Getty Images reader comments 37 with 23 posters participating Share this story The amount of cryptocurrency flowing into privacy-enhancing mixer services has reached an all-time high this year as funds from wallets belonging to government-sanctioned groups and criminal activity almost doubled, researchers reported on Thursday. Mixers, also known as tumblers, obfuscate cryptocurrency transactions by creating […]
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Infosys Energy fireside chat: The future of automation with BP
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Watch Davesh Sharma, senior principal portfolio leader at BP, share the company’s automation journey with Joseph Alenchery, vice president at Infosys. He discusses how BP’s Automation CoE has delivered value and kept pace with shifts in the technology landscape. Click here […]
Bias in AI has a real impact on business growth. Here’s why it needs to be tackled.
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” As organizations across the globe realize the value of artificial intelligence, there is also a growing need to acknowledge the roadblocks and make efforts to remedy them to maximize the impact of the technology. AI experts share their thoughts. Click here […]
Government tech insider: Technology you need to know right now
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Read this paper by the Infosys Knowledge Institute that highlights the new digital technologies, how they work, and why policymakers need to understand them. Click here to continue. Source: MIT Technology Review
Making the invisible visible: Doing more with data
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Theodora Lau, founder of Unconventional Ventures, shares her view on how organizations need to move beyond leveraging data to drive efficiency and focus on delivering unique value for their customers. Click here to continue. Source: MIT Technology Review
Greenfield transformation with BECU’s Fumbi Chima
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Fumbi Chima, chief information officer at BECU discusses BECU’s early stages of a greenfield migration to cloud computing. The discussion covers digital transformation, fintechs, and employee experience. Click here to continue. Source: MIT Technology Review
How aspiring influencers are forced to fight the algorithm
There are two ways to try to understand the impact of content moderation and the algorithms that enforce those rules: by relying on what the platform says, and by asking creators themselves. In Tyler’s case, TikTok apologized and blamed an automatic filter that was set up to flag words associated with hate speech—but that was […]
The Download: open source insecurity, and gene editing plants
It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that the whole world is built on top of the Linux kernel—although most people have never heard of it. It is one of the very first programs that load when most computers power up. It enables the hardware running the machine to interact with the software, governs […]
The US military wants to understand the most important software on Earth
But while the open-source movement has spawned a colossal ecosystem that we all depend on, we do not fully understand it, experts like Aitel argue. There are countless software projects, millions of lines of code, numerous mailing lists and forums, and an ocean of contributors whose identities and motivation are often obscure, making it hard […]
Heat is bad for plant health. Here’s how gene editing could help.
Still, many relevant crop species are closely related to Arabidopsis, including broccoli and brussels sprouts. And because the salicylic acid pathway is present in many different kinds of plants, including major crops like wheat, corn, and potatoes, it’s possible the work could have an impact far beyond the lab. In a few follow-up experiments, the […]