Capitology Blog

At the beginning of July 2020, a Samsung warehouse in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa was robbed of an unknown amount of Samsung televisions. While the thieves may have hoped to resale the TVs, Samsung’s new Television Block Function threw a wrench in that plan.

Thirty years ago on August 25, 1991, Linus Torvalds posted a message in an online computer science group asking members for feedback on his new operating system. The system, which he claimed “won’t be big” changed the trajectory of technology.

Facebook’s red team has always thwarted hackers by hacking their own system to find its vulnerabilities. Now Facebook has realized how expanded cybersecurity red teams can better protect networks by assessing third-party systems.

For years, unmanned autonomous systems (UAS) have been used to remove humans from dangerous, but necessary jobs and drones are no exception. In fact, these modern unpiloted aircrafts are now being used to monitor the wellbeing of one of the earliest modes of transportation—railroads.

For the fifth time in the past three years1, T-Mobile suffered a data breach by hackers. On August 17, 2021, a hacker broke into the 5G wireless provider’s systems and stole personal information of over 50 million people including social security numbers, names, birth dates, driver’s license information, and International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) and International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) numbers which are unique phone identifiers that could be used to track locations and other invasive phone-based actions.

August 19 is National Aviation Day! To celebrate this day Capitology Blog is highlighting some of the latest innovations in the aviation industry. For more on the history of National Aviation Day, visit Encyclopedia Britannica.

Technology has been adopted in every facet of our lives – from how we safeguard our homes to how we safeguard our lives. At the latter end of that spectrum, the connectivity of healthcare is helping to make it easier to stay on top of our health, connect with our care providers, and receive the best care possible in an emergency. But with that reliance on technology comes risk.

Innovation in construction is booming with tons of new technological advancements in critical infrastructure, including sonar and recycling technology that can improve worker and environmental safety in transportation construction.

A new and improved cybersecurity tool, developed by Dartmouth researchers, will mislead hackers trying to steal trade secrets by preventing intellectual property theft with AI, machine learning and natural language processing.