Imagine
a “digital Pearl Harbor” -- a sneak cyber attack on computer networks
running America’s financial or utilities systems by terrorists aiming to
cripple the country. That’s the threat being addressed by bills under
review in Congress. The laws would either encourage or require
businesses to share information about cyber threats and remove
non-essential information from access. Source Link
Experts
have said that babies shouldn’t be watching TV, and a new warning says
they shouldn’t even be in the room when a television is playing. A study
found that the sound of TV playing in the background is linked to
learning and reading problems in children. Researchers say it’s because
young minds can’t multi-task and the sound interrupts their mental
efforts. Source Link
Mother
Nature can’t seem to get the calendar straight. The winter that wasn’t
is back for a belated encore as a huge storm has dropped more than a
foot of snow on parts of New York and Pennsylvania over a month after
the start of spring. It’s the biggest wintry event since a snow storm
in late October caused many Northeast cities to postpone their Halloween
trick-or-treating. Source Link