Tues Oct 30 2019: DOD awards Microsoft, Johannesburg hacked, Facebook Curated news, and US Nukes don't use floppies anymore

Today

• DOD awards Microsoft their cloud business

https://www.channele2e.com/business/vertical-markets/microsoft-pentagon-jedi-cloud-contract

• Johannesburg hacked… again

https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614630/hackers-shut-down-johannesburgs-networks-once-again/

• Facebook curated news already under fire

https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/10/25/20931407/facebook-news-tab-newspapers-journalism

AND

• The US nuclear arsenal finally doesn’t use floppies

 

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