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The RSAC 2025 Conference is just around the corner, set to take place April 28 – May 1, 2025, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. As one of the cybersecurity industry’s most anticipated annual gatherings, RSAC 2025 promises cutting-edge insights, valuable networking opportunities, and discussions on the latest trends and challenges in information security.
A few weeks ago, 19-year-old Filipino tennis ace Alex Eala scored the best finish of her young career so far with a semifinal run at the 2025 Miami Open. Not only is that the best she’s done (and we’re sure she’s going to do much better in the future), but that finish alone has earned the No. 72-ranked Eala a purse of $332,160, which is around P19 million in local currency—no small amount for sure. That purse alone is more than half of her total winnings in her entire career prior to this, which stood at $498,901, or around P28…
Enhanced Data Protection With AI Guardrails With AI apps, the threat landscape has changed. Every week, we see customers are asking questions like: How do I mitigate leakage of sensitive data into LLMs? How do I even discover all the AI apps and chatbots users are accessing? We saw how the Las Vegas Cybertruck bomber used AI, so how do we avoid toxic content generation? How do we enable our developers to debug Python code in LLMs but not “C” code? AI has transformative potential and benefits. However, it also comes with risks that expand the threat landscape, particularly regarding…
Wedbush Securities’ Global Head of Technology Research, Daniel Ives, has raised Tesla Inc.‘s TSLA price target to $350 after Elon Musk announced “significantly” reducing his time allocation to the Department of Government Efficiency in its earnings call on Tuesday. What Happened: Musk, during its first-quarter earnings call, said, “Starting probably next month, in May, my time allocation to DOGE will drop significantly.” “The large slug of work necessary to get the DOGE team in place is mostly done; I’ll continue to spend 1-2 days per week as long as the President wants me to,” he added. According to Ives, “Musk…
A KFF poll found parents who believed a false claim about measles were more likely to skip or delay childhood vaccinations. wildpixel/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption wildpixel/Getty Images The U.S. has now reported more than 800 measles cases in at least two dozen states. The vast majority of cases — more than 600 — are in Texas. In the midst of the outbreak, a new poll shows how much misinformation people are seeing about measles. The good news is the vast majority of people still have confidence in the safety of the measles vaccine, says Liz Hamel, director of…
Over the last few years, much attention has been given to insulin and its role in blood sugar management. But equally important (and often overlooked) is glucagon, a hormone that works in tandem with insulin to regulate the body’s glucose balance. Today, the scientific community and public health experts are paying renewed attention to glucagon, not just because of its counter-regulatory role, but also due to its implications in type 2 diabetes, metabolism, and fat oxidation. If you are wondering, “Glucagon is secreted by which organ?” or want to understand the full scope of glucagon function, this article has you…
Dear Dave,My wife has run her own small business for the last three years. I try to be positive, and help whenever I can, but the truth is things aren’t going very well. In fact, the business has never really shown signs of getting off the ground. Over the last several months, we’ve been putting part of what I make at my job into the business to help keep it open. We’ve also taken money out of savings to bolster things, and now our savings account is pretty low. I want to support her, because she loves what she’s doing.…
Every year, there’s a player that surprises the NFL world by going way higher than consensus. Michael Penix Jr. going 8th to the Atlanta Falcons in 2024, Cole Strange going in round one to the New England Patriots in 2022, and many more surprises that threw the NFL Draft on tilt. 2025 is bound to have some surprises come Thursday, largely because of how much is unknown about this class. After maybe the first two or three picks, everything is on the table. The gap between the 10th and 28th player on some boards might not be as large as…
The U.S. small business market maintained steady momentum in the first quarter of 2025, according to BizBuySell’s latest Insight Report, with 2,368 businesses sold and a total enterprise value exceeding $2 billion—a 9% increase over Q1 2024. Despite looming uncertainty surrounding new tariffs, deal volume grew 2% quarter-over-quarter, as buyers pursued high-performing businesses and prices climbed 4% to a median sale price of $349,000. Following a dip at the end of 2024, transactions rebounded in January, climbing 4% amid optimism over anticipated tax cuts, lower interest rates, and deregulation. However, policy uncertainty under the new administration soon tempered that momentum.…
by Jeroslyn JoVonn April 22, 2025 Border patrol has been conducting smartphone searches to determine entry into the country, but there are ways to avoid having this happen to you Entering the United States has become significantly more challenging under the second Trump administration. While U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers now have broad authority to search phones and other digital devices to determine who may enter the country, there are steps that can be taken to reduce the likelihood of having your personal phone searched at the border. In recent weeks, several travelers have reported being questioned or…