Startups aren’t (just) a young person’s game
There’s a pervasive myth in Silicon Valley: Startups are only founded by a bunch of 20-year-olds who recently dropped out of college. The Social Network, the Pirates of Silicon Valley, the various Steve Jobs biopics, and even the Silicon Valley TV show – wherever you look, the popular narrative is
Read MoreVodacom’s Tribute to YeboGogo’ Campaign Star, Professor Kole Omotoso
Vodacom pays a heartfelt tribute to Professor Kole Omotoso, a renowned figure widely known as the face of Vodacom’s beloved ‘YeboGogo’ advertising campaign, who passed away on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Professor Omotoso fondly referred to as “the Yebo Gogo man,” left an indelible mark on the hearts of most
Read MoreFAA launches new committee to explore regulations on commercial human spaceflight
The Federal Aviation Administration is launching a new initiative exploring possible regulations on commercial human spaceflight, a first for a nascent industry that is rapidly increasing the number of humans that visit space. The new rulemaking committee will “help the FAA plan, conceive, and implement—when the time is right—a well-informed,
Read MoreIt’s not just Netflix’s $900K AI jobs, it’s the hypocrisy
The discovery of an AI product manager role at Netflix with a pay ceiling of $900,000 sent critics of the company and entertainment industry wild yesterday. That isn’t the only such listing, and likely not even the most lucrative. No one should be surprised that one of the biggest tech
Read MoreCruise is bringing its self-driving cars to Nashville
Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt said Thursday it will expand its robotaxi service to Nashville as the GM subsidiary ramps up its commercial operations The company’s self-driving vehicles will arrive on Nashville streets this week with a robotaxi service to follow. The announcement is the latest example of Cruise’s aggressive push
Read MoreEvery Japanese prefecture shrinking
It’s well known that the population of Japan has been decreasing for years, and so I was a little puzzled by a recent headline saying that Japan’s population has dropped in every one of its 47 prefectures. Although the national population is in decline, until now not all of the
Read MoreHow To Eliminate Boilerplate Code With PHP 8.1
Using the later versions of PHP can massively reduce the amount of boilerplate code in your applicationPhoto by Ben Griffiths on UnsplashIf you have an application of any appreciable size, you will have used DTO (Data Transfer Object) classes to shuttle data around your application.One of the main properties of a
Read MoreLiveness Detection Possible Biometric Solution for Banks
With the proliferation of generative AI tools, criminals are now creating highly sophisticated synthetic imagery and launching digital injection attacks that have seen face swaps grow 295% and digital injections rise by 149% in the last year. Unlike presentation attacks, digital injections see imagery injected directly into video streams. This requires fundamentally different
Read MoreExtract iMessage Data For Analytics and Conversational AI projects
Tens of thousands of real-world messages: cleaned and prepared using Python for all your creative ideasAI-generated art from MidjourneyIntroductionI like to experiment with APIs and build neat stuff. I have a lot of ideas for projects relating to iMessage data. Unfortunately, accessing this data is not well documented, the database schema
Read MoreThe honourees: Canada’s Top Women in Cybersecurity
On Jul. 26, 20 women were honoured at the IT World Canada Top Women in Cybersecurity celebration, Surpassing Expectations. The event hosted a group of women who excel in the various cybersecurity disciplines. Join us in congratulating the 2023 Top Women in Cybersecurity. Kirsten Turnbull Kirsten Turnbull is a senior
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