A California hospital recently had its patients' records held hostage. But the perpetrators did not commandeer a room full of paper files. They were in fact hackers who restricted access to the electronic records and demanded ...
Security
Feb 25, 2016
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Facebook on Tuesday modified a "real names" policy once protested by drag queen performers, the gay community, abuse victims and others.
Internet
Dec 15, 2015
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Three in five Australians have been the target of online harassment and abuse, landmark RMIT University research reveals.
Social Sciences
Nov 13, 2015
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Arrests of women increased dramatically in the past two decades, while domestic abuse laws meant to protect female victims have put many behind bars for defending themselves, a new paper argues.
Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2015
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Bullying at work grinds victims down and makes them an 'easy target' for further abuse according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2015
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Driverless cars could soon be cruising Australian roads if South Australia gives the go-ahead to reforms to its road legislation.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 17, 2015
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College women who have been sexually victimized not only fear their attackers—or those similar to them—but often have trouble trusting anyone after being assaulted. But religion can help them cope and overcome the emotional ...
Social Sciences
Feb 4, 2015
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A new system aims to speed up the triage of victims during mass casualty incidents: Instead of colored paper tags, first responders use colored electronic wristbands. These serve to locate victims and transmit vital data ...
Telecom
Feb 3, 2015
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Modern IT has the potential to make fitness training more varied for people with physi- cal limitations. But what exactly is required? Fraunhofer put this question to thalidomide victims, and developed new IT-based fitness ...
Engineering
Feb 2, 2015
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A social sensing game created at Illinois allows researchers to study natural interactions between children, collect large amounts of data about those interactions and test theories about youth aggression and victimization.
Social Sciences
Nov 19, 2014
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