Super Bowl ads: It’s getting harder for commercials to score with consumers
Linda Ferrell, Auburn University and O.C. Ferrell, Auburn University - With the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers set to face off in the 2024 Super Bowl, another conversation now begins...
Recycling tyres and plastics with an ancient heating method
Thermal decomposition is helping to green two major EU manufacturing industries. By Michael Allen - For thousands of years, humans have converted wood into charcoal through a technique called pyrolysis. Now, Jean-Michel Douarre wants...
Severe Vulnerabilities Discovered in Software to Protect Internet Routing
Frankfurt and Darmstadt (ots) - A research team from the National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE led by Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann has uncovered 18 vulnerabilities in crucial software components of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI). RPKI is an Internet standard meant to protect Internet traffic from being hijacked by hackers. By now, all affected vendors provided patches for their products. The vulnerabilities could have had devastating consequences: Internet hijacks have already been exploited, e.g., for phishing passwords and other sensitive information, tricking certificate authorities into issuing fraudulent Web certificates, stealing cryptocurrency, distributing malware, and poisoning caches of DNS servers. The ATHENE team consisting of Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann and...
Severe Vulnerabilities Discovered in Software to Protect Internet Routing
Frankfurt and Darmstadt (ots) - A research team from the National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE led by Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann has uncovered...
Is the US banking crisis over?
George Kladakis, Edinburgh Napier University and Alexandros Skouralis, City, University of London - The US banking crisis triggered worries about the global banking system earlier in the year. Three...
Challenges to free trade reveal a big change in conservative ideology
Sam Routley, Western University - The pursuit of greater economic integration through expanded free trade has long been central to the economic policy of most western democracies, including Canada. Since the implementation of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement in 1988, both Liberal and Conservative governments have pursued and continue to pursue more free-trade zones with additional partners in Europe,...
Netflix is still growing its subscriber base – here’s how a local approach is helping
Jean Chalaby, City, University of London - Netflix had a tough year in 2022. Big rivals such as Disney and Amazon Prime were circling, and viewers seemed to be rethinking their streaming habits...
China’s capitalist reforms are said to have moved 800 million out of extreme poverty – new data suggests the opposite
Dylan Sullivan, Macquarie University; Jason Hickel, Autonomous University of Barcelona, and Michail Moatsos, Maastricht University It has become an article...
