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 genderContinue reading “Why tech’s gender problem is nothing new”
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MGM Cloud Breach Shows Importance of Information Security
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 breachContinue reading “MGM Cloud Breach Shows Importance of Information Security”
Cyber Attacks Lead to Mental Health Issues
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 theContinue reading “Cyber Attacks Lead to Mental Health Issues”
Mobile patient engagement technology saves clinic $1.8M
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 isContinue reading “Mobile patient engagement technology saves clinic $1.8M”
Wearable Technology for Students.
“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 withContinue reading “Wearable Technology for Students.”
Artificial Intelligence Helps Develop Antibiotic
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 firstContinue reading “Artificial Intelligence Helps Develop Antibiotic”
Artificial Intelligence might be changing the development cycle for many companies
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 beContinue reading “Artificial Intelligence might be changing the development cycle for many companies”
Impact of AI on the Insurance Industry
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 timeContinue reading “Impact of AI on the Insurance Industry”
The Fourth (E)state
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 ourContinue reading “The Fourth (E)state”
Digital > Traditional. But it’s Not That Simple.
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 outContinue reading “Digital > Traditional. But it’s Not That Simple.”