A few weeks ago, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) issued an alert about state-supported Russian hackers carrying out attacks against a large number of home routersin the U.S. These hackers are organized, motivated, and well-funded. They’re not a bunch of misanthropic nerds sitting in basements. They’re getting paid to steal your digital credentials. […]

Running a meeting isn’t always easy. However, this guide will make them a piece of cake. Meetings can go two ways: They can end up being hour-long slow-talking processes that rarely cover what they needed to cover, or they can be productive, to-the-point collaborative get-togethers that solve problems and move a business forward. Clearly, everyone should strive for the […]

WASHINGTON  – The U.S. trade war with China is “on hold” after the world’s largest economies agreed to drop their tariff threats while they work on a wider trade agreement, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday. Mnuchin and U.S. President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, said the agreement reached by Chinese […]

Many different types of organizations of all sizes are now using digital signage to engage and inform their employees and visitors. Some are using it to great effect, while others don’t see any appreciable improvement in communications. There are many ways to succeed at digital signage. And a few very clear ways to fail. 1. […]

WASHINGTON  – China has agreed to significantly increase its purchases of U.S. goods and services, the two countries said on Saturday, but made no mention of a $200 billion target the White House had touted earlier. Beijing and Washington agreed they would keep talking about measures under which China would import more energy and agricultural […]

  Strapped for cash? You’re not alone. The business press may make it seem like every startup rakes in millions from VC firms, but in reality, many, many, many more entrepreneurs build without any cash infusion. And that often makes them smarter and scrappier. “The idea of bootstrapping is positive in the sense that it forces you to sell before you build,” […]

Exactly how long a neutron lives is currently under debate. Now researchers suggest this mystery could be solved if neutrons sometimes decay into particles of dark matter, the invisible substance thought to make up more than four-fifths of all matter in the universe. A flurry of research is now putting this notion to the test. […]

LOS ANGELES — For years, many of us have gone to Google Drive to backup our files. Others have been subscribing to the Google-owned YouTube Red subscription service. Both services had major, confusing changes announced this week, along with YouTube Music, which is set to launch a new (get this) YouTube Music service, not to […]

50 wants Cannes to let the streaming in! Hip hop star 50 Cent, a last minute performance replacement for Pitbull at a Cannes Film Festival party this week, commented on the lack of star power at the esteemed festival this season due to streaming bans — of course with the exception of John Travolta, who jumped […]

It was 2011, and he had just shepherded through a runway extension and other improvements at Owensboro’s airport in western Kentucky. Representatives of the low-cost carrier Allegiant were flying into town to tell Whitmer, the airport director, that Owensboro had landed flights to Las Vegas. “This is a dream come true for Owensboro!” he gushed in […]