Killer hacks. Literally. Is security not part of the FDA approval
process?
Medtronic
recalls some insulin pumps as FDA warns they can be hacked
“MiniMed 508”
Medtronic insulin pumps have cybersecurity problems that can’t
be updated or patched, and the company is recalling them
as a result, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
… “The FDA is concerned that, due to
cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified in the device, someone other
than a patient, caregiver or health care provider could potentially
connect wirelessly to a nearby MiniMed insulin pump and change
the pump’s settings. This could allow a person to over
deliver insulin to a patient, leading to low blood sugar ... or to
stop insulin delivery, leading to high blood sugar and diabetic
ketoacidosis,” the FDA notice says.
As more countries jump on Privacy, will Facebook face a ‘death of 1000 cuts?’ Okay, probably not…
Italy
Fines Facebook Over Cambridge Analytica Case
Italy's
data protection watchdog slammed Facebook Friday with a fine of one
million euros ($1.1 million) for violating privacy laws over the
Cambridge
Analytica scandal.
The
penalty was for "illegal actions committed in the 'Cambridge
Analytica' case, the company that gained access to the data of 87
million users through
an app for psychological tests," it said in a statement.
… Critics
slammed the watchdog for handing the social media giant a relatively
small fine, while analysts said it was low because the offence was
committed before Europe's new data protection framework came into
force.
In
December, Italy's competition authority fined Facebook 10 million
euros for selling users' data without informing them and
"aggressively" discouraging users from trying to limit how
the company shares their data.
Because
it’s inevitable?
The
Strange Politics of Facial Recognition
… Agreement
is shocking in a political moment defined by polarization, but
lightning has seemingly struck twice. Microsoft and Amazon, makers
of Face API and Rekognition software, respectively, also both endorse
federal regulation.
In June, Axon, the number-one body-camera manufacturer in the United
States, agreed with its ethics board’s proposal
not to outfit
Axon cameras with facial recognition (at least, for the foreseeable
future). Microsoft President Brad Smith called
for governments “to start adopting laws to regulate this
technology” last
year, while Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy echoed those comments
in June, likening
the technology to
a knife. It’s a less dramatic image than the plutonium
and nuclear-waste metaphors
critics employ, but his message—coming from an executive at one of
the world’s most powerful facial-recognition technology outfits—is
clear: This
stuff is dangerous.
I
don’t think they like Amazon.
Amazon
Is Watching
The
Internet giant is wiring homes, neighborhoods, and cities with
cameras and microphones, and powering the nation’s intelligence
services. Are we sure we can trust it?
Perspective.
https://www.axios.com/amazon-shipping-chart-fedex-ups-usps-0dc6bab1-2169-42a8-9e56-0e85c590eb89.html
Amazon,
the new king of shipping
Less
than a decade after Amazon broke into the logistics industry, it has
become its own biggest shipper.
Researchers
found that nearly half (48%) of Amazon packages are delivered by the
company itself.
That's
a dramatic shift from two years ago, when the Postal Service
delivered more than 60% of Amazon parcels, and Amazon just around
15%.
The
e-commerce behemoth is already faster than competitors — and it has
ambitions of getting even speedier. It takes Amazon an average of
3.2 days to deliver a parcel after a shopper clicks "buy,"
per Rakuten Intelligence. For all other e-commerce companies, the
average time is 6 days.
Amazon
— which has started offering its shipping capabilities as a service
— will be able to ship products for about two-thirds the rates of
UPS and FedEx, Pellas projects. Its trucks and planes are out
delivering Amazon packages anyway so it can offer shipping at cost,
instead of collecting a margin.
Overly
aggressive? Is squeezing every nickel out of small business a good
long-term strategy?
GrubHub
is buying up thousands of restaurant web addresses. That means Mom
and Pop can’t own their slice of the internet
One
education future. Because traditional colleges and universities
aren’t fast enough?
SV
Academy just landed $9.5 million to offer tuition-free training that
puts people in tech jobs
… Even
as software
eats the world,
not everyone has the training or connections to land a high-paying
job in either the traditional tech industry or with a company that’s
actively embracing its digital future.
In
fact, it would be challenging to interest an executive recruiter in
someone who doesn’t have a tech background and didn’t go to
college, yet a company called SV
Academy is
doing just that. According to cofounder and CEO Rahim Fazal, the
nearly two-and-a-half-year-old, Bay Area company is currently helping
100 people every 30 days — or 1,200 per year — land jobs at
companies like SurveyMonkey, Palo Alto Networks, and PayPal.
Very
notably, it costs these job
candidates nothing. Employers pay SV Academy between $12,000 to
$15,00 per hire; all the prospects really need to do is
convince SV Academy that they have the drive required to take a
12-week, training program that teaches the skills necessary for
tech-based sales roles, plus a year of ongoing training and
mentorship for a year after they graduate.
(Related)
Degreed
Raises $75 Million to Expand Corporate Learning Platform
… Founded
in 2012, Degreed offers over 1,500 certificates and credentials,
aimed primarily at
companies looking to develop and upskill their employees.
When teams sign on, they can identify the skills that they’d like
to develop, ranging from customer service to data analysis, strategic
planning to user experience design. The platform then surfaces
courses, videos, articles and other resources to teach users.
To
date, Degreed claims it has served more than 220 corporate clients,
including Airbnb, Boeing, Mastercard and Unilever. The company also
offers to certify individuals in certain skills for a fee of $129.
An unlimited membership plan is available for $399, according to the
company’s website.
Getting
my students hired.
Firms
Continue to Hunt for Artificial Intelligence Talent
Tech
giants are far from the only companies hiring workers with data
science skills. Employers in fields as diverse as media, finance and
medicine are searching for machine learning engineers to help
transform and enhance their product offerings.
… Artificial
intelligence job
postings grew 29% in the 12-month period ending in May, according to
career platform Indeed.
… Within
the AI field, machine learning engineers were the most sought after
title. The position also topped the list of highest paying salaries
for the sector, earning an average salary of $142,859.
Picking the right team is critical!
No comments:
Post a Comment