Robert D. Flores
@UrbanTechGuy
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America's UrbanTechGuy - IT analyst, reader, ex-bookstore manager, baseball fan, Catholic, English/IT major, loves America. Survives on water, coffee, & beer.
IT UofAZ
Joined March 2012
Meet the teens and twenty-somethings choosing CDs and digital cameras over smartphones. “It is a little bit harder to make friends.” https://t.co/hukKbLZZYB via @WSJ #tech #digitalcameras #oldisnew #MusicCD #flipphone
wsj.com
Driven by a feeling they’ve lost control to screens, twenty-somethings are resurrecting CDs, flip phones and digital cameras.
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In case you missed it --> U.S. Secret Service disrupts #telecom network that threatened NYC during U.N. General Assembly - https://t.co/Bvo4RPSDj6 via @CBSPolitics #tech #SecretService #networksecurity #threat #cellnetwork
cbsnews.com
Early analysis shows the network was used for communication between foreign governments and individuals known to U.S. law enforcement.
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Tired of paying Microsoft an annual fee? New office software apps? --> Elon Musk to Take on Microsoft With 'Macrohard' - https://t.co/fXwL1fnjNJ
#PCMag #tech #Microsoft #Office #newsoftware #AI #Software #Macrohard
pcmag.com
The goal is to create hundreds of specialized coding and generative AI agents. 'It should be possible to simulate [Microsoft] entirely with AI,' Musk says.
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Be aware --> Latest #Windows11 security patch might be breaking SSDs under heavy workloads — users report disappearing drives following file transfers, including some that cannot be recovered after a reboot - https://t.co/plU7fcOqGV
#tech #SSD #WindowsUpdate #drivedisappearing
tomshardware.com
Some say continuous transfers exceeding 50GB can cause drives to vanish from the OS
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Be aware... be sure to uncheck the box --> ChatGPT users shocked to learn their chats were in Google search results - https://t.co/7bxyilPBhR
#tech #Google #AI #ChatGPT #OpenAI #troubling #search
arstechnica.com
OpenAI scrambles to remove personal ChatGPT conversations from Google results.
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A sign of things to come? A challenge to Microsoft's dominance in Office products and perhaps even in Windows OS --> German state leaves #Microsoft Teams for digital sovereignty - https://t.co/IZmHFTZr8r
#tech #Teams #Office365 #Windows #digitalfuture
dig.watch
What happens when a German state decides to challenge Big Tech’s dominance and reclaim control over its digital future?
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Not everything is as it seems --> Microsoft-Backed, $1.5 Billion AI Startup "
https://t.co/Q6gjfPIB8J" Collapses After It Was Revealed That Indian Engineers Were Behind AI Responses - https://t.co/DLtfHb9Xmm - #tech #Ai #Microsoft #bamboozled #coding #hype #builderai
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Kilmer's legendary scene as Doc Holiday
Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone was Oscar-worthy. Kilmer fully-committed in every way, down to his weight loss. I can’t picture anyone else as Doc Holliday.
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Be aware...Research, use legit applications --> FBI warnings are true—fake file converters do push malware - https://t.co/t6tG3oHxQk
#tech #malware #Ransomware #cybersecurity #vulnerable #Scam #infection
bleepingcomputer.com
The FBI is warning that fake online document converters are being used to steal people's information and, in worst-case scenarios, lead to ransomware attacks.
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When AI Does Good --> Doctors Told Him He Was Going to Die. Then A.I. Saved His Life. (You can read it for free without a subscription.) - https://t.co/hM3rMqyQbE
#Tech #AI #medical #disease #lifesaving #repurposing #medication #doctor #lab #researcher
nytimes.com
Scientists are using machine learning to find new treatments among thousands of old medicines.
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Game changer? --> BREAKING NEWS: Trump Announces Massive Higher Education Overhaul To Crea... https://t.co/2D0wrpkCzX via @YouTube #tech #HigherEd #online #education #free
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Be aware --> Medusa ransomware hit over 300 critical infrastructure orgs - https://t.co/IH96K0h1lV
#tech #cybersecurity #cyber #CISA #ransomware #secure #vulnerabilities #RaaS
bleepingcomputer.com
CISA says the Medusa ransomware operation has impacted over 300 organizations in critical infrastructure sectors in the United States until last month.
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Don't stream pirated content --> Microsoft reveals over a million PCs hit by malvertising campaign - https://t.co/XwjOoIT9eX
#tech #CyberSecurity #malware #trojan #malvertising #attackers #logins #compromised #personal #data #vulnerabilities
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If you want your personal AI chat records available to the public, continue using DeepSeek AI --> #DeepSeek exposes database with over 1 million chat records - https://t.co/kNqIpD1l8R
#tech #AI #cybersecurity #cyberattck #exposure #personalinfo #chat #vulnerabilities
bleepingcomputer.com
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup known for its DeepSeek-R1 LLM model, has publicly exposed two databases containing sensitive user and operational information.
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Re wildfires in CA --> A total systems collapse?
🚨NEW: VDH weighs in on the LA fires: “It's something like a DEI Green New Deal hydrogen bomb — the alarming symptoms of a society gone mad." An incisive, two-minute breakdown of the political and ideological issues that led to this disaster: “It was a total systems collapse
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Awesome
8. This kid delivered Rocky’s speech to Sylvester Stallone and absolutely nailed it!
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Be aware, the user committed at least four major mistakes --> Microsoft Defender Is Not Enough Anymore—This Malware Gets Around It - https://t.co/1rBWrKVWHN
#Tech #CyberSecurity #Malware #WindowsDefender #passwordmanager #telegram #download #trojan
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My favorite combination; books and tech --> Microsoft turns a new page in the book business with its own publishing imprint - https://t.co/ScL4I5yg7R via @GeekWire #tech #books #Microsoft #publishing #bookbiz #8080books
geekwire.com
Microsoft will attempt to find the sweet spot between the speed of social media and the lasting impact of books with its own publishing imprint, 8080 Books.
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Fyi --> Military Times ranks U of A among nation's top 5 universities for service members | University of Arizona News - https://t.co/eK30VAab41
#tech #UofA #UArizona #military #USmilitary #Veterans #university #education
news.arizona.edu
The U of A climbed two spots to No. 4 overall and No. 3 among public universities in the latest edition of the Military Times Best for Vets: Colleges 2024 ranking.
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