for nurturing intellectual growth, raising passion for reading, preserving literature, and fostering cultural exploration. Yet, in their evolution, libraries are embracing a dynamic role that extends beyond books and into the field of sports. As representative institutions of culture, these community hubs are uniquely positioned to […]
In today’s world, libraries stand as iconic institutions, appreciated for nurturing intellectual growth, raising passion for reading, preserving literature, and fostering cultural exploration. Yet, in their evolution, libraries are embracing a dynamic role that extends beyond books and into the field of sports. As representative institutions of culture, these community hubs are uniquely positioned to […]
