At a Senate intelligence hearing for an unrelated matter this week, senators ended up asking NSA and other intelligence brass about the president and the Russia investigation. The officials told senators they would not discuss the specifics of conversations with the president. They said they thought it was confidential information that should be protected from … Read more
On the test that measures critical thinking, some colleges actually had scores lower for grads than for freshmen, although other schools showed pretty good improvements. ‘Critical thinking’ refers to certain skills: Being able to understand the value of an argument based on the validity of facts involved, forming a conclusion about veracity based on available … Read more
Microsoft President Brad Smith complained that various governments “stockpile vulnerabilities.” In other words, governments and agencies find weaknesses in technology and then keep that information to themselves in case they want to use it. Smith said the current WannaCry malware event was a very rare one, combining a piece of very sophisticated software (to do … Read more
Wikileaks dumped a large amount of classified CIA documents this week. Thousands of pages detailed how the CIA’s software and techniques gather information, including how they hack into smartphones, computers, and internet-connected TVs. Wikileaks said the release was just the first installment of a larger collection. Many apps were named specifically with details about how … Read more