Ticketmaster held for Ransom

Photo by Wendy Wei In July 2024, a hacking group called ShinyHunters claimed it had stolen user data of more than 500 million Ticketmaster customers and demanded a ransom of $500,000 US ($680,000 Cdn), according to media reports. Ticketmaster says it first identified the breach…

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A History in Algorithms

Why are algorithms called algorithms? Over 1,000 years before the internet and smartphone apps, Persian scientist and polymath Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī invented the concept of algorithms.In fact, the word itself comes from the Latinised version of his name, “algorithmi”. And, as you might…

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Don’t Discount Older Employees

The US economy has been on a slow train to recovery, but tech layoffs are still happening. Men still outnumber #womenintech, but the gap is narrowing. There are now four generations actively in the workplace. And in tech—a sector notoriously always looking for the…

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Crowdstrike Strikes Down Everything

A global #IToutage has left thousands stranded at airports, offices closed, and massive disruption. #Crowdstrike said the problem occurred when it deployed a faulty update to computers running Microsoft Windows. How it all started: Crowdstrike says the problem occurred when it deployed a faulty…

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Laptop Care

Seems easy enough … Keep Food, Drinks, and Liquids Away It’s common sense that electricity and water aren’t a good combination. Unfortunately, liquids or breadcrumbs and laptop keyboards, for example, aren’t either. One of the most important ways to ensure your laptop’s longevity is…

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The New Buzz Word: Overemployed

Being “overemployed” is a new, on-the-down-low trend of being employed by multiple companies without each company knowing. You can accept a salary for the exchange of only being employed for that employer. But is this ethical? One says: “It just felt like I had…

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