Month: September 2022

Picayune native serves with Naval Oceanography at Stennis Space Center

GULFPORT, Miss. – Sandra Bennett, a native of Picayune, Mississippi, is part of Naval Oceanography ensuring the U.S. Navy maintains freedom from the ocean floor to the stars at Naval Oceanographic Office. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Vanessa White, Navy Office of Community Outreach Sailors and civilians working throughout Naval Oceanography collect, measure,…

DoD’s Largest Telescope Receives Mirror Recoat

The US Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing (AMOS) site has completed coating the primary lens of the US Department of Defense’s largest reflector telescope. The recoating follows a year of planning and four months of work, according to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The advanced electro-optical system (AEOS) telescope is located on top…

Ukraine, Italy is asking its citizens to leave Russia

Italy is also asking its citizens to leave Russia. The embassy in Moscow issues a note in which the “most recent evolution of the international context” and the growing difficulties in connections leaving the country are underlinedThe Italian embassy in Russia, joining other Western diplomatic offices such as the US and UK, invites compatriots to…

This Vote Could Change the Course of Internet History

“The internet, at its lowest level, should be data-agnostic,” says Mallory Knodel, chief technology officer at the Center for Democracy & Technology. There is “less information control if the data is agnostic,” she says.“New IP would centralize control over the network into the hands of telecoms operators, all of which are either state-run or state-controlled…

Government flags new cybersecurity laws and increase in fines after

The Albanese government will pursue “very substantial” reforms in the wake of the massive Optus data breach, including increasing penalties under the Privacy Act that are currently capped at $2.2m.As the government flags it will push ahead with legislative changes, hundreds of public servants from the Australian Signals Directorate, the Australian Cyber Security Centre and…