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The next-generation triggers for CERN detectors

The recently launched Next-Generation Triggers project is set to remarkably increase the efficiency, sensitivity and modelling of CERN experiments

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11 April, 2024

Computer Security: Swipes vs PINs vs passwords vs you

There are many different ways to unlock your smartphone: swiping patterns, PIN numbers, passwords, biometric fingerprints or face recognition. Some are more secure, some less so

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Computing
09 April, 2024

World Wide Web at 35

From Tim Berners-Lee’s first proposal in March 1989 to today, the World Wide Web’s impact on society has been profound

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Computing
27 March, 2024
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27 March, 2024

Computer Security: Day of the open firewall

With ongoing vulnerability scans of CERN’s internet presence, the Computer Security team’s plans to perform penetration testing against selected targets visible to the internet

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25 March, 2024
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25 March, 2024

CERN rewarded for its contributions to cloud computing

The award recognises CERN’s innovative use of cloud native technologies to address future scientific and operational challenges

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Computing
21 March, 2024

Farewell to the Alcatel phone exchange

Following the migration to software-based phones, CERN phones are now fully virtual and the Alcatel phone exchange has been disconnected

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Computing
12 March, 2024
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12 March, 2024

Computer Security: Bingo walk-through

Bravo to all those who participated in the Bull**** Bingo and sent us their solution. Some people were wondering why their responses were not correct… Good point, so let’s walk through that Bingo

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Computing
12 March, 2024
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12 March, 2024

The Open Quantum Institute launches its pilot phase at CERN

The three-year pilot will build on the efforts to date to help unleash the full power of quantum computing for the benefit of all

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05 March, 2024

Indico: 20 years of event managing

The CERN-developed open source software, Indico, is being chosen by a growing number of users worldwide. As it celebrates 20 years, find out what new features are planned for 2024

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28 February, 2024
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28 February, 2024

Computer Security: The hardship of three security paradigms

These paradigms “KISS ─ keep it simple, stupid” and “defence-in-depth” go hand in hand once we all jointly pick the right two of “cheap, convenient, secure”

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Computing
26 February, 2024