“When we look closely at the data, a striking pattern emerges. The benefit of having a highly competent boss is easily the largest positive influence on a typical worker’s level of job satisfaction. Even we were surprised by the size of the measured effect. For instance, among American workers, having a technically competent boss is…
The gift I bought myself, to replace the Fitbit that was, unfortunately, coming apart at the seams and then some, arrived yesterday. Who’s got the best Apple Watch info for tips and tricks, recommendations, apps, etc? I’m looking forward to dabbling with the workout, heart rate monitor, and activity tracker, as well as having easy…
“Tenable Network Security surveyed “700 security practitioners across seven key industry verticals and nine countries” that produced “a single report card score that represents overall confidence levels of security practitioners that the world’s cyber defenses are meeting expectations.” The “2017 Global Cybersecurity Assurance Report Card” from Tenable with research partner CyberEdge Group included these comments…
“Don’t open it. Or, at least DO NOT click on the link it contains. What will this now-popular hacker email look like? It will be an email from SOMEONE YOU KNOW that looks like this.” Seriously, don’t click on a link in an email unless you were expecting it, and if you’re going to send…
Word has it that the German government is mulling a new law under which Facebook could be fined up to 500,000 euros ($522,000) per fake news story per day it’s on the platform. The law would reportedly apply to other social networks as well. “If after the relevant checks Facebook does not immediately, within 24…
Since we are all in a tizzy about fake news, and Russian hacking, here’s one for you. I’ve seen this headline shared all over the place for the last couple of days: Russian operation hacked a Vermont utility This sounds awful. Clearly the Russians are trying to hack the power grid, and disrupt life in…