Author: Robert Timlick

Data is growing faster than ever. Remember when petabytes (that’s 1,000,000 gigabytes!) were only for tech giants? Well, that’s so last decade! Today, businesses of all sizes are swimming in petabytes.
But this isn’t just about storage anymore. This data is ALIVE—it’s constantly accessed, analyzed, shared, and even used to train the next wave of AI.
This creates a huge challenge: how do you

Google’s plans to deprecate third-party tracking cookies in its Chrome web browser with Privacy Sandbox has run into fresh trouble after Austrian privacy non-profit noyb (none of your business) said the feature can still be used to track users.
“While the so-called ‘Privacy Sandbox’ is advertised as an improvement over extremely invasive third-party tracking, the tracking is now simply done

As cyber threats loom large and data breaches continue to pose increasingly significant risks. Organizations and industries that handle sensitive information and valuable assets make prime targets for cybercriminals seeking financial gain or strategic advantage. 
Which is why many highly regulated sectors, from finance to utilities, are turning to military-grade cyber defenses to safeguard

An analysis of a hybrid biometric access system from Chinese manufacturer ZKTeco has uncovered two dozen security flaws that could be used by attackers to defeat authentication, steal biometric data, and even deploy malicious backdoors.
“By adding random user data to the database or using a fake QR code, a nefarious actor can easily bypass the verification process and gain unauthorized access,”

Threat actors linked to North Korea have accounted for one-third of all the phishing activity targeting Brazil since 2020, as the country’s emergence as an influential power has drawn the attention of cyber espionage groups.
“North Korean government-backed actors have targeted the Brazilian government and Brazil’s aerospace, technology, and financial services sectors,” Google’s Mandiant and

In the last year, Kidder’s asset services division marked its highest revenue to date by adding some large assignments.

Avelo Airlines gives a nod vistors to a “world-class wine region.” It’s not the Willamette Valley.

A Gresham coffee substitute was the big winner at the Columbia River Pitch competition that saw founders from Multnomah County in Oregon and Clark and King counties in Washington vie for equity investment and in-kind prizes.

A Portland developer is scrutinizing the cutting edge of sustainability for buildings and sharing her findings.

Plenty of weird, and good, stuff went down at the Portland Tribune in the early 2000s. Let’s hope for more of the same after its sale.