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Allen initiative key to LHCb trigger upgrade
From 2021, the first stage of LHCb’s high-level trigger will be run using GPUs. Investigations into its feasibility were supported by CERN openlab
Computer Security: Don’t answer me
Last year, the CERN Security Operations Centre detected 27 CERN hosts contacting so-called "tracking domains" used for reconnaissance and associated with national state-sponsored actors
Computer Security: Still on Windows 7? Say “bye bye” to your digital life
Support for Windows 7 ended in January 2020. Apart from for some customers who are paying an extra fee, Microsoft has stopped providing any assistance and security fixes for that version of their operating system
Computer Security: Click and infect
With one click, your Windows system, your Macbook or your Linux installation can be gone...
Computer Security: When apps lead to mishaps
The responsibility is in your hands: always keep your smartphone up-to-date with the most recent version of your operating system
Open Science against COVID-19: how Zenodo and OpenAIRE support the scientists
Zenodo and OpenAIRE are contributing to the European Commission call for action with what they do best – preserving and sharing all COVID-19-related datasets, software, preprints and other research objects
Computer Security: Blackmailing Academia: back to pen and paper(?)
In recent months, a worrying trend has been emerging fast: targeted organisation-wide ransomware attacks
Computer Security: Tele-protect
Teleworking and anxiety over COVID-19 make us more vulnerable to attacks, but there are solutions
CERN School of Computing 2020: Apply now!
Applications are now open for the 43rd CERN School of Computing. The CSC 2020 will take place from 23 August to 5 September 2020 in the beautiful city of Krakow, Poland