Amsterdam Airport Schiphol bans Private Jets and Night Flights
By Noah Düker - The private jet ban is set to into effect at the end of 2025. This will lead to “more quiet, clean and better air travel” an airport official said...
Poverty in Britain is firmly linked to the country’s mountain of private wealth – Labour must address this growing inequality
Stewart Lansley, University of Bristol - Labour’s shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has said that a Labour government would not raises taxes on wealth, capital gains or higher incomes. She does not, she says,...
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...
Kenya has tightened its laws to stop money laundering: why banks are the focus
Constance Gikonyo, University of Nairobi - Kenya’s banking industry has in recent years been in the crosshairs of national, regional and international watchdogs, given...
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...
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 that had been starved of public funding. But since 1989, the industry has failed to invest sufficiently in replacing antiquated pipes and sewage treatment systems. Rivers and...
Why it’s so difficult to figure out what to do with your life – and three steps to take
Marina Milosheva, Edinburgh Napier University - What do you want to be when you grow up? Practically from the moment you start talking, you’re asked this question. As a child, you’re encouraged to make...
South Africa begins own production of groundbreaking HIV-prevention drug to make it affordable within the continent
By Harry Markham - South Africa will soon begin production of the groundbreaking HIV-prevention drug, long-acting cabotegravir (CAB-LA),...
