A new air-powered computer detects failures in medical devices using air pressure, eliminating electronic sensors for a safer, cheaper alternative. Future plans include expanding its use to hazardous environments.
California legislators are set to vote on a bill as soon as this week that would broadly regulate how artificial intelligence is developed and deployed in California even as a number of tech giants have voiced broad opposition.
Three NIST-approved encryption algorithms set the stage for establishing PQC strategies, which — despite quantum computing’s infancy — CISOs should begin launching given the attack techniques and challenges involved.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has handed a warning letter to Globus Medical for failing to follow quality systems regulation (QSR) and medical device reporting (MDR) requirements.
For three days last month — after a botched update from the security software firm CrowdStrike brought down an estimated 8.5 million Windows devices around the world — a roving band of IT experts descended upon University of Maryland Medical System hospitals and outpatient centers to root out devices stricken by the dreaded 'blue screen of death.'
Microsoft's public cloud computing platform, Azure, was recently targeted by a cyberattack that led to a multi-hour outage. While a newly announced mandatory two-factor authentication login requirement would not have prevented that kind of distributed denial of service attack, it will have a positive impact when it comes to protecting user data and identity.