The term “upcycling” was first used in 1994 by Reiner Pilz, a mechanical engineer, in the architecture magazine Salvo. Specifically, Pilz contrasted the practice of upcycling with recycling, referring to the latter as “down-cycling” and noting that recycled products often lose their value when recycled. On the contrary, Pilz pointed out that upcycling generally improves … Read more
Mar 21, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / Vulnerability Two now-patched security flaws impacting Cisco Smart Licensing Utility are seeing active exploitation attempts, according to SANS Internet Storm Center. The two critical-rated vulnerabilities in question are listed below – CVE-2024-20439 (CVSS score: 9.8) – The presence of an undocumented static user credential for an administrative account that … Read more
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has fired more than a hundred employees working for the U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency CISA, including “red team” staffers, two people affected by the layoffs told TechCrunch. The people, who asked not to be named, said affected employees were axed immediately when their network access was revoked with … Read more
Brown, Goldstein & Levy is honored to receive the annual Diversity Award, presented by the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. The award is presented to an organization in the greater Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area that advances diversity and inclusion of attorneys in the legal profession. … Read more
By William Nibbelin, Senior Research Actuary, Triple-I The workers compensation insurance industry experienced its second-best underwriting result in the past 20 years in 2023, with a net combined ratio of 87, according to Triple-I’s latest Issues Brief. It was the ninth year in a row of net underwriting profit following eight years of net underwriting … Read more