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Vish-ious attack: Your Instagram posts could put a ‘hack me’ sign on your back
We’ve all heard of phishing — the use of fraudulent electronic exchanges by hackers seeking sensitive information like usernames and passwords. Now cybercriminals have expanded their repertoire to include vishing — basically voice phishing by phone. And the mere act of posting photos online could turn users into victims. “I can just bypass every security protocol you’ve set up. ...
Keep calm and code on: Facebook scholar braves tech sexism firestorm
The now infamous Google memo and recent sexual harassment charges against Uber Technologies Inc. and Tesla Motors Inc. are a few gender-related incidents in Silicon Valley to make headlines this year. What is a female techie to do in such a divisive environment? Keep calm and code on, according to Jigyasa Grover (pictured), Facebook scholarship recipient and Red Hat Women ...
Putting workplace diversity to work for sharper product development
Product developers and other professionals with diverse backgrounds might boost a project with the varying insights they bring to the table. But what about the classic too many cooks in the kitchen problem? Can managers set guidelines to keep motley teams from sliding into chaos? “Absolutely, there is a stated goal,” said Vipul Nagrath (pictured), global chief information ...
High-tech heroines: Meet the women blazing new trails through technology
The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, founded in 1997, has grown into a multinational force that promotes girls and women at all stages of their careers. The Institute’s Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing series of conferences are the largest gatherings for women in tech in the world. Named after computer scientist and United States ...
Behavior I/O: How AI and human brains mix for big data insight
Big data software makers are throwing every possible technology at the business insight and monetization problem with little success. Perhaps taking a step back from machine intelligence to human intelligence would yield better results. “The science experiment phase of the big data world is over; people now have to show a return on investment,” said Nenshad ...
GroundTruth reports women’s stories on politics and profit in tech
Women hold 25 percent of computing jobs, according to the National Center for Women and Technology. Who are these individuals? What lessons have they learned about gender, politics and profit in technology? The GroundTruth Project is a journalism organization exploring these questions through the personal stories of women in tech. “We’re re-upping our women-in-tech-women-in-leadership fellowship this year, which we’re really ...
Who’s sorry now? Pointers and plug-ins to break apology habit at work
Scroll through old emails, messages and texts to colleagues and supervisors and look for the word sorry. If it comes up quite often, consider whether or not those situations warranted an apology. Any uncalled for use of the word sorry could deflate a professional’s perceived competence, according to Laurel McLay (pictured, right), New Zealand-based career expert. “What we want to ...
LinkedIn ‘algorithmically’ trains programs to train women in tech
Vary inputs, measure outcomes and iterate agilely — is this a formula for training a machine learning algorithm? No, it’s a formula for training the next generation of women in technology, according to Sarah Clatterbuck (pictured, left), senior director of engineering: application infrastructure, women in tech and accessibility at LinkedIn. Clatterbuck has spearheaded a number of women-in-tech training ...
Uncle Sam wants you — to code for a better US and shrink tech skills gap
There is a growing reciprocal relationship between the U.S. government and the tech sector. Seasoned computing pros are lending their skills to public agencies, while the government invests funds to raise the country’s tech IQ and fill the skills shortage. “The government is who shows up to help, and so we need the tech sector ...
Big data is changing machine learning, from nice-to-have to a must-have
The big data tsunami bears exciting new profit potential; it also brings with it some daunting challenges, thanks to the General Data Protection Regulation’s strict privacy rules, set to be enforced next year. Machine learning is the best weapon businesses have to maximize the bounty of big data and ward off the threats, according to Murthy Mathiprakasam (pictured), ...