AI- and Data-Driven Research & Communications
You be the judge. The headline grabbed my attention, and the story made even more sense. Here’s a snippet. Alex Gostev, Chief Security Expert at Kaspersky Lab says, “The Internet has begun to break up into national segments. Snowden’s revelations have intensified the demand for rules prohibiting the use of foreign services. Individual countries are … Read more
The employees charged with keeping a watchful eye over a business’s cybersecurity are the ones most likely to engage in risky activities, new research finds. A study from McAfee revealed that IT employees, more than any other type of worker, use unapproved software and applications in the workplace. Specifically, 83 percent of IT employees, compared … Read more
According to a recently published article in BetaNews.com, “For the first time from AWS (Amazon) in a generally available instance, developers and users will have access to virtual machines with GPUs. It’s like putting a PC in the cloud. More properly it is like putting your PC in the cloud.” Question. Is this a game … Read more
Click here to read the most straight-forward and easy-to-understand analysis and explanation of why the HealthCare.gov launch went so badly. If you don’t want to read the whole article, which is actually very short, here are some nuggets: “First, this magnitude of failure is a career risk for someone (and he’s usually working in IT). Second, … Read more
Critical Thinking, Collaboration, and Communications According to the findings of a recent Gallup poll, “More than three in four adults “strongly agree” that K-12 schools should teach critical thinking and communication to children.” (Click here to view the Gallup article.) The main implication, according to the researchers and conductors of the poll, is that “Americans’ … Read more
Here is an interesting discussion on why “The Worst Chart in the World” is the pie chart. According to the author: “The pie chart is easily the worst way to convey information ever developed in the history of data visualization. “ Read the entire article here.
In the news– “Microsoft will launch its next major update to Windows — Windows 8.1 — on Oct. 18 to anyone who wants it, the company announced today. The release will be available one day early inside the Windows Store, so all Windows 8 users can get it Oct. 17. Windows 8.1 is a big … Read more