What You Should Know The Reversal: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is officially reversing a controversial 2024 reorganization that consolidated major enterprise technology roles under the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). The Name Change: The 2024 initiative dually titled the ONC as the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office...Read More
27 March 2024 Copenhagen, Denmark WHO/Europe today released the second volume of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, which focuses on patterns of bullying and peer violence among adolescents across 44 countries and regions. While the overall trends in school bullying have remained stable since 2018, cyberbullying has increased, magnified by the increasing...Read More
A report on absenteeism in Rhode Island schools found 5% of students have missed school due to safety reasons. Chronic absenteeism is defined as missing more than 10% of school days in a year for any given reason. It dramatically increased during the pandemic and remains concerningly high throughout the U.S., affecting nearly 25% of...Read More
Filip Kaliszan, CEO of Verkada. Courtesy: Verkada Security technology startup Verkada has reached a $5.8 billion valuation after a new funding round led by CapitalG, Alphabet’s venture capital arm, announced Wednesday. “I think Google saw the opportunity with us in the application of AI and everything we’re driving to apply AI to the physical security...Read More
Google Drive just picked up a serious security upgrade, and if you keep anything important in the cloud, this is one you’ll want to know about. According to a new post on the Google Workspace blog, Google confirms that its AI-powered ransomware detection and file restoration tools have officially graduated from beta and are now...Read More
The Brazilian Government has taken a new step to strengthen the protection of children and adolescents online. On Tuesday (March 17), decrees regulating the Digital Statute for Children and Adolescents (Law No. 15,211/2025) entered into force, establishing rules for digital platforms, online services, and app developers operating in the country. The regulation introduces unprecedented protection...Read More
HOMEWOOD, Ala. (WBMA) — Homewood police say a 41-year-old Georgia man was arrested after investigators conducted an operation in the Edgewood area targeting a known child predator. The Homewood Police Department said the operation took place March 27, 2026. Police said Chase Andrew Womble, Sharpsburg, Georgia, was arrested for traveling to meet a child for...Read More
Consider the past few years. A global pandemic revealed how quickly a biological threat can spread through tightly coupled economies and fragile health systems. At the same time, ransomware attacks—in which data is encrypted and access restored only upon payment of a ransom—repeatedly disrupted hospitals, pipelines, and public services, demonstrating how small groups operating in...Read More
Thunder Bay Court House THUNDER BAY — One of the men charged in Thunder Bay’s sweeping intimate-image investigation has pleaded guilty, marking another court development in a case that exposed the non-consensual sharing of private images across online platforms. The case has carried particular weight in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario because the harm from...Read More
“I want to emphasize it is not to do RCMP work, not even to do CSO work,” Patrick told council. “It is just to do things in a more friendly, culturally sensitive way. Saying, ‘Hey, you know, maybe you need to move along, or can we help you?’” He said security personnel will direct incidents...Read More
