Month: August 2022

Jacksonville’s computer-aided dispatch system is still down

JSO says this is not affecting operations, calls or response times. Additionally, officers are still able to write reports through the system.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla — The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office confirmed Monday that it’s CAD (computer-aided dispatch) system is still down.

Police say this is forcing dispatchers to communicate with officers in the field by voice dispatch instead of documenting calls and locations through the system.

However, JSO says this is not affecting operations, calls or response times. Additionally, JSO says officers are still able to write reports through the system.

The FBI Jacksonville Cyber ​​Task Force is providing assistance to the City of Jacksonville after the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was hit by “detected suspicious activity” over the weekend.

This information was first reported by The Tributary and has been independently confirmed by First Coast News.

“The FBI Jacksonville Cyber ​​Task Force has been providing assistance to the City of Jacksonville

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Decades at Dartmouth: ‘It Was Always About the Students’

Dartmouth bid farewell this year to seven retreating Arts and Sciences faculty members in departments ranging from English and creative writing to computer science and geography.

John CampbellClass of 1925 Professor of Sociology; Thomas H. Cormenprofessor of computer science; Andrew FriedlandRichard and Jane Pearl Professor in Environmental Studies; Misagh Parsaprofessor of sociology; Ivy Schweitzerprofessor of English and creative writing; Kathleen Wine, associate professor of French; and Richard WrightOrvil Dryfoos Professor of Public Affairs, all retired this year.

Each of the professors has made unique and lasting contributions to the College, says Elizabeth Smithdean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

“As dedicated teachers, scholars, and colleagues, they influenced generations of students as well as peers on campus and around the world,” Smith says. “Their legacies will be part of Dartmouth forever.”

Several of the retiring faculty members shared their thoughts on the

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Refurbishing Computers Turns from Side Hustle to Helping Hand

Dylan Zajac ’25 clearly remembers when his side hustle—taking broken computers, fixing them, and selling them at a cut-rate price—bloomed into a full-fledged charity.

“There was this dad that I was messaging with on Facebook. I was negotiating the price of this laptop with him, and he was telling me all about how his son needs it for school,” Zajac said.

“I started to feel bad. I realized I was making 200 percent profit on this computer, which is great for my business, but in terms of helping people, it just didn’t sit well with me.”

Zajac, now a rising sophomore at Babson College, decided he’d give it to his customer’s son for free.

“He’d never had a laptop before, and he still uses it today,” Zajac said. “That’s when I started realizing I could really do this. I’d be able to give these working computers away to people who

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Ordinary computers can beat Google’s quantum computer after all | Science

If the quantum computing era dawned 3 years ago, its rising sun may have ducked behind a cloud. In 2019, Google researchers claimed they had passed a milestone known as quantum supremacy when their quantum computer Sycamore performed in 200 seconds an abstruse calculation they said would tie up a supercomputer for 10,000 years. Now, scientists in China have done the computation in a few hours with ordinary processors. A supercomputer, they say, could beat Sycamore outright.

“I think they’re right that if they had access to a big enough supercomputer, they could have simulated the … task in a matter of seconds,” says Scott Aaronson, a computer scientist at the University of Texas, Austin. The advance takes a bit of the shine off Google’s claim, says Greg Kuperberg, a mathematician at the University of California, Davis. “Getting to 300 feet from the summit is less exciting than getting to

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IRS looks to boost security of federal tax information through computer reviews

Written by Dave Nyczepir

The IRS Office of Safeguards seeks a contractor to support computer security reviews ensuring outside agencies are protecting the federal tax information provided them, according to a sources sought notice posted Tuesday.

The forthcoming task order, expected in the first quarter of fiscal 2023, will cover preparatory agency outreach, pre-review analysis of areas of concern, automated and manual computer security scans, reporting of results and findings, and responding to agencies’ submissions.

Safeguards verifies more than 300 federal, state and local agencies and contractors are complying with the Internal Revenue Code — when it comes to protecting the confidentiality of and preventing unauthorized access to federal tax information (FTI) — by identifying and mitigating risks of loss, breach or misuse.

“The Office of Safeguards has a need to increase security of FTI and to ensure consistent application of information security standards across

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26 Affordable Tech Gifts Anyone Will Be Happy To Receive — All Under $25, Enterprise

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Will Books Turn out to be Out of date?

Computer NewsThere are some news articles about academics and students claiming they started getting complications and pores and skin rashes after WiFi was installed of their school. In reality, I do know a couple of individuals who complain about complications they say are induced by wi-fi routers myself. Many consultants state that every one WiFi well being points are only a fable, but there are just a few others who warn that there is perhaps some risks we’re not conscious of yet. You will discover out more about how wi-fi internet works and take part in our WiFi health dangers dialogue below.

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