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1. Police warns: Wedding invites on WhatsApp are taking control of smartphones; stealing money, photos and m  The Times of India
2. All about the 'wedding invitation' scam on WhatsApp that can get your phone hacked  Moneycontrol
3. WhatsApp wedding invitations are the new cyber trap — here's how scammers are stealing your data  CNBCTV18
4. What is wedding invitation scam, how to protect yourself from it?  DNA India
5. All about the new wedding invite scam on WhatsApp. Here's how to avoid being hacked  Hindustan Times

1. China’s futuristic fighter jet unveiled: All about the ‘White Emperor’ capable of dropping munitions...  Moneycontrol
2. China’s 6th-Gen Fighter? Beijing Unveils “Supersonic Aircraft” Capable Of Dropping “Munitions From Space”  EurAsian Times
3. China Unveils Its Second 5th-Gen Fighter, Looks Exactly Like This US Jet  NDTV
4. China's groundbreaking innovations: Key Highlights from the Zhuhai Airshow | IN PICS  India TV News
5. Has China developed most dangerous fighter jet in world? Why is everyone talking about J-35A? What makes it s  India.com

1. UAntwerpen: "Mpox-virus in Afrika nog steeds niet onder controle"  De Specialist
2. Antwerpse wetenschappers strijden mee tegen mpox in Afrika | Antwerpen  Het Laatste Nieuws

1. Watch: Nitish Kumar bows to touch PM’s feet at Bihar event. Here’s how Modi reacted  Moneycontrol
2. Watch: PM Modi's unexpected gesture as Nitish Kumar bows down to touch his feet  The Times of India
3. Nitish Kumar tries to touch PM's feet at Bihar event. Modi does this next  India Today
4. PM Modi lays foundation stone for AIIMS Darbhanga in Bihar, says NDA Govt committed to welfare of people  The Hindu
5. PM Modi states ‘1 lakh medical seats in India’, vows to add ‘75,000 more’, lays foundation stone of AIIMS in Bihar  Mint

1. Don’t follow self-healing methods to control diabetes, says diabetologists  The Hindu
2. Study: 100mn Indians have diabetes  The Times of India
3. The Hindu webinar on diabetes management to be held on November 13  The Hindu
4. Combat diabetes with urgent lifestyle changes: Experts  The Times of India
5. Rice University’s ROGUE device implants a ‘living pharmacy’ to combat diabetes and obesity  Express Pharma

Top 10 Animals with the Strongest Senses  Moneycontrol

1. 'We've got a bit of history': Ricky Ponting responds to Gautam Gambhir's remarks, calls him 'prickly...  Moneycontrol
2. Ricky Ponting hits back at Gautam Gambhir, calls him 'prickly character'  The Times of India
3. 'That's a bad move, Ricky. What are you doing?': Ponting's Virat Kohli jibe questioned amid 'spicy' ball-tampering claim  Hindustan Times
4. "What Are You Doing?" Lee Warns Ricky Ricky Ponting Over 'Virat Kohli Remark'  NDTV Sports
5. ‘What Are You Doing?’: Former Australian Cricketer Hits Back At Ricky Ponting Over Remark On Virat Kohli’s Test Form  News24

1. How Yogi Adityanath government reacted to Supreme Court's 'bulldozer justice' ruling  Moneycontrol
2. How the Supreme Court clamped down on ‘bulldozer’ demolition drives | Explained  The Hindu
3. Officers Carrying Out Illegal Demolitions Liable To Restore Properties At Personal Cost & Pay Damages:...  Live Law - Indian Legal News
4. Supreme Court's Demolition Verdict Will Help Curb Organised Crime: UP  NDTV
5. SC parked bulldozer in garage forever: Akhilesh Yadav  Hindustan Times

My professorial wife, Suzanne Shu, is doing some very interesting research in the marketing department of the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. Recently, she was invited to give a talk on special consumer choice topics to the PR firm, The Richards Group. The Richards Group represents a number of well-known clients such as AIM Investments, Comcast, Corona Beer, Fruit of the Loom, The Home Depot, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Nortel, and Sub-Zero Freezer Company.

In any case, we are planning to cover some of the same topics presented to The Richards Group in a series of posts over the coming weeks. Thanks for tuning in!

Steve Shu
Managing Director
S4 Management Group
Email: sshu@s4management.com
Web: http://www.s4management.com

As Lighthouse Trails Publishing (the publishing arm of Lighthouse Trails Research Project) soon nears the end of our 10th year (10 years this coming March), we'd like to take a moment to ponder 2011, which was a busy year for us. It's not easy being a small publisher in today's western society where book reading is being slowly squeezed out of many people's lives by the Internet, television, radio, and a host of other technological inventions. Not only that, small publishing houses must compete with the large houses that seem to have marketing budgets that keep them selling thousands, if not millions, of books. And many of the more established Christian publishers have been bought out by huge secular corporations giving their marketing budgets even more clout. An article in Christianity Today this past fall titled "HarperCollins Buys Thomas Nelson, Will Control 50% of Christian Publishing Market" is a case in point. HarperCollins bought Zondervan in 1988. Thomas Nelson and Zondervan are Christian publishing's two largest publishing house. -- But in spite of the huge challenge it is for small publishers to stay in business, Lighthouse Trails is still here after nearly a decade. We believe that God has continued to provide for us; and we thank Him for giving us the wisdom to keep our overhead small, live and work as simply and frugally as we can, and never lower our standards from what we believe they should be just so we can sell more books. We'll never be a Thomas Nelson or Zondervan (we think that might be a good thing considering their move toward contemplative and emerging), but we hope and pray we can be around another ten years and represent even more authors than we already have who have biblical and personal integrity.

New article on controlling digital equipment is now available.

Once again Network Control is recognized as a key telecom expense management provider by Analyst firm Gartner in their 2020 Market Guide for Telecom Expense Management Services.

Telecom Expense Management company Network Control announced today that president and CEO Mark Hearn has been named a finalist for the AOTMP Telecom Professional of the Year award.

Telecom Expense Management pioneer Network Control has been named a finalist for the AOTMP Telecom Vendor of the Year award. This award honors the company that demonstrates innovation, excellence and customer value.

Network Control, a pioneer and leader in the Telecom Expense Management (TEM) space today announced the company has been named IT Telecom Vendor of the Year by AOTMP.

Company achieves 20% growth with its most diverse new customer additions to date. The positive results are due to complex work and business climate, the need for proactive management of communication costs.

Telecom Expense Management company Network Control has been selected for the latest Gartner Market Guide for Telecom Expense Management Services.

Network Control announces record year over year revenue and customer growth due to extreme value of its telecom expense management services in support of the sudden shift to work from home (WFH) requirements in most industries.

W oprogramowaniu BMC Control-M wykryto 3 podatności różnego typu (od CVE-2024-1604 do CVE-2024-1606).

(EMAILWIRE.COM, November 01, 2024 ) Automotive Microcontrollers Market is expected to reach US$ 22.93 Bn. by 2030, at a CAGR of 8.2% during the forecast period. The automotive microcontroller market is experiencing significant growth, driven by the increasing integration of electronics in vehicles....

(EMAILWIRE.COM, November 03, 2024 ) The Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Market is experiencing growth due to rising concerns over antibiotic resistance and infection control. AST systems help healthcare providers determine the most effective treatments for infections, improving patient outcomes....

The information available via this page is to support aircraft operators and their State Authorities ensure that RVSM monitoring targets are being achieved. For further information on the context of the information please visit the EURRMA homepage . Measurement period from 01 Jan 2021 to 01 Jan 2023 Last update: 08 Jan 2023

Is 'Self-control' nothing more than merely exercising will-power? If not, what is it then? How is it different from just 'trying harder'? In this concluding message in our mini-series on 'The Fruit of the Spirit', find out how self-control is a key to effectively accessing the other fruit of the Spirit. Also find out what Paul meant when he said of the fruit of the Spirit, 'against such there is no law'. This message is available at https://www.preachtheword.com now in MP3 audio format and in HD video on our YouTube Channel (https://youtube.com/PreachTheWord)...

Published at LXer: The Pimoroni Pico Plus 2 W is an upgraded version of the RP2350 microcontroller, offering more memory and wireless connectivity while keeping the compact form factor of the...

PRZOOM - Newswire (press release) - Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500, Glasgow Scotland - £29.5 million investment in cloud-hosted solution to mobilise firefighters and help improve safety and security in Scotland - FireScotland.gov.uk

This is absolutely true. There is no way to even debate the issue. The last independent news broadcaster RCTV in Venezuela was not given a licence renewal by Chavez today. It has been reported that this broadcaster, as well as...

Prevention and control of the diabetes disease.

PC Tattletale offers parental controls & internet monitoring software that monitors teen chat rooms, instant messages, web sites, email and more.

How to instruct Web crawlers (search engine spiders) what to do when they visit your site. You can specify that some parts of your site should be private and non-searchable. You can control how Web crawlers index your site at different levels - the entire site, specific directories, and individual pages.

[Premium Times] "Nah, the country we dey control now, no be only Lagos again".

La nouvelle mise à jour de Six Days in Fallujah, intitulée « Command and Control », sera disponible dès demain. Cette extension introduit une fonctionnalité très attendue : la possibilité pour les joueurs de mener des missions aux côtés de coéquipiers contrôlés par l’IA, que l’on peut désormais commander. Annoncé depuis un moment et reporté à plusieurs […]

Imagine giving a chatbot the power to control and manage your computer. This exciting, but potentially dangerous idea is making people nervous.

(Telecompaper) Motorola Solutions has won a 7-year contract from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) to provide a cloud-hosted Control Room Solution (CRS)...

1. Republicans inch closer to US House majority, full control of Congress  Reuters
2. Republicans 2 seats away from House majority, giving Trump leeway to implement agenda  Fox News
3. State of Congress: Republicans near formal House majority  POLITICO

Summary: Until we value freedom and independence in the digital world, we will yield up control of our digital lives to others who will act in their own interests, not ours.

In response to a post on X about China's social credit system, Paul Conlon said:

Digital ID is ultimately about access control where those who impose the system are the ones determining what you are required to be and do.

Provision of resources and liberties become conditional upon the whims of the affluent. Doesn't sound safe or convenient to me.

From X
Referenced 2024-08-28T08:10:31-0400

How Paul said this struck me because I've been thinking a lot about access control lately. I believe that we build identity systems to manage relationships, but, as Paul points out, in many cases the ultimately utility of identity systems is access control.

This isn't, by itself, a bad thing. I'm glad that Google controls access to my GMail account so that only I can use it. But it doesn't stop there. If I use my Google account to log into other things, then Google ultimately controls my access to everything I've used it for. This is federation's original sin¹.

Paul's comment points out the primary problem with how we build identity systems today: when access control is centralized, it inherently shifts power towards those who manage the system. This dynamic can lead to a situation where individuals must conform to the expectations or demands of those in control, just to maintain their access to essential services or resources. While we often accept this trade-off for convenience—like using Google to manage multiple logins—the broader implications are troubling.

The more we rely on federated identity systems, with their tendency to centralization, the more we risk ceding control over our digital lives, reducing our autonomy, and increasing our dependence on entities whose goals may not align with our own. This is why the principles of self-sovereign identity (SSI) are so compelling. SSI proposes a model where individuals maintain control over their own identity, reducing the risks associated with centralized access control and enhancing personal freedom in the digital realm.

Critics of SSI will claim that giving people control over their identity means we have to accept their self assertions. Nothing could be further from the truth. When someone wants me to prove I'm over 18, I use a driver's license. The state is asserting my age, not me. But I'm in control of who I show that to and where. Sovereignty is about borders and imposes a system of relationships.

Now, China could use decentralized identity technology to build their social credit system. One credential, controlled by the state, that is used to access everything. Technology alone can't solve this problem. As a society, we have to want a digital world, modeled on the physical one, where individuals are the locus of control and use information and assertions from a variety of credentials to build and interact in authentic peer-to-peer relationships. Until we value freedom and independence in the digital world, we will yield up control of our digital lives to others who will act in their own interests, not ours.

Notes

1. For similar reasons, I think federated social media systems are a bad idea too, but that's another blog post.

Photo Credit: Papers Please from DALL-E (public domain). Prompt: Draw a rectangular picture of police checking identity papers of people on the street

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A new report finds 61 percent of organizations have suffered a security breach in the past year because their policies, governance, and controls failed or were not working effectively. This is costing US businesses $30bn and UK businesses £10bn per year. The study from security posture management firm Panaseer surveyed 400 security decision makers across the US and UK and found 72 percent have taken out indemnity insurance in response to growing personal liability, whilst 15 percent have considered leaving the industry. In addition, 85 percent of decision makers are facing greater scrutiny from the board. 57 percent say they… [Continue Reading]

Google will be changing how it handles the first-party cookie controls on AdSense sites. Google said, "We're making some changes to how first-party cookies are managed in your AdSense account to simplify controls and improve your access to third-party demand."

Google has combined the controls for enabling "first-party cookies" and "first-party cookies for personalization" into a single control.

Turning on the new control will enable first-party cookies for the publisher, share it with demand sources, and enable all usages including personalization, Google explained.

The new control will be set to your existing personalization setting to aid the transition, Google added.

Google added:

Currently, first-party cookies are shared with Google demand sources (Google Ads, Display & Video 360). Starting no earlier than December 4th, 2024, your first-party cookies will also be shared with Authorized Buyers. However, for the time being, this sharing will not include users in the EEA, Switzerland, UK, California, and some US states.

If you're already using first-party cookies for personalization, sharing with Authorized Buyers will be turned on by default. If you're only using first-party cookies without personalization, sharing will remain off.

Choose whether or not you want to allow first-party cookies from Google on your site, and allow sharing of first-party cookies for personalization with eligible advertising platforms (Google Ads, Display & Video 360, and Authorized Buyers). Allowing first-party cookies from Google may increase your revenue because it enables features like frequency capping on ads and allows ads with a frequency cap to serve on your site. First party cookies for personalization help to show personalized ads to your users when third-party cookies aren't available, which may also increase your revenue.

Cookies are small text files downloaded to a user's browser that can be used to store user information and preferences. Cookies are either first-party (associated with the domain the user is visiting) or third party (associated with a domain that's different from the domain the user is visiting). Google may use first-party cookies when third-party cookies are not available.

Forum discussion at X.

We hear the phrase "God is in control" and may even use it from time to time when trying to make sense of a difficult situation. Fr. Thomas Hopko evaluates that phrase and challenges us to rethink it.

Fr. Tom returns to the subject of his recent episode "God Is In Control. Yes or No?" He responds to the listener feedback and clarifies his thoughts on the subject.