Decentralized cloud storage is set to disrupt the cloud storage market. The technology breaks data into fragments and scatters them across a variety of cloud-based storage devices, rather than centrally storing in any one cloud. In some ways, decentralized cloud storage works similarly to bit torrents, which seed data on machines that participate in the […]
Archives for May 2021
Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order Puts Emphasis on the Wrong Issues
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Preparing Future Data Scientists for Jobs of Tomorrow
While organizations amass data they want to leverage, Purdue University is working to marry data science academics to those real-world needs. The academic sector continues to adapt curriculum to better match in-demand tech jobs and The Data Mine program at Purdue University expects to see its enrollment ramp up in kind. Mark Daniel Ward, director […]
Data is the Cure for What’s Ailing the Supply Chain
The supply chain is in pain, and data can provide a cure. COVID accelerated the way consumers want to buy goods, and it has stretched supply chains nearly to their breaking point. With a seismic shift to online purchasing, consumers want to get what they want and when they expect it. With the shift in […]
Cloud vs. DevOps: What to know for your next career move
Many people combine DevOps and cloud as one and the same. Yes, they’re related, but they’re actually two different job roles and areas within IT. Even though it’s not ideal, it’s entirely possible for one to exist without the other. Part of the confusion stems from the close relationship between the two. For example, DevOps […]
National Security Agency (NSA)
What is the National Security Agency (NSA)? The National Security Agency (NSA) is a federal government intelligence agency that is part of the United States Department of Defense and is managed under the authority of the director of national intelligence (DNI). The intelligence agency, led by the director of the NSA, does its global monitoring, […]
NGOs file complaints against Clearview AI in five countries
Privacy and human rights organisations have filed legal complaints against controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI to data protection regulators in a coordinated action across five countries. The complaints call for data protection regulators in the UK, France, Austria, Italy and Greece to ban the company’s activities in Europe, alleging that it is in breach […]
Center for Internet Security: 18 security controls you need
The Center for Internet Security has updated its set of safeguards for warding off the five most common types of attacks facing enterprise networks—web-application hacking, insider and privilege misuse, malware, ransomware, and targeted intrusions. In issuing its CIS Controls V8 this month, the organization sought to present practical and specific actions businesses can take to […]
Health tech scores big at Microsoft Imagine World Cup 2021
More than 2 million students compete for Microsoft’s Imagine World Cup each year. Find out who took top honors in this year’s competition. <a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/a/hub/i/r/2021/05/26/488391fe-b2b7-4a55-86f9-e314f4e812c0/resize/770x/c612ea554c5c5eab47f5699c2a62f50b/imagine-cup-winners-candid-shot.jpg" target="_blank" data-component="modalEnlargeImage" data-headline=" A candid shot of Team REWEBA when they found out they’d won the Imagine Cup: (left to right) Khushi Gupta, Abdihamid Ali, Jeet Gohil and Dharmik Karania. […]
Health tech scores big at Microsoft Imagine Cup 2021 world championship
More than 2 million students have competed for Microsoft’s Imagine Cup. Find out who took top honors in this year’s competition. <a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/a/hub/i/r/2021/05/26/488391fe-b2b7-4a55-86f9-e314f4e812c0/resize/770x/c612ea554c5c5eab47f5699c2a62f50b/imagine-cup-winners-candid-shot.jpg" target="_blank" data-component="modalEnlargeImage" data-headline=" A candid shot of Team REWEBA when they found out they’d won the Imagine Cup: (left to right) Khushi Gupta, Abdihamid Ali, Jeet Gohil and Dharmik Karania. ” data-credit=”Image: […]