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School computer tech is harming LGBTQ+ students
The software is supposed to protect and help students, but it’s blocking LGBTQ+ web content and outing queer kids.
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In light of celebrity hacks, how to protect data when its stored in the ‘cloud’
NEW YORK — The theft of nude photographs from celebrities’ online accounts has thrown a spotlight on the security of cloud computing, a system used by a growing number of Americans to store personal information over the Internet. On Tuesday, Apple acknowledged the security breakdown and blamed it on intruders who were able to figure out usernames and passwords and bypass…
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L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center systems compromised by cyber-thieves
LOS ANGELES — The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center said Tuesday it was recently the victim of a sophisticated cyber-attack that, according to data security and technology experts, was designed to collect credit card, social security numbers and other financial information.
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New Zealand anti-gay marriage website taken offline after repeated hacking attempts
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — An anti-marriage equality website scheduled to be launched in New Zealand on Tuesday by same-sex marriage opponents Family First, crashed in a matter of hours as a result of a “large-scale denial of service attack.”
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Remembering Alan Turing, prolific computer scientist, ‘convicted homosexual’
Today marks what would have been the 100th birthday of Alan Turing, a brilliant British mathematician and computer scientist who was highly influential in the creating what would become the modern computer, and is most famous for his work on breaking the German Enigma codes during World War II.
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Online gamers crack AIDS enzyme puzzle that has stumped researchers for years
Utilizing the specialized computer video game Foldit that was developed by researchers from the University of Washington in 2008, online computer gamers have figured out how to decipher an enzyme critical to the early development of AIDS that had stumped scientists for nearly ten years.
