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

Pentagon JEDI Cloud Contract: Microsoft Win Faces Scrutiny, Milestone Challenges

  • 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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