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Cybersecurity professional Madison Horn runs for Congress. Hashtag Trending, the Weekend Edition - May 4, 2024
And today from the we have a person who has moved from a career in technology and in this case, cybersecurity to run for the U S house of Representatives. Her name is Madison Horn and her decision to run for office was in her words, "born out of a deep frustration. With the conduct of current politicians, the continued polarization of our country and the lack of qualified individuals with technological expertise in Congress."
While somewhere around 7 percent of women hold leadership positions and less than 1 percent lead global practices, Madison has broken those barriers by leading Siemens Energy's global cybersecurity practice with a focus on protecting critical infrastructure. She now serves as the CEO of a cybersecurity firm in Oklahoma city and now she's going to take on another challenge and try to bring her unique expertise to the US Congress.
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Open AI to launch new search engine to compete with Google? Hashtag Trending, Friday, May 3rd, 2024
“Insider” Jimmy Apples says OpenAI is going to launch a search engine to compete with Google, Intel is losing billions of dollars a year. Hackers Stole Data on Up To A Third of Americans,Things are wrapping up in what might be the trial of the century. No not that one. We’re talking about the Google Antitrust Trial
All this and more on the “how do you like them Apples” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love. -
UK bans obvious passwords. Hashtag Trending for Thursday, May 2, 2024
Security firm Okta warns of an unprecendented password stuffing attack that is piggybacking on regular user’s mobile and home devices, the UK is banning obvious passwords, Chrome has moved to “post quantum” encryption and maybe the cure for password issues is to finally get rid of passwords.
All this and more on the “QuertyUIOP” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love. -
US Government relaxes the requirement for university degrees for cyber security professionals. Hashtag Trending, Wednesday, May 1st, 2024
The US federal government relaxes the requirement for university degrees for cyber security professionals, a new study finds that AI may have more empathy that human therapists, Elon Musk lays off an employee who slept in his car near the plant so he could work longer hours and if you think that cancelling that credit card is the way to end all of those online subscriptions – think again.
All this and more on the “some days, you can’t make this stuff up” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love. -
The TikTok battle may just be beginning. Hashtag Trending for Tuesday, April 30, 2024
The TikTok battle may be just beginning. A major European cloud company makes its simplified cooling system open source. Microsoft Xbox sales continue to tank. Meta gets hammered by the European Union for not tacking Russian disinformation and the sheer scale of disinformation and misinformation my blow your mind.
All this and more on the “truth or consequences” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love.