Mechanized sexism is extremely common in the work place. Interestingly, Facebook allows the targeting of job abs by gender. This results in discrimination in online job advertisements for male dominated jobs. It is important to know that tis practice has long been illegal in print media – but Facebook’s targeting tools encourage it.

This gender discrimination affects whether women can see this online job advertisements which ultimately is unfair. Facebook has recently been under fire for their illegal advertising practices. The social media platform has repeatedly refused to take responsibility for their actions. #LIS4022spr20

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/11/tech-gender-problem-amazon-facebook-bias-women

Cybercriminals have struck yet again and this time, the victim was not only MGM Hotels cloud servers, but millions of people as well since their personal data has been released online. It is important to prevent issues like this because now MGM must recover from a PR and business standpoint. Another consequence of this breach is that millions of people must now worry about if their personal information is being used for fraud. Read more in this article from TechRepublic:

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/mgm-hotel-breach-highlights-need-for-sophisticated-cloud-security/

Mental help professionals say that cyber attacks and data breaches can lead to anxiety, PTSD, and depression. These types of attacks can have extreme psychological effects on the victims and should be taken seriously. In extreme cases, data breaches and theft have lead to resignations, divorce, and even suicide.

This issues arise due to the fact that the victims feel helpless and unsafe after the attacks have taken place. The typical person does not know much about the nuances of cyber security and what they can to do recover and protect themselves from possible future attacks.

Find more information about the article including tips and tricks here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/conferences/2020/02/21/data-breach-tips-mental-health-toll-depression-anxiety/4763823002/?&web_view=true

This a video Health IT news article that analyzes the savings that a clinic made after launching their mobile app for their patients. HIMSS Media reports on how one clinic used patient engagement technology to decrease its no show rates to 6%, saving $1.8 million. The implementation and usage of their smart mobile app is the main reason how this clinic has saved almost two million dollars on no show appointments. The clinic says that the platform sounded promising with many features and capabilities that can be integrated with the EHR to improve the success rate.

https://www.healthcareitnews.com/video/mobile-patient-engagement-technology-saves-clinic-18m

“Mental health is affecting students’ academic success and their overall quality of life,” “Mental illness can also affect a student’s motivation, concentration and social interactions, which are all crucial factors for a student to be successful in college and life” According to Sasangohar.

This wearable technology names MHELP is provided to students who struggle with mental health. MHELP can detect when a student is feeling signs of anxiousness, or depression. MHELP includes therapeutic activities like mobile self-assessments, educational content and self-management tools, such as biofeedback and mindfulness exercises.

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2989081774459524/permalink/3096483643719336/

Scientists have developed a new antibiotic with the help of AI. The antibiotic was created after using a complex algorithm to analyze “more than one hundred million chemical compounds” in just a couple of days. Scientists claim that the antibiotic is able to kill at least 35 types of deadly viruses.

It is the first time in history that artificial intelligence has helped develop an antibiotic, and there are hopefully many to come. Until now, scientists had to manually test every possible combination of chemical compounds in order to create an efficient drug. This is big step for the healthcare sector.

Read more about this discovery here: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51586010

As people continue to figure out new ways to implement artificial intelligence, one interesting field will be IT. As these developers find ways to make the development life cycle ever changing with AI it might change the way we think about IT. Many companies have a proven way to do things. Will these changes be easy for companies to implement?

https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-artificial-intelligence-will-jazz-up-software-development-and-deployment/

The three main areas that AI will have an impact on are the automation of insurance processes, better understanding of risks, and increased customer service. AI can process data and analyze it much faster than a human can, and it is able to gather data more data. This increases accuracy and cuts down an time and money spent on a project. In the future, it is expected that AI will be able to come up with situations and outcomes to a scenario, in order to assess the risk being taken. Today, AI is being used in vehicles to determine if a customer should be covered.

One of the main effects AI can have relates to customer service. AI would be available 24/7 and offer a positive experience because of its speed and ease of use. https://medium.com/@inmediatesg/how-strong-is-the-impact-of-artificial-intelligence-in-the-insurance-industry-34bd93ad47ac

From grade school into our adult lives, we’re spoon-fed the idea that the freedom of the press in America is what keeps our country strong and our government (somewhat) honest. The “fourth estate” serves the powerless, not the powerful. This notion was a force of nature -a fact so interwoven into the fabric of our ideals that it could never be torn out- until the 45th edition of our presidency took hold of the White House nearly three years ago. 

This semester, we’ve discussed what filter bubbles are, who creates them, and how they shape public opinion. But what filter bubbles are not is state media. At its inception, the purpose of Fox News was, while undoubtedly for manipulation, not intended for the state. Under the current administration, however, that is exactly what it has become. Sure, the president directs a critical tweet every so often at a  network anchor, but the truth remains. Fox News has become virtually inseparable from the narratives and goals set forth by the Trump Presidency and will likely do so until his term, either in a year or five, is up. Click the link to read more on how Fox and Trump have become unrecognizable from each other. 

With the way the advertising industry is changing, digital advertising is beating traditional ad spending and it doesn’t look like they are going to be losing anytime soon. However, there a few problems facing adtech that could slow them down, such as transparency, ad fraud, duplication, and bid success. Adtech companies have to figure out how to overcome these problems. A few ways they are doing is by transitioning to programmatic guarantees which combats transparency and ad fraud, and another way is  using Equinix and Unitas Global. These are solutions intended to improve network performance, security, and environment reliability. In addition, they provide 24/7 fraud protection. This is a big deal for companies such as Google, AWS, and Microsoft.

Read more here: https://blog.equinix.com/blog/2019/05/01/breaking-through-the-top-3-challenges-facing-ad-tech/