Monday, November 29, 2021

As a class or individually? The latter must be “Important People.”

https://www.makeuseof.com/apple-alert-state-sponsored-attacks/

How Apple Will Alert You When You’ve Been Hacked by State-Sponsored Attackers

State-sponsored attacks tend to be very complex, often using uncommon resources. They also target a small number of people, making the attacks more difficult to detect. Fortunately, Apple has found a way to combat this issue.



Perspective. It’s a new world.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/move-over-ge-tech-conglomerates-amazon-apple-microsoft-are-the-new-leaders-of-industry-11637965497?mod=djemalertNEWS

Move Over, GE. The Tech Conglomerates Are the New Leaders of Industry.

As General Electric and other old-school behemoths break up, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta are taking their place as the do-everything companies of the future

The eulogies for the corporate conglomerate have been pouring in fast. But in fact, these monsters of modern business are now bigger, more powerful and perhaps more world-consumingly durable than ever—they also look very different than in the past.

The dismantling of General Electric, Toshiba, Johnson & Johnson, Siemens, DowDuPont, United Technologies and other sprawling business empires in recent years has been heralded as the end of the conglomerate and the demise of the idea that brilliant management teams can succeed operating in very different industries. But just as those giants of traditional industry are being dismembered, today’s tech giants have arisen as latter-day conglomerates —what some even call “neo-conglomerates.” They boast valuations bigger than any other companies in history, and have diversified their businesses through acquisitions and new starts just like conglomerates of old.



Interesting. Is number 10 more common than it used to be?

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3641635/13-traits-of-a-security-conscious-board-of-directors.html#tk.rss_all

13 traits of a security-conscious board of directors

A CISO's success (and job longevity) is often dependent on support from the board of directors. Answers to these questions will reveal how security savvy a BoD is.



Perspective.

https://nypost.com/2021/11/29/futurists-predict-how-well-eat-vacation-and-work/

Futurists predict how we’ll one day eat, vacation and work

Forget about Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook and all the talk about a metaverse. The real future will be a world that is convenient and scary and fantastical — at least according to futurologists. As this year ends, here’s a glimpse at what life might be like … one day.

… “The projection is that we will need 3 million more Artificial Intelligence engineers by 2030,” Thomas Frey, founder and executive director of DaVinci Institute, a futuristic think tank in Colorado, told The Post. “We’ll need people to be drone command-center operators who will fly surveillance drones” — which, Frey believes, will play a role in stopping crime by providing eyes everywhere, responding to gunshots (picked up from sensitive receivers all around cities) and following criminals until police on the ground can cuff them.


(Related)

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-11-29/artificial-intimacy-sex-technology

Commentary: What virtual reality and artificial intelligence will mean for sex, love and intimacy


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