Using your phone at work can help to balance your home life – new research
Eoin Whelan, University of Galway - You might not think twice about using your phone while you’re at work. Maybe you need to send a quick message to a family member or a...
New study: Corporate profits drive up inflation in Australia – not higher wages
Provided by Harry Markham - A recent Australia Institute report has shown that profiteering is the source of the country’s high inflation. This is in contrast to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s fearmongering...
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...
Why Google, Bing and other search engines’ embrace of generative AI threatens $68 billion SEO industry
Ravi Sen, Texas A&M University - Google, Microsoft and others boast that generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT will make searching the internet better...
Job hunting: why taking regular breaks is vital for your well-being and success
Job hunting: why taking regular breaks is vital for your well-being and success Serge da Motta Veiga, Neoma Business School In many activities in life, including studying, working, or even job hunting,...
Fighting housing shortage: Airbnb & Co should share more data with authorities to prevent fraud
The business of platforms like Airbnb and Booking is booming: more and more private apartments are being rented out online. While this is good for tourists and hosts, it also leads to significant problems in many cities: fraud, housing shortages and rising rents can be the consequences. So far, there is no uniform system for data collection in the...
Renationalising Thames Water would be a gamble – but there is another way to help clean up the industry
J. Robert Branston, University of Bath and Phil Tomlinson, University of Bath - The privatisation of water companies in England and Wales was supposed to bring efficiency and investment to a vital sector...
The Impending Danger: High National Debt Restricts Government Action and Triggers Financial Crises
A Closer Look at the Looming Economic Threat and Strategies for Mitigation In the corridors of power and finance, a...
