John Biggs@johnbiggs / 14 hours ago This simple spreadsheet of machine learning foibles may not look like much but it’s a fascinating exploration of how machines “think.” The list, compiled by researcher Victoria Krakovna, describes various situations in which robots followed the spirit and the letter of the law at the same time. For example, in the video below a machine […]
INNOVATION AGENTS Sociality aggregates and sorts 20,000 social media patents into a searchable database that reveals just how invasive our digital devices have become. [Photo: courtesy of Paolo Cirio] BY DJ PANGBURN For years, Paolo Cirio has been turning data into digital activist art in inventive ways. His Obscurity social justice project, for instance, took on the predatory online mugshot […]
One of the great promises of autonomous vehicles and driverless driving is technology’s potential to vastly increase safety on the road. In its 2018 annual report, the Michigan Council on Future Mobility states that, ultimately, “the road carrying autonomous vehicles will be safer.” It points out that more than 100 people are killed in the […]
By Gary Sankary | Digital Transformation | June 19, 2018 Retail executives can commiserate over apocalyptic headlines—or they can find new ways to drive their business forward. Those who choose the latter have an ally in the fight: data-driven commerce. The retail industry has spent a lot of time lately looking in the mirror. For some, it’s […]
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CIOs must reinvent IT top to bottom, create new digital platforms with agile connectivity, and modernize legacy systems or risk professional extinction FRAMINGHAM, Mass., October 31, 2018 – In the multiplied innovation economy, enterprises are racing to reinvent themselves as the pace of digital transformation (DX) becomes exponential. The most effective CIOs are reinventing IT from top to bottom and creating new digital […]
AUTHOR: BRIAN BARRETT SECURITY 10.29.18 06:00 AM EPIC GAMES THE MOST POPULAR videogame in the world is Fortnite—which makes Fortnite scams potentially a very profitable endeavor. And while that point may seem obvious, the extent of Fortnite fakes on the web, along with how convincingly they mimic their inspirations, may still surprise you. Fortnite opportunists have plagued the internet since the game’s launch; WIRED […]
Stu Sjouwerman 2Oct With so many security strategies revolving around the detection of malware, organizations forget the primary source of all their worries – phishing. There are SO many solutions out there designed to help in the fight against malware – email scanners, endpoint-based AV, endpoint protection, endpoint detection and response, and more. Each of […]
Lauren Ashley What is Domain Doppelgänger? Domain Doppelgӓnger is KnowBe4’s web-based tool that performs searches specific to your organization’s domain and collects data on any potentially harmful or “evil twin” domains that the bad guys have registered with malicious intent. Since look-alike domains are a potential attack vector for phishing and other social engineering attacks, you […]