De eerste Spaanse verklaring was een mogelijke cyberaanval. Vervolgens kwam er nog een mogelijke verklaring: atmosferische storingen. De recente klasse-X (!!) zonnevlammen zijn trouwens nog niet genoemd (o.a. Space-2025). Tijdens het schrijven blijkt er wederom een mogelijke nieuwe oorzaak: tijdelijke uitval van zonneparken gedurende 1,5 seconde tot 5 seconden. In...
Cyber & hacking
Is Apple a monopoly??
Since about 2016, Google’s Android mobile operating system has a market share of over 70%. Apple’s market share is slightly below 30%. The remaining 1% belongs to several others. See graphs below. source: StatCounter source: StatCounter Hence, the American (and European) accusation of monopolistic behaviour by Apple seems to make no logical or rational sense. Might...
Apple cancels its autonomous electric car project
Intro LO: Apple’s decision (to cancel its autonomous electric car project) may well be far more important than it looks like. Probably, it will also imply that Tesla will never be able to deliver on its many (similar) promises. Once that thought sinks in, Tesla’s share price will sink further. Autonomous driving has five (or six) levels (source): Level 0: no Driving...
Chinese Smart TV-Maker Accused of Spying on Owners’ Other Devices (RFA)
RFA title: Chinese Smart TV-Maker Accused of Spying on Owners' Other DevicesBy: Radio Free AsiaDate: 27 April 2021"2021-04-27 -- A China-based manufacturer of smart televisions has been accused of spying on its users by scanning their homes for other devices connected to the wifi network every few minutes, owners of the devices have reported on social media.Smart...

Bad money always drives out good money
Each time that I think that the (financial) world can't get madder, then reality proves me wrong (eg, $40 billion SPAC merger with a Asian ride-hailing app, and $100 billion IPO of a cryptocurrency exchange). While professional investors are already retreating, retail investors are putting in even more money. Hence, bad money always drives out good money....
Merck Cyberattack’s $1.3 Billion Question: Was It an Act of War? (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg title: Merck Cyberattack’s $1.3 Billion Question: Was It an Act of War? Bloomberg subtitle: In a world where a keyboard can cause more harm than a gunship, a legal dispute between the drug giant and its insurers could determine who pays for cyber damage. Date of publication: 3 December 2019 "By the time Deb Dellapena arrived for work at Merck & Co.’s...

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