WASHINGTON (AP) -- The seven Iranian hackers charged with attacking dozens of banks and a small dam near New York City may never see the inside of a courtroom, but U.S. officials hope their "name and shame" tactic sends a message to foreign governments that support such attacks. Indictments announced Thursday by the Justice Department portrayed Tehran-linked hackers reaching into the U.S. infrastructure and disrupting its financial system. It was the first time the FBI attributed a breach of a U.S. computer system that controls critical infrastructure to a hacker linked to a foreign government. None of the individuals is in American custody and it's unclear if they'll ever be arrested or whether criminal indictments in absentia effectively combat such crimes. Publicly naming and shaming such crimes linked to foreign governments is a tactic focused on by the Justice Department since 2012.

The increase in complexity, along with the accelerating rate of change in IT are the two factors that make it so difficult for IT operations teams to identify issues without having deep knowledge of a particular setup. This complexity also means that technical people are staring at incomplete screens, showing only a part of the overall situation: one layer of the stack, one area of the network, or one business service. It has been said that the probability of an error is O(?N), where N is the number of times a human being has to intervene. As complexity and pace of change increase, however, the need for human intervention grows too, and with it the probability of somebody missing something or misinterpreting a signal. So how can IT operations teams gain a 360-degree understanding of what's taking place across the entire IT production stack?

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display

At the recent RSA Conference it was virtually impossible to find a vendor that was not claiming to use machine learning. Both new and established companies are now touting "machine learning" as a major component of the data science being used in their products. What the heck is machine learning anyway? And is it really going to reshape cyber security in 2016? For brevity's sake, I'll define machine learning as the science of getting computers to act without being explicitly programmed.

In big-data discussions, the value of data sometimes refers to the predictive capability of a given data model and other times to the discovery of hidden insights that appear when rigorous analytical methods are applied to the data itself. From a cybersecurity point of view, I believe the value of data refers first to the "nature" of the data itself. Positive data, i.e. malicious network traffic data from malware and cyberattacks, have much more value than some other data science problems. To better understand this, let's start to discuss how a wealth of network traffic data can be used to build network security models through the use of machine learning techniques. Machine learning, together with data science and big data, is gaining a lot of popularity due to its widespread use in many tech companies around the world.

We don't yet understand either how to set or govern the rules of the new autonomous vehicle driving era – we need public debate before AV technology becomes widespread on our streets. On the 10 February 2016 the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration agreed to classify Google's artificial intelligence system as the legal'driver' of its automated vehicles (AVs). With this regulatory recognition, artificial intelligence and navigation systems' future role on our streets seems assured. But I believe we don't yet understand either how to set or govern the rules of this new driving era. To date, safety has been the main concern. How will the AVs interact with pedestrians, cyclists and human driven vehicles?

We hear a lot about the Internet of Things on the consumer side. The oft trotted out example of the'smart' refrigerator that tells consumers when they've run out of the milk, and so on. But more serious potential for IoT -- and potentially seriously big wins -- are likely to be on the enterprise side where connected sensors can be deployed to automate at scale. The company took in a 6 million Series A round in December, which it's just announcing now -- and which includes, on top of that, a 3 million convertible seed, bringing its total raised to date to 9 million. Investors in the business include Jabil Circuit, Stanford StartX Fund, Founder.org

The United Nations Children's Fund, perhaps better known as UNICEF, has recently launched a new initiative through which they will begin to invest more money into technology start-ups that have the potential to better the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable children all over the world. The new initiative, called Innovation Fund, has put a special focus on certain technologies that have the potential to help children, which include 3D printing, blockchain, wearables and sensors, artificial intelligence, and renewable energy. UNICEF, the United Nations program that has as its mandate the promotion of children's rights all over the world, has through its Innovation initiative put its focus on progessive projects and ideas that have the potential to help their cause. As stated on their website, UNICEF Innovation is "tasked with identifying, prototyping, and scaling technologies and practices that strengthen UNICEF's work." UNICEF is currently accepting submissions from various start-ups until February 26, 2016 through their website, though there are some requirements for being considered for funding.

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display

New York – When Toyota aired a Super Bowl television ad featuring a surprisingly quick Prius gas-electric hybrid eluding police, it marked a turning point for the auto industry. For years, automakers pushed fuel efficiency to sell hybrid and electric vehicles. Now, in an era of cheap gasoline, the message is: These cars are faster and quieter than their gas-powered counterparts. And, yes, you still save on fuel. "They've graduated out of the class of something that's a bit of an oddity to drive," says Mike O'Brien, vice president of product planning for Hyundai.