Data

Dice Data Hack Leaks

Survey: What Would You Do If Your Company Leaked User Data?

April 11, 2018

Picture this: You’re in a meeting, and your manager offers up a solution or service that just doesn’t fit with what you know to be best …

Facebook Launches Data Abuse Bounty

Nick Kolakowski,

April 11, 2018

You’ve heard of bug bounties. Now Facebook has introduced a new twist to the concept: a data abuse bounty. And unlike many bug bounties, which usually …

A.I. May Not Be That Smart, But Its Business Use Keeps Growing

March 27, 2018

Few of them care to say it with much force, but a number of specialists in artificial intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning (M.L.) admit that A.I.’s …

How to Know if You’re Right for a Fintech Career

March 23, 2018

If you’re a banker or otherwise involved in the financial industry, at a certain point in your career, you start to wonder whether the grass is …

Create a Cutting-Edge Robotic Avatar, Win $10 Million

Nick Kolakowski,

March 13, 2018

Imagine controlling a robotic avatar capable of extreme tasks, such as picking through debris after a natural disaster or repairing machinery in hostile environments. Sounds like …

4 Problems with Processor Thread Programming

February 7, 2018

Threads are a useful way to get more out of your CPU. Technically known as a “thread of execution,” a thread is the smallest possible sequence …

“Hotlanta” is a Hotbed for Retail Technology

Leslie Stevens-Huffman,

January 31, 2018

Just because you value job security doesn’t mean you have to settle for a routine job: You can have longevity and the opportunity to work on …

Developer

A Quick Guide to Denormalizing Databases

January 10, 2018

A relational database stores data in multiple tables. Each table has columns describing the type of information, and each row is an instance of that data. …

How A.I., Blockchain and Big Data Could Reduce the Cost of Drug Making

December 28, 2017

The science of data analytics is about extracting value or “information” from bits and bytes. While there is a lot of hype about Big Data and artificial …

Add Two-Factor Authentication to Your Apps

December 8, 2017

Recent years have seen repeated website hacks, with hackers capturing many user details. Even a tech-savvy firm like Uber isn’t immune: the ride-sharing giant faces scrutiny …

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