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Increasingly frequent ransomware attacks on local governments have exposed the soft underside of the nation’s cybersecurity preparedness as criminal hackers snarl basic services for millions of Americans — attacking from anywhere in the world while operating with virtual impunity. Security experts say there’s no sign of reprieve.

Ransomware attacks are expensive threats to city and state governments

Experts worry that many local governments are sitting ducks; municipalities often lack the funding to keep their security systems up to date. Their lawmakers and employees are not experts in cyber crime. It's an emergency situation that takes all victims off guard, and often without a clear road map for how to respond.
Looking to make friends at work? Putting out a sweet vibe can draw in-kind responses.

It takes time to make friends at a new job -- but a candy bowl is a good start

Usually, finding "our people" at work takes weeks and months of daily proximity and small talk, borrowing staplers and awkwardly sipping sodas at work-sponsored social events.
Training women to negotiate for higher pay “is a way to work more deliberately to close the pay gap,” said Kim Churches, head of the American Association of University Women, which runs negotiation workshops in cities across the country.

Cities offering salary negotiation classes for women

Training women to negotiate for higher pay "is a way to work more deliberately to close the pay gap," said Kim Churches, head of the American Association of University Women, which runs negotiation workshops in cities across the country.
Mortgage rates in the U.S. dropped closer to historic lows this week, but that may do little to help first-time buyers as starter homes vanish.

Analysis: First-time homebuyers need more than just lower mortgage rates

Mortgage rates in the U.S. dropped closer to historic lows this week, but that may do little to help first-time buyers as starter homes vanish.
Mylan’s EpiPen allergy shots are photographed in Princeton, Ill., on Aug. 26, 2016.
What's behind the persistent shortage of lifesaving EpiPens
EpiPens, which can help stop a severe or life-threatening allergic reaction, have been hard to get since at least May 2018. The EpiPen shortage can be traced at least in part to two factories in Missouri.
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What's coming from Apple? Pro iPhones, new iPads, larger MacBook Pro
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A seven cubit quantum device is seen at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Conventional computers process information as a stream of bits, each of which can be either a zero or a one in the binary language of computing. But quantum bits, known as qubits, can register zero and one simultaneously.
The quantum revolution is coming, and Chinese scientists are at the forefront
Quantum technology is an emerging field that could transform information processing and confer big economic and national-security advantages to countries that dominate it. To the dismay of some in the United States, China's formidable investment is helping it catch up with Western research in the field and, in a few areas, pull ahead.
A quantum computer, encased in a refrigerator that keeps the temperature close to zero kelvin in the quantum computing lab at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. To get a fully functioning computer — a goal still a decade or more away, most scientists agree — researchers must coax a large number of qubits into working together efficiently. That’s difficult because qubits are finicky and have the propensity to stop functioning at the slightest disturbance, such as a minor change in temperature.
Seven basic questions about quantum technology, answered
What is quantum technology? Here are some basic questions and answers.
Under the new rules, kids apps on Apple’s App Store will be banned from using external analytics software — invisible lines of code that collect extremely detailed information about who is using an app and how. Apple is also severely curtailing their ability to sell ads, which underpins the business model that results in many apps being free.
App makers say Apple's move to protect kids' privacy could devastate their businesses
Under the new rules, kids apps on Apple's App Store will be banned from using external analytics software -- invisible lines of code that collect extremely detailed information about who is using an app and how. Apple is also severely curtailing their ability to sell ads, which underpins the business model that results in many apps being free.
Jennifer Bailey, vice president of Apple Pay, speaks about the Apple Card at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new products in Cupertino, Calif. Apple tried to make the new Apple-branded credit card attractive, copying the heft and sleekness of higher-end cards like the Chase Sapphire. But cardholders are discovering that with such a design, they’ll have to give it special care.
Yes, Apple wants people to know how to clean its new credit card
Apple believes some of its zealous customers will treasure its new titanium credit card so much that they will spend time polishing its white finish. That's why Apple has posted instructions on how to clean the card properly.
Merchandise featuring game streamer Liu Mou at the Douyu Festival 2019 in Wuhan, China, on June 15, 2019.
The billion-dollar race to become China's Amazon Twitch
Twitch, acquired by Amazon for nearly $1 billion in 2014, is the dominant game-streaming platform in the U.S. Yet its absence from China -- due to a government ban -- has given local startups a chance to fight for the world's largest gaming market.
Christopher Burke
Business Ledger | American Institute of Hydrology honors Burke
The American Institute of Hydrology has named Christopher B. Burke, PhD, PE, D.WRE, Dist.M.ASCE, NAC and President of CBBEL, the recipient of the 2019 Ray K. Linsley Award for surface water hydrology.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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