August 19, 2022
Security: Apple warns of security flaw for iPhones, iPads and Macs
Yahoo News
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices.

Apple released two security reports about the issue on Wednesday, although they didn’t receive wide attention outside of tech publications.

Apple’s explanation of the vulnerability means a hacker could get “full admin access" to the device. That would allow intruders to impersonate the device's owner and subsequently run any software in their name. Read More
Healthcare IT: How telemedicine can leverage the shrinking number of physicians
Healthcare IT News
Physicians are burning out and leaving the front lines of healthcare in big numbers. The pandemic has aggravated this problem. Solutions to this critical problem are needed.

Clinicians and other experts at telehealth technology and services companies across the country are raising their hands, saying they could be at least one part of the solution to physician burnout. The staffing numbers are going down, but the healthcare need continues to rise. Telemedicine gives us the opportunity to reimagine how we leverage this finite number of resources to the fullest potential. Read More
Homeland Security: The CHIPS and Science Act strengthens our homeland security
Homeland Security Today
The aim of the CHIPS and Science Act is to help protect the semiconductor supply chain from disruptions and defend against cyber threats, while also incentivizing the domestic semiconductor industrial base and stimulating research and development as well as workforce development for U.S. industry. This is a significant legislative achievement and one that demonstrates the important linkage between economic security – and industrial policy, more broadly – to our homeland security. By investing in American industry, the United States can become more secure.

One of the necessary advancements in our strategy to reduce the risk to the homeland has been a focus on changing the technological footprint for U.S. critical infrastructure and supporting supply chains to reduce reliance on China and other adversaries. Read More
Transportation: Gas-powered muscle cars to turn electric
Transport Topics
PONTIAC, Mich. — Thundering gas-powered muscle cars, for decades a fixture of American culture, will be closing in on their final Saturday-night cruises in the coming years as automakers begin replacing them with super-fast cars that run on batteries.

Stellantis’ Dodge brand, long the performance flag-bearer of the company formerly known as Fiat Chrysler, is officially moving toward electricity. On the night of Aug. 17, Dodge unveiled a battery-powered Charger Daytona SRT concept car, which is close to one that will be produced in 2024 as the sun sets on some petroleum models. Read More
Human Resources: Telework has improved team performance for government workers, research finds
HR Dive
The government’s success with team performance offers a guidepost for HR pros trying to balance executive uncertainty about remote and hybrid work, employee desire to continue doing so and managers’ role in bridging the issues.

For example, a recent Foundry report found that 51% of IT and business decision-makers surveyed said remote and hybrid work raised concerns about efficient collaboration. Yet, mandating when, where and which employees “come in to collaborate” isn’t likely to work, either, a hiring expert recently told HR Dive. Read More
Business & Technology: The Blockchain battlefront: Technology, business, and regulation
CIO
Comedian John Oliver quipped that cryptocurrency is “everything you don’t understand about money combined with everything you don’t understand about technology.” He missed another area of notorious confusion: the law. The great regulatory bureaucracy has awakened to the significance of blockchain-enabled technology, led by the SEC. 

The government is certain that cryptocurrency must be regulated, but it is faced with a knotty question: What kind of asset is cryptocurrency? Security? Commodity? Currency? Something else? Meanwhile, technologists and entrepreneurs are creating new applications that affect the answer. Read More