IoT Will Be Everywhere and Encompass Everything – Are You Ready? (Part 2)
Welcome to the second and final entry of our “IoT Everywhere” series! In the first part, we examined what the Internet of Things (IoT) really is, where it came from, and where it’s headed. In case you missed it, you can check it out here. For this segment, we’ll explore a few examples of popular […]
Machine Learning Is Solving These 7 Big Problems
Machine learning is going to change every industry. Want to know how it will affect yours and how you can start using it? Download our Free Machine Learning Whitepaper right now! Artificial intelligence’s (AI) growth has ushered in a new era in which machine learning (ML) developers can apply principles of AI and ML to solve a variety of […]
App-Only Banks Are Challenging Traditional Institutions in Europe
Banks are still selling many services under one roof. But they’re seeing increased competition from financial technology startups that specialize in one service. Although these FinTech startups offer one service, they do it well; Robinhood lets you trade stocks for free, Acorn invests your change for you, and Prosper offers loans through a marketplace. As […]
Can Edge Computing Address IoT Security Concerns?
Edge computing is a new buzzword used to describe a powerful paradigm of processing that’s incredibly flexible, seamless, and fast. Can it solve security issues by acting as an additional layer of protection between the devices that interface with a corporate network and the rest of the devices in an IoT system? Vintage = Vulnerable […]
Industrial IoT Is Having a Huge Impact on the Heavy Industry
The Internet of Things (IoT) isn’t just impacting smart homes and retail. It’s also having a huge impact on business operations on the sea with Rolls Royce Marine and at mining companies like Rio Tinto. Sailing the Seas With IoT Rolls Royce Marine is working on a ship that needs a minimal human crew; the end […]
Should You Be Concerned About Smart Home Data Security?
In most technologies, including the Internet of Things (IoT), developers worry about implementing functionality before cybersecurity. And while this plan of attack may work nicely for executives, it often leaves software vulnerable to an expensive security breach that costs more to fix than to build in from the get-go. According to Gemalto Security’s Breach Level […]
A Whistleblower Has Revealed Google Plans to Censor Search in China
Google’s plans to expand its offering in China has historically been difficult between the country’s strict censorship laws and competitors already in the space. It shut down its search engine in 2010 because of China’s “limit [on] free speech on the web.” But recent news from a whistleblower indicates that Google plans to relaunch its […]
DeepMind Founders and Other AI Leaders Pledge to Not Develop Lethal Weapon Systems
A few days ago, London-based developer DeepMind (an Alphabet company) and thousands of other tech leaders in artificial intelligence (AI) signed a pledge vowing to never develop any “lethal autonomous weapon.” The group, which included Elon Musk, Skype founder Jaan Tallinn, and AI researchers Yoshua Bengio, Stuart Russell, and Jürgen Schmidhuber, wrote in their letter that “We […]
Collaboration, Not Competition, Will Move FinTech Forward
We recently wrote about the talent shortage in FinTech, and what it means for the future of banking and financial systems. With that in mind, it should be no surprise that, without any talent to fight over, players in the FinTech space need to collaborate. Otherwise, FinTech development could be negatively impacted by a lack of […]
Cambridge Analytica Files for Bankruptcy
By now, you’re probably quite familiar with Facebook’s data scandal involving Cambridge Analytica. Recently, the London-based company posted a statement on its website saying that it has been forced to file for bankruptcy after bad press from the whole ordeal. The Cost of Business Cambridge Analytica cited “the controversy” as the driving force behind its loss […]