Developers largely have the same idea of what success looks like, but how they get there is a somewhat controversial area. To some, the road to success is early mornings and late nights to grind out code, but to others it is a carefully maintained set of hours for work followed by eight hours ofContinue reading “A Look at What Makes a Developer Successful”
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New Social Media Censorship Laws in Pakistan
https://www.dw.com/en/pakistans-new-internet-laws-tighten-control-over-social-media/a-52375508 The government in Pakistan has recently passed a new set of social media censorship laws that aim to censor any social media posts that feature terrorism, hate speech, fake news, extremism, or incitement to violence and national security. These new laws, The “Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules, 2020”, also require that all socialContinue reading “New Social Media Censorship Laws in Pakistan”
Artificial Intelligence will be an Era of transforming the Global Economy
Overtime Artificial Intelligence will gradually add 16% to the global economic output, in other words add about 13 Trillion dollars to the global economy. This is exponentially huge let alone a huge driving reason for why most nations are adopting AI laws and research to their nations. However, most nations have barely started to contemplateContinue reading “Artificial Intelligence will be an Era of transforming the Global Economy”
Social Media Mistakes In Political Campaigns
Navigating the world of social media is hard by itself, but it’s even harder when you’re running a political campaign with thousands of eyes on you. Mistakes are pointed out with scrutiny and the court of public opinion is rarely on your side. Often your past is dug up and used against you, so it’sContinue reading “Social Media Mistakes In Political Campaigns”
Healthcare Technology to Move Towards Mobile-based Medicine
With the beginning of a new year, many people are wondering what technology and innovations will be popping up in the upcoming months. Medical professionals are not excluded from this group, and are often looking to use the best and most recent technology for their practice. Mobidev, a technology news source, released a list at theContinue reading “Healthcare Technology to Move Towards Mobile-based Medicine”
Running on Technology: Assistive Tech and its Role in Sports
Technology plays a huge role in many people’s lives, but often times it plays an even larger role for those with disabilities. Within the disabled community, assistive technology has become a necessity for athletes competing at a higher level. Between extremely aerodynamic prosthetics, and more specific technologies for individual sport uses, there is no shortageContinue reading “Running on Technology: Assistive Tech and its Role in Sports”
Hackers impersonate top VPN to steal cryptocurrency
Cybercriminals are attacking virtual private networks, or VPNs, in order to access private information on users personal computers. These cybercriminals are spread a malicious trojan by recreating known, popular and trusted IT sites and getting users to click false links. This malicious trojan is seeking to gain information such as: user browser history, login credentials,Continue reading “Hackers impersonate top VPN to steal cryptocurrency”
Researchers Develop an App That Helps Users Identify Iot Devices Nearby and Protect Their Data From It
There are thousands of Internet of Things devices being connected to the internet daily. Many of these devices come from companies with very loose security protocols for their devices, as their primary concern is profits, not data privacy and protection. With a multitude of these devices being introduced to modern environments daily, researches at CarnegieContinue reading “Researchers Develop an App That Helps Users Identify Iot Devices Nearby and Protect Their Data From It”
How three women are building the next billion dollar business
Esosa Ighodaro, Lauren Washington, and Regina Gwynn were always the only women of color in the room. So they decided to come together and create a platform for Black women tech founders to support and encourage each other to build the next billion-dollar business. Black Women Talk Tech was funded in 2017. Three years later,Continue reading “How three women are building the next billion dollar business”
The Toxic Mirror of Social Media
The “thin ideal” is something that has been pushed into the minds of teens since the beginning of social media. Social media and negative effects on body image are highly correlated, and this article discusses this issue and how technology has made body issues even more common than they were before. This article also focusesContinue reading “The Toxic Mirror of Social Media”