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Predictive Policing Is on the Rise Traditionally, technology has been used in a reactive way to address a crime after it has happened. Recently, there's been a proactive trend towards predictive policing—especially through efforts by software giants such as Microsoft—to potentially curb a crime before it even happens. |
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Report: Connected Cars Have Weaker Security Than We Thought Today's connected cars offer many technological conveniences. But with those features come some risks. The Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular connections in these cars can fall prey to hacking attacks, which can jeopardize people’s physical safety and private information—and the security is pretty lax. |
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FTC Says Internet of Things Needs Security Safeguards Based on input from technology, academic, and industry leaders—as well as comments from consumer advocates and the general public—the Federal Trade Commission released a report on the Internet of Things with privacy and security steps that businesses should take. |
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The Weakest Link in Your Chain There is a saying that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. DevOps helps establish a pipeline to automate application and systems software deployments. DevOps also has an amazing way of very quickly discovering exactly which link in the deployment chain needs to be fixed or replaced. |
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US Military’s Social Media Accounts Hacked The US military command’s Twitter and YouTube accounts were hacked recently. Though the episode essentially amounted to little more than an annoyance, it should lead to an investigation into whether there are any more vulnerabilities in the administration's online accounts and profiles. |
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Moving from Information Technology to Business Technology New technologies such as big data, the Internet of Things, and enhanced mobile capabilities call for new processes. Today, IT departments must have a deeper understanding of the businesses they serve, the professions they automate, and how technology is best employed—from a business perspective. |
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With More Technology Comes More Malware As technology has become more embedded within our lives, so have the attempts to infect and harm our use of that technology. In the past two years, more malware has been reported and detected than the combined yield of the last ten years. Read on for some alarming stats. |
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MIT Proposes to Simplify Web Programming with Ur/Web Tag this as an upcoming technology development to watch. A researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a new open source programming language called Ur/Web that proposes to “take the grunt work out of Web development,” as well as make web applications more secure. |
