The New York Times reported that the “strategic rationale for a deal is largely to cut costs for two companies struggling to navigate the accelerating erosion of the traditional printing business. Analysts estimate that the savings from a merger could be $1.5 billion a year or more.” The November
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World’s Largest Bitcoin Mining Facility to be Built in Milam County, Texas!
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The Dallasnews.com reported that Whinstone (with data facilities in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Louisiana) “says it will build the world’s largest bitcoin mining facility in Milam County …The 100-acre data center project is set to start this month in the town of Rockdale. The $150 million project is expected to…
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Murder verdict overturned because of 7000 texts by a juror during the trial!
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The New York Times reported that in 2015 “a jury convicted Robert Neulander, a prominent doctor in central New York, of killing his wife…[and] that one of the jurors who had voted to convict him of murder had exchanged 7,000 text messages with family and friends during the three-week …
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Cybersecurity teams will do better if they are loveable and not “GIZMOHEADS”!
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Darkreading.com reported that CISOs are recommending that you should get “people to fall in love with the security team, and you’ll get them to care about security,…” The October 25, 2019 article entitled “Building a Cybersecurity Culture: What’s Love Got to Do With It?” also means that CISOs …
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McDonald’s is Using AI to Predict Your Order Before You Show-up!
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The New York Times reported that McDonald’s “…is turning to artificial intelligence and machine learning in the hopes of predicting what customers want before they decide.” The October 22, 2019 article entitled “Would You Like Fries With That? McDonald’s Already Knows the Answer” included these comments:
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Use Multi-factor Authentication to Help Reduce the Help Your Employees are Providing to Cybercriminals!
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Darkreading.com posted an article entitled “8 Ways Businesses Unknowingly Help Hackers” included “the most common and consequential ways organizations unknowingly leave themselves vulnerable to cybercrime.” The October 4, 2019 article included these obvious and avoidable 8 ways that your business can help reduce your risk of cybercriminals tied …
Cryptocurrency in China is like BIG BROTHER in 1984!
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The New York Times reported that “A state-issued e-currency would help China’s government know more — much, much more — about how its citizens spend their money, giving it sweeping new powers to fight crime and manage the economy while also raising privacy concerns.” The October 18, 2019 article…
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AI & IOT integration in IBM’s Blockchain Supply Management as a Service (SPaaS)!
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Computerworld reported that IBM’s new SPaaS “allows distributors, manufacturers and retailers to integrate their own data and networks – as well as those of their suppliers – onto a Hyperledger-based blockchain to track and trace products and parts. Among the data that can be integrated are IoT sensor systems for…
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4 ways to reduce Cyberrisk- including ongoing automated testing!
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Darkingreading.com reported that “there seems to be a large gap between how companies should address cyber-risk and what they’re actually doing.” The October 11, 2019 article entitled “Close the Gap Between Cyber-Risk and Business Risk” identified these points related to #2 Conduct and automate tests on an…
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Why is the U.S. Losing the AI Race?
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The New York Times opinion by Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu included these thoughts “Beijing has made winning the race to artificial intelligence [A.I.] a national obsession, devoting billions of dollars to the cause and setting 2030 as the target year for world dominance. Not to be outdone, President Vladimir…