We live in an increasingly networked world, from personal banking to government infrastructure. Protecting those networks is no longer optional. Cyber risk is now firmly at the top of the international agenda as high-profile breaches raise fears that hack attacks and other security failures could endanger the global economy.
A history of the mic drop, with a surprising origin. Forrest Wickman at Slate has an explainer on the mic drop , popularized anew by President Barack Obama.
Invention of the boom mike [edit]. At Paramount, Dorothy Arzner directed Clara Bow 's first talkie, The Wild Party (1929). To allow Bow to move freely on the set, Arzner had technicians rig a microphone onto a fishing rod, essentially creating the first boom mike. She did not, however, take out a patent.