Use these phishing-resistant authenticators, says NIST
ID cards and USB keys should be used for accessing sensitive data, or by those with elevated privleges
Ontario hospital recovering IT systems after cyber incident
Another Canadian hospital has been hit by a cyber attack, the second in three months. Ross Memorial Hospital in the eastern Ontario community of Lindsay, Ont., said in a statement today that, on the evening of Sunday, Feb. 5, it had to declare an IT emergency — called a Code Grey — because of a
Tech companies dethroned as leader in leasing large offices
Following a series of downsizings in the tech industry, tech has been dethroned as the leader in leasing large offices. According to a new report from CBRE, a commercial real estate firm, the finance and insurance industry surpassed technology last year to take the top spot after recording a quarter of the largest 100 leases […]
Coding Dojo unveils 10 Top Programming Languages to Learn in 2023
Coding Dojo, a tech training provider, has revealed the top ten development languages that employers are looking for in job candidates. Python, SQL, Java, JavaScript, C, C++, Go, C#, Assembly, and MATLAB are the top ten programming languages for 2023, as well as the number of open full-time jobs from top to bottom on Coding […]
Open-Source usage on the rise says Open-Source Initiative
According to Perforce Software and the Open-Source Initiative’s (OSI) annual State of Open-Source Report, there is an increase in open-source usage, but approximately 40% of teams using open source lack the internal skills to test, use, or integrate that software. The report details open-source software usage, adoption, and challenges based on anonymous survey responses from […]
OpenAI CTO wants AI to be regulated, shielded from bad actors
Mira Murati, the chief technology officer at ChatGPT’s creator OpenAI, has stated that the AI tool should be regulated because it could be used by “bad actors.” She told Time magazine, ”[AI] can be misused, or it can be used by bad actors. So, then there are questions about how you govern the use of […]
Fact checked Reddit stories gets more upvotes
Prof. Robert Bond and Prof. Kelly Garrett revealed that true stories get more Reddit upvotes than fake news in the online journal PNAS Nexus in an article titled “Engagement with fact-checked posts on Reddit.” According to the study, posts on Reddit that included fact-checked news articles garnered more interaction and positive reactions than posts with […]
Dell to axe 5 per cent of workforce amidst low PC demand
Dell is cutting 6,650 jobs, or about 5 per cent of its workforce, due to falling PC demand and economic uncertainty, the company announced in a regulatory filing. In a blog post, Jeff Clarke, vice chairman and co-chief operating officer, stated that the company would be “aligning Regional Sales and Dell Technologies Select teams”, integrating […]
Stocks of AI related companies on the rise
Shares of C3.ai Inc, BigBear.ai, and SoundHound AI have risen with the rise of artificial intelligence on Wall Street following the viral success of the ChatGPT chatbot. According to Matthew Unterman, director at analytics platform S3 Partners in New York, the price increase was due to long buying as investors moved into AI stocks rather […]
Google announces Bard to rival ChatGPT
Google announced the release of Bard, a communicative chatbot that will compete with ChatGPT, a language app that convincingly mimics human writing. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, made the announcement in a blog post. Google describes Bard as a “conversational AI service” that combines the breadth of the world’s information with the power, […]
