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GUEST ESSAY: Scammers leverage social media, clever con games to carry out digital exploitation

The Last Watchdog

Related: How Google, Facebook enable snooping In fact, a majority of scams occur through social engineering. The rise of social media has added to the many user-friendly digital tools scammers, sextortionists, and hackers can leverage in order to manipulate their victims.

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The diversity dividend: How inclusive businesses gain competitive advantage

IBM Big Data Hub

This lack of representation on a local level reflects broader trends across the US and other Western countries. This disparity is not only a social concern; it’s a significant business challenge. The need for diversity in tech goes beyond social equity; it’s a strategic business move. of the tech community.

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GUEST ESSAY: The privacy implications of facial recognition systems rising to the fore

The Last Watchdog

This trend is rapidly unfolding because all of the required pieces are finally in place. At the same time, we are using social media and other tools to put this enormous trove of pictures of faces up in the cloud where they can be analyzed. Cameras have become cheap and ubiquitous. Security use cases. Avoiding Orwell.

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5 reasons to attend OpenText World Europe 2024

OpenText Information Management

5 Network with peers Discuss trends, challenges, and solutions with like-minded professionals during the day at networking lunches and breaks, and continue the conversation through the evening at our exclusive receptions: London —Fasten your seatbelts, you’re off to Rio. . #3

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For Now, America Just Doesn’t Want to Think That Hard

John Battelle's Searchblog

The race also lost a credible and important voice on issues related to the impact of technology on our society. As I wrote then: “I for one hope Yang makes it to the debate stage, and that as a society, we will seriously discuss the ideas he proposes. Now they’re part of our shared vocabulary.

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Reading the ENISA Threat Landscape Report 2018

Security Affairs

Nation-state hacking reduced the use of complex malware and appears to go towards low profile social engineering attacks. “Recent political activities have underlined the emergence of various, quite novel developments in the perceived role of cyberspace for society and national security.” ” continues the report.

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AI ethics and governance: responsibly managing innovation

Collibra

From healthcare innovations to next-gen social platforms, AI and data are the driving forces behind our modern world. An ethically-driven organization will always prioritize the well-being of individuals and society. In today’s digital age, artificial intelligence (AI) and data are at the forefront of technological advancements.