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https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/ai-and-economic-productivity-expect-evolution-not-revolution Many analysts have lately been asserting that AI-enabled technologies will dramatically increase economic output. Accenture claims that by 2035 AI will double growth rates for 12 developed countries and increase labor productivity by as much as a third. PwC claims that AI will add $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030, while McKinsey →

How To Deliver Christmas Presenta in modern times… https://xkcd.com/2234/ And here are some alternatives to ole traditional Christmas songs https://www.iheart.com/content/2018-10-26-10-alternative-christmas-songs-to-amp-up-your-holiday-playlist/ →

https://www.wevolver.com/article/community.qa.with.arduino.ceo.fabio.violante Fabio has been leading Open Source Hardware and Software platform Arduino since 2017. The Wevolver community asked him their most burning questions. →

Celebrating the console’s 25th birthday in style, iFixit makes PlayStation teardown,breaks out the DualShock controllers and the screwdrivers reports https://www.hackster.io/news/ifixit-tears-down-a-launch-model-sony-playstation-to-celebrate-the-console-s-25th-anniversary-38f7d4522bbd The detailed tear-down is available now on the iFixit website. For those interested in the inner workings of the original PlayStation the company also has a service guide. →

This posting is here to collect cyber security news in December 2019. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. If you are interested in cyber security trends, read my Cyber security trends 2019 posting. You are also free to post related links.     →

The EU’s cyber security agency ENISA has published “ENISA threat landscape for 5G Networks” report that draws an initial threat landscape and presents an overview of the challenges in the security of 5G networks. It presents 5G architecture, the identification of important assets, the assessment of threats affecting 5G, the identification of asset exposure and →

https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/28/scientists-turn-undersea-fiber-optic-cables-into-seismographs/ Fiber optic communications cables can be “hacked” for more than just to transport our data. New research from Berkeley could turn existing undersea fiber optic cables into a network of seismographs. →

http://phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1860 Pandas vs. Academics compared →

https://www.cyberciti.biz/linux-news/in-comics-linux-celebrates-28th-birthday/ On 26 August 1991, Linus Torvalds announced hobby project that was supposed to better than Minix operating systems. The original plan was that Linux is going a free operating system, but just a hobby and won’t be big or professional like GNU. Linux turns 28 years old and together with GNU it has become →

https://techblog.comsoc.org/2019/11/22/wrc-19-wrap-up-additional-spectrum-allocations-agreed-for-imt-2020-5g-mobile/ WRC-19 identified additional globally harmonized (millimetre wave) frequency bands for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), including IMT-2020 (otherwise known as 5G mobile). Frequency bands 24.25-27.5 GHz, 37-43.5 GHz, 45.5-47 GHz, 47.2-48.2 and 66-71 GHz are allocated for the deployment of 5G networks. In total, 17.25 GHz of spectrum has been identified for IMT by the →