Isabella Walker, autor en Straytrees

Feb

2024

A Soft Top for Alberto Garzón | Television

I don't know if former minister Alberto Garzón is as passionate about television series as his former friend (and former vice president) Pablo Iglesias. If you haven't seen it, I recommend the second season of Feud (HBO), dedicated to Truman Capote and his swans, those ladies of New York high society who formed his entourage in the Sixties and swore eternal enmity to him when they saw themselves portrayed in the editorial preview of Prayers answered, the unfinished chronicle of the vices and miseries of the upper middle class of the United States. Certainly one of the cruelest, most brutal…

Feb

2024

By Isabella Walker

‘Most Wanted’ Man Pleads Guilty in Cyberattack That Upended Vermont Hospital

Science and Technology

A Ukrainian man pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to his leadership role in two cyberattack schemes that caused tens of millions of dollars in losses and temporarily crippled a Vermont hospital in 2020, according to the Justice Department.Prosecutors said that Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, 37, was a leader for an organization that in May 2009 began to infect thousands of computers at corporations with malicious software, and that he helped lead a separate malware scheme that began around November 2018.Mr. Penchukov, of Donetsk, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in Nebraska to one count of conspiracy to commit…

Feb

2024

By Isabella Walker

¿Te lo preguntas (junto al Pequeño Nicolás)? | Televisión

Politics

Hace una década llegó a la prensa la correspondencia de un desconocido Francisco Nicolás Gómez Iglesias. Eso sí, cuando fue detenido, Fran (como si la conociera en su círculo más cercano) se convirtió en El Pequeño Nicolas, y su vida en la materia digna de una película. El joven, de apenas 20 años, había sabido moverse entre la juventud pija madrileña y entre las bases del PP de la capital para construir un cuento de hadas que le permitiera acceder a los círculos de influencia y alto poder adquisitivo. Pero la ficción que había alimentado hasta el límite -que la…

Feb

2024

By Isabella Walker

Facial Recognition in Airports: Biometrics Technology Is Expanding

Politics

On a recent Thursday morning in Queens, travelers streamed through the exterior doors of La Guardia Airport’s Terminal C. Some were bleary-eyed — most hefted briefcases — as they checked bags and made their way to the security screening lines.It was business as usual, until some approached a line that was almost empty. One by one, they walked to a kiosk with an iPad affixed to it and had their photos taken, as a security officer stood by. Within seconds, each passenger’s image was matched to a photo from a government database, and the traveler was ushered past security into…