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Practical advice for local businesses: security, Microsoft 365, compliance and getting more out of your technology.
The Big Guns: Pipedream Malware
Yesterday, Wired magazine published an article about a potentially game changing development in cybersecurity. Dubbed Pipedream by cybersecurity firm Dragos, this new threat is…
Google Business & Marketing
If you’ve ever looked up a business on Google’s main search engine or on Google Maps, you may have encountered this problem: the business’s actual operating hours don’t correspo…
Spammers & Scammers & Robocalls, Oh My!
On March 29th, USA Today published a story, which was later reprinted in The Cincinnati Enquirer, about Verizon Wireless customers receiving spam from their own numbers. “Verizo…
Source Code Security Pt. 2: DEV-0537
On Tuesday, we discussed the importance of protecting your proprietary source code. A group called Lapsus$ recently attacked Samsung and Nvidia’s source codes. It seems they’ve…
Technology, Cognition and Project Management
Anthony Chemero, a Ph.D. and cognitive researcher at the University of Cincinnati, recently published some research, which suggests that the ubiquity of smart phones and other m…
Technology and Mental Health Pt. 2
The Journal News, a local newspaper out of Butler County, Ohio, recently reported on a new research project at the University of Cincinnati. Focusing on patients who have lost t…
Technology and Mental Health
On March 4th, WCPO reported about a new project at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Using pediatric patient data, researchers are employing the world’s second-fastest supercomput…
The Benefits of Fiber Internet
Did you hear? Cincinnati Bell is changing its name. WCPO reports, “The big change comes six months after an Australian private-equity firm bought Cincinnati’s former phone compa…
The Technology Behind COVID Tracking
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) finally eased their masking guidelines, with the introduction of a new, color-based system for counties around the country. Each…
There’s an App for That
On February 21st, WCPO ran a story on a new app developed by undergraduates at Ohio State. Called the SOAR Initiative, the app offers users a safe way to report batches of illeg…
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