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Disaster-Resistant Technologies (The Cyber Underground)

What technologies can aid in disaster recovery? We’re in the hurricane season and we should be thinking about disaster-resistant technologies that help keep your business running. Things like managed power, network appliances with backup LTE connections, backup recovery to the cloud (AWS/Azure), and migrating on-premise devices to cloud hosted services. The host for this episode […]

Marvelous Membranes: Advances in getting freshwater from the sea (Likable Science)

New technologies are paving the way for advances in desalination processes that will be critical in meeting worldwide needs for potable water in upcoming decades. We’ll review the ever-increasing need for and processes of reverse osmosis, and discuss how new electrospray technology enables much thinner and smoother, and therefore lower pressure, less fouling, and higher […]

Commercial Security in Hawaii – State of the Industry (Security Matters: Hawaii)

Because Security Matters This week on Security Matters: Hawaii, Andrew Lanning is joined by Kory Rasmussen to talk about the current condition of various commercial vertical market security programs an initiatives The host for this episode is Andrew Lanning. The guest for this episode is Kory Rasmussen. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from […]

Daily Advisory 8/31/18

Today’s Daily Advisory 10:00 am, Security Matters: Hawaii with Andrew Lanning, in an episode called Commercial Security in Hawaii – State of the Industry – Because Security Matters with guest Kory Rasmussen. View playlist for earlier shows. 11:00 am, Encore Presentation – Business In Hawaii with Dailyn Yanagida, in an episode called Outsourced Customer Contact/Support Center […]

Exporting to Japan and Asia-Pacific: Best Practices Update (Business In Hawaii)

Advice and insights for exporters, small business CEO’s What are best practices and advice to companies exploring product development, marketing, and sales in Japan and other Asia-Pacific countries? Rob Haak, CEO of Insight InterAsia, gives insights based on his career in Asia-Pacific marketing. Recently, he led a series of Hawaii State economic development workshops in […]

Today’s Headlines

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Reaction to Israel’s Strike in Iran Plays Down Significance

In Israel, officials described the strike as a limited response and reports from both sides suggested it did not appear to cause significant damage to military sites. [...]

What We Know About Israel’s Strike in Iran

Israel struck Iran early Friday, according to officials from both countries, in what appeared to be its first military response to the Iranian attack on Israel last weekend. [...]

U.S. Vetoes Palestinian Bid to Be Full U.N. Member State

The move blocked a resolution to support a status that Palestinians had long sought at the United Nations, where it is considered a “nonmember observer state.” [...]

Trump on Trial vs. Biden on the Trail: An Unusual 2024 Stretch Begins

President Biden’s push to transform the race into a binary choice between him and Donald Trump has been aided by blanket coverage of Mr. Trump’s courtroom appearances. [...]

Israeli missile has struck Iran, US officials say

There are reports of explosions near Isfahan, as Iranian state media downplay any Israeli attack. [...]

What we know about Israel's overnight attack on Iran

There are competing claims about the scale of Israel's reported overnight attack targeting Isfahan in Iran. [...]

Bowen: Crisis shows how badly Iran and Israel understand each other

After decades of rivalry, the rival Middle East powers have both miscalculated, writes Jeremy Bowen. [...]

Blasts heard in central province of Isfahan

Blasts are heard in central Isfahan province, though it is not clear what might have been hit. [...]

BBC Persian sent footage of Isfahan explosions

Video sent to the BBC shows flashes in the sky, while a large explosion can also be heard. [...]

Julian Nagelsmann has extended his contract with the German national football team ahead of Euro 2024. Nagelsmann had been heavily linked with a return to his previous job, at Bayern [...]

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani urged an "absolute de-escalation" after explosions in Iranian territory overnight. DW has more. [...]

Iran is suffering from inflation, currency depreciation and the impact of international sanctions. Will new Western boycotts planned following Iran's attack on Israel impact Tehran's ability to wage war? [...]

German authorities say that men coming to Germany from Russia to avoid being enlisted in the army are not at risk of persecution if they return. Those whose asylum applications [...]

Ukraine's military says its forces have destroyed a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber used to attack Ukrainian cities. This comes as Russian missile strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region are reported to have [...]

Google worker says the company is 'silencing our voices' after mass firings

The tech giant fired 28 employees who took part in a protest over the company's Project Nimbus contract with the Israeli government. One fired worker tells her story. [...]

Alvin Bragg, Manhattan's district attorney, draws friends close and critics closer

Alvin Bragg, Manhattan's District Attorney, has great friends and determined critics [...]

What's going to explode in space? Find out in the quiz

In other news, the WNBA draft was haute, a star system is hot and a Nike uniform was deemed neither haute nor hot. [...]

Where gun violence is common, some students say physical safety is a top concern

The federal government is investing billions to bolster school safety and mental health resources to combat gun violence. But some sense a disconnect between those programs and what students need. [...]

Fake Botox has sickened patients nationwide. Here's what to know — and what to avoid

Public health authorities are investigating reports of counterfeit injections sickening 19 people across nine states. Experts say getting bona fide Botox starts with finding a trustworthy provider. [...]

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