Local governments are attractive targets for hackers and are ill-prepared
Local governments provide many daily essential services. Disrupting their operations shakes confidence in the government and potentially endangers citizens.
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Older Americans are given the wrong idea about online safety – here’s how to help them help themselves
Two experts find that older adults attempt to draw on personal experience to develop strategies to reduce privacy violations and security threats.
Smart devices spy on you – 2 computer scientists explain how the Internet of Things can violate your privacy
Two data management and privacy experts find that with internet extended to devices in homes, offices, and cities, privacy is in more danger than ever.
Settler Colonialism Helps Explain Current Events
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and Chinese actions in Xinjiang share a common background: a previous history of invasion and occupation.
Battles Over Book Bans Reflect Conflicts from the 1980s
Fred Pincus, emeritus professor of sociology, shares the similarities between historical and contemporary opposition to teaching books about race, racism, gender, and sexuality in U.S. schools.
Economic Sanctions May Deal Fatal Blow to Russia’s Already-Weak Domestic Opposition
Research suggests that sanctions rarely generate damage that compels their targets to back down, especially in authoritarian regimes like Putin’s.
Ukraine Conflict Brings Cybersecurity Risks to US Homes, Businesses
Periods of geopolitical tension are a good reminder for people to regularly and vigorously ensure their data is protected, says UMBC cybersecurity expert.
Why Is Taiwan Competing in the Olympics Under ‘Chinese Taipei’?
Attention on the Beijing Games comes amid tension over Taiwan’s status, with warnings of “military conflict” if the contested island moves toward independence.
5 Tips to Help Preschoolers with Special Needs During the Pandemic
Here are five things parents and caregivers of young children with disabilities can do to help bridge the gap caused by the pandemic and distance learning.
Biden to expand access to at-home COVID kits: 4 essential reads on the critical role of rapid tests
Biden has outlined plans to ramp up COVID-19 testing in an effort to curb the spread of the omicron variant. Health experts reveal why testing is crucial.
As spiritualism’s popularity grows, photographer Shannon Taggart takes viewers inside the world of séances, mediums and orbs
Taggart’s images offer a lens through which to examine the role of spirituality in modern life. In an era defined by a global pandemic, heightened political division and the planetary threat of climate change is spiritualism due for a major resurgence?
Drop in students who come to the US to study could affect higher education and jobs
The pandemic has drastically changed international enrollment. Could a coordinated national approach help attract the world’s brightest minds to the U.S.?