In the last decade, nothing has begun to change business quite like Artificial Intelligence. What used to be science fiction is now straight fact, as organizations the world over have begun leveraging AI for many unrelated processes.
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Artificial Intelligence: The Cybersecurity Problem and Solution
New technologies are invented and innovated upon every day, seemingly faster than legal bodies can respond to with legislation. At the forefront of those technologies: Artificial Intelligence.
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Here are four reasons parents should try playing video games with their kids.
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A recent report by Denver-based OWL Cybersecurity shows that every Fortune 500 company has some level of exposure on what is called the “the dark web,” a part of the internet that is inaccessible via the surface web, and teeming with black market sales and access to every wonder and horror imaginable.
Can Education & Early Exposure Reduce Silicon Valley’s Gender Gap?
Former Uber employee Susan J. Fowler penned her reflection on a spending a “strange year at Uber,” exposing rampant sexism, not just in this particular company, but in tech startups across the entire industry. A representative of Uber itself has actually been reported to have told a potential employee that sexism is ‘systemic in tech’ very recently.
While misogyny in tech has been explore before, some believe that this Uber case could be a watershed moment in for women in STEM fields.
Worth a Pound of Cure: Using Modern Technology to Protect Your Important Documents
Information is power! Whether you are a business or an individual, making sure that you don’t misplace or lose valuable information — or worse, that