From VR training to heads-up schematics, industrial wearables may be the wave of the future. A Research and Markets report predicts massive growth in the industrial wearables market, with annual growth expected to be 50.2% between 2019 and 2024. Valued at $1.1 billion USD in 2019, the report projects industrial wearable market growth to hit […]
Archives for December 2019
Strengthen Your Cybersecurity Posture: 20 Steps To Take In 2020
The cyber threat landscape has never been more fragmented. In a competitive context, fragmentation is usually good news. You prefer your competitors to be disorganized, overmatched, clawing for crumbs of the wholes you snatch for yourself. In the context of cybersecurity, however, things are very different. “Fragmentation” really means “a greater number and diversity of […]
Bias: AI’s Achille’s Heel
Bias can result in undesirable AI outcomes. A recent DataRobot survey says organizations are most concerned about its impact on trust and their reputations. Image: Stock.adobe.com Business and IT leaders are realizing that artificial intelligence should be implemented carefully to avoid unwanted results. In the race to implement AI over the past several years, most […]
The 5 Most Important Criminal DNA And Crime Data Sources
Review the best crime data and criminal DNA databases including: FBI Uniform Crime Database, CODIS DNA, NCIC, Interpol and Stanford Open Policing. The rise of big data and proliferation of DNA evidence has caused a revolution in how crime is analyzed, criminal cases are solved and crimes are prevented. Governments and researchers have created massive […]
Case of Bitcoin Cash, is Total Miner Distribution Becoming a Fairy Tale?
Perfect miner or node distribution in Proof of Work networks like Bitcoin only worked “the first time.” The same applies to token distribution in initial coin/exchange offerings. This is according to Ryan Sean Adams, the founder of Mythos Capital, a vocal crypto supporter and investor. In his view, an ideal Bitcoin or Ethereum killer would […]
2020 Cybersecurity Trends to Watch
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Reliance sets up Jiomart to sell grocery online soon
Reliance Industries, India’s biggest company by market value, has started its web portal Jiomart, harnessing the might of its two largest consumer-facing businesses to announce its entry into online food and grocery shopping by early next year. The app will connect both lastmile neighbourhood stores and consumers, leveraging data and technology capabilities of Reliance’s telecom […]
Activists rally against ‘illegal’ surveillance of CAA protests
image for representation only Digital rights activists are up in arms over what they term as illegal acts of mass surveillance by law enforcement authorities in Delhi during the recent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and proposed National Register of Citizens. In letters to the home ministry and Delhi Police commissioner on Sunday, […]
Most popular tech stories of 2019
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Facebook fined $1.6M by Brazil govt for improper sharing of user data
Brazil’s Ministry of Justice said on Monday it fined U.S. tech giant Facebook Inc 6.6 million reais ($1.6 million) for improperly sharing user data. The ministry’s department of consumer protection said it had found that data from 443,000 Facebook users was improperly made available to developers of an App called “thisisyourdigitallife.” The data was being […]