The Meaning of Dos Rios, California’s Newest State Park
A riverbank, as seen in Dos Rios State Park. (Kate Golden) On Wednesday, June 12, the state of California officially opens Dos Rios, the first new state park in more than a decade. It’s a riparian forest restoration at the confluence of the San Joaquin and Tuolumne rivers, in the Central Valley, about an hour […]
Tackling Challenges With Data Governance
Topics Radar Brief insights on emerging trends in management from the opening pages of MIT Sloan Management Review’s quarterly print magazine. More in this series ^(https://www.blogquicker.com/goto/https://sloanreview.mit.edu/series/radar/) Courtesy of Mathematica Akira Bell is senior vice president and CIO at Mathematica, a research and data analytics consultancy. Bell was a finalist for this year’s MIT Sloan CIO […]
Public Cloud Spend Tops $800 Billion in 2024
The global public cloud services market is continuing phenomenal growth, driven by digital transformation initiatives and a fundamental shift in how IT organizations function. This trend is fueled by several factors, including the increasing adoption of remote work models, the need for greater agility and scalability, and the ever-growing volume of data that organizations need […]
I Went to the Intertidal During a “High” Low Tide; Here’s What I Found – The Tidepooler
I Went to the Intertidal During a “High” Low Tide; Here’s What I Found July 1, 2024 During the lowest of low daytime tides, you’ll find hordes of people at popular tide-pooling locations. Everyone knows that you have to visit during the lowest tides to see the best stuff, right? Well, kinda. For the intertidal enthusiast, […]
Vulnerability in Email Auto-replies Allows Hackers to Mine Crypto
How Auto-Reply Emails Are Exploited Cybersecurity researchers from Facct ^(https://www.blogquicker.com/goto/https://facctconference.org/) recently found that hackers are taking advantage of email auto-replies to spread malware. They’ve mainly targeted companies, marketplaces, and financial institutions in Russia. The goal? To install XMRig, a crypto-mining software, on victims’ devices. XMRig is a legitimate tool for mining Monero ^(https://www.blogquicker.com/goto/https://www.coinbackyard.com/cryptocurrency/monero-privacy-leadership/), a type […]
Escape the Deceit of Dunya and Retreat to the Cave of Rahmah
^(https://www.blogquicker.com/goto/https://nurmuhammad.com/escape-deceit-dunya-retreat-cave-rahmah/) From the Realities of Mawlana (Q) as taught by Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi A’uzu Billahi Minash Shaitanir Rajeem Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the rejected one In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘aalameen, was salaatu was salaamu ‘alaa Ashrafil Mursaleen, Sayyidina wa Mawlana […]
Agility and Guardrails: What Toyota Learned
Can constraints actually boost agility? In this short video, MIT research scientist Nick van der Meulen shares lessons from Toyota. The conventional wisdom is that policy overload can weigh large corporations down with bureaucratic red tape and that agility is the wheelhouse of the startup. It has never been more critical that large companies innovate, […]
The New Normal: Hot Bats Drop By the Thousands
It was the middle of a triple-digit heat wave in the hottest July ever recorded in Bakersfield, California. Bat biologist Erika Noel stepped beneath a freeway overpass along State Route 178, and the air felt like an oven. Forty feet above, clustered among five joints of the bridge, were thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats emitting […]
Elevate Your Business with IoT in Warehouse Management
Warehouse operations that run like clockwork. Perfectly stocked, tracked, and delivered inventory, and customers who can’t stop raving about your efficiency and delivery times—that is the ultimate goal! Can IoT in warehouse management help attain this level of efficiency? Let’s find out! Providing efficient, smart, and sustainable warehouse solutions is possible. All you need is […]
Make Your Own Field Guide • John Muir Laws
The Nature Journal Educator’s Forum welcomes guests Rachael Robbins and two of her students as we learn about a special project they did with their class: creating a local ecosystem field guide! Rachael Robbins is a fifth grade teacher at Bay View Elementary in Burlington, Washington. She uses nature journaling with her students to connect […]