Month: July 2024

How to make your data smart

At a recent FinTech North event, I had the opportunity to speak on a panel discussion and dive into one of my favorite topics: the value of smart data. What is that exactly? Data isn’t inherently smart or not – but how you use it can be. It’s only once…

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Starlink Mini is now available for anyone in the US to roam

SpaceX’s Starlink Mini dish — which Elon Musk says “will change the world” — is now available to anyone in the US. The diminutive internet-from-space kit neatly integrates the dish and Wi-Fi router into a weatherproof package that’s significantly smaller and uses less power than previous Starlink kits. The laptop-sized…

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Traditional cybersecurity measures are no longer enough

Traditional cybersecurity measures are no longer sufficient to defend against sophisticated attacks, particularly those powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Threat actors are constantly innovating and exploiting vulnerabilities in interconnected digital environments, including cloud-based infrastructures and remote work setups. Regulatory requirements and customer expectations on data privacy and protection continue to…

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Report: The GoPro Max 2 might fix the current model’s biggest problem

A new image of what may be GoPro’s anticipated Max 2 has surfaced online. Industry leaker Quadro News posted a rather cryptic photograph of the action camera bearing the company logo on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter).  To be honest, it doesn’t reveal much, and there aren’t any details on…

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This AI chatbot will answer all your climate change questions

A new AI chatbot can help you understand climate change and how it’s causing a global crisis. The Washington Post has introduced Climate Answers, which is designed to respond to your questions directly using the newspaper’s climate journalism.  The AI draws from the publication’s extensive archive on the subject to…

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Redbox’s disc rentals are over

A judge overseeing Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment’s bankruptcy case granted a request Wednesday to convert it from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to Lowpass’ Janko Roettgers and The Wall Street Journal. The company’s lawyers said Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment will lay off…

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