Oracle announced that Larry Ellison (Oracle’s Chairman and Chief Technology Officer) that “Working together, Cerner and Oracle have the capacity to transform healthcare delivery by providing medical professionals with better information—enabling them to make better treatment decisions resulting in better patient outcomes.” The December 20, 2021 announcement entitled “…
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Darkreading.com reported that the “Kronos Private Cloud was hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend that resulted in an outage of the HR services firm’s UKG Workforce Central, UKG TeleStaff, Healthcare Extensions, and Banking Scheduling Solutions services.” The December 13, 2021 report entitled “Kronos Suffers Ransomware Attack, Expects…
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Coinbase.com reported that “You might expect Bitcoin — which was designed to be resistant to inflation — to rise on news of the highest inflation metrics in four decades, but after jumping around 4% in the hours after the CPI report, Bitcoin forfeited its gains over the weekend.” The December…
McKinsey.com reported about a survey of “120 senior tech leaders and 30 senior business executives over the past 18 months” that provided insight to “…innovate at scale and outperform competitors in the digital age, companies need to be tech forward. That means embedding tech into their business strategy and operating…
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DataBreachToday.com reported that “Two former healthcare workers – a medical biller in Florida and an emergency medical technician in New York – have pleaded guilty in two separate federal cases involving the criminal misuse of patient information accessed while performing their jobs. One case involved healthcare fraud and identity theft…
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The New York Times reported that “…real estate investing in the metaverse still is highly speculative, and no one knows for sure whether this boom is the next big thing or the next big bubble.” The November 30, 2021 article entitled “Investors Snap Up Metaverse Real Estate in a…
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Darkreading.com reported that “Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Infrastructure…may represent 70% to 80% or more of a company’s IT these days. Between Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce, AWS/Azure, and even software development tools, most of the digital crown jewels of companies today might exist on someone else’s infrastructure.” The November 24, 2021 report…
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Law360.com reported that “Self-professed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright put an autism expert on the stand in a Miami courtroom Friday in his multibillion-dollar dispute with the estate of a deceased computer software developer, in an attempt to explain to jurors how his statements in and out of the courtroom can…
Continue Reading Evidence presented at trial that Satoshi Nakamoto (creator of Bitcoin) has Autism!
Law360.com reported that Craig Wright “…who is the chief scientist at blockchain company nChain, claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous author of the white paper released in October 2008 that described a “peer-to-peer version of electronic cash” that would later become bitcoin.” The November 17, 2021 article…
BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “The U.S. and Israel will expand their diplomatic relationship around cybersecurity after announcing a bilateral task force to support IT security and fintech innovation, according to officials at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.” The November 15, 2021 article entitled “US, Israel Expand Cyber Partnership, Announce…
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