Security
in 2020.
KPMG
on Key Cybersecurity Considerations for 2020
… The
essential considerations discussed in the latest report (PDF)
are: automating essential tasks; improving the consumer
authentication experience; preparing for new cloud threats; improving
the business acumen of the security team; aligning business and
security; and preparing for more regulation.
Many
of these revolve around one central paradigm: the flight to the
cloud.
A
more private browser?
Firefox
turns encrypted DNS on by default to thwart snooping ISPs
Firefox
will start switching browser users to Cloudflare's encrypted-DNS
service today and roll out the change across the United States in the
coming weeks.
… DNS
over HTTPS helps keep eavesdroppers from seeing what DNS lookups your
browser is making, potentially making it more difficult for Internet
service providers or other third parties to monitor what websites you
visit.
Where
are our borders?
Jacob
Sullum reports:
For years Greyhound, by far the largest operator of intercity bus service in the United States, has routinely allowed Border Patrol agents to board its buses without warrants or probable cause. During those “transportation checks,” which have become increasingly common under the Trump administration, agents interrogate passengers with brown skin or foreign accents, asking for proof that they are in the country legally. Last Friday, Greyhound announced that it would no longer tolerate such harassment of its customers, reversing a policy that was based on an unconstitutionally broad understanding of the Border Patrol’s legal authority.
Read
more on Reason.
Not
surprisingly, the Border
Patrol Council President isn’t too happy about that.
New
technologies allow (force?) new architectures.
Competing
In The Age Of AI Is Simpler Than You Think
Artificial
Intelligence is the new fashionable trend in business. While many
large corporates create skunkworks for experimental technologies or
acquire startups, few incumbent businesses have allowed AI processes
to change the core of the organization. This could be because
executives in traditional
businesses have little understanding of how these technologies work
and are unwilling to take the risk of investing in something they do
not understand.
A
recent book by two Harvard Business School professors attempts to
deal with this issue. Competing in the Age of AI: strategy and
leadership when algorithms and networks run the world presents a
compelling case for putting AI at the center of the business. Any
business.
(Related)
3
ways AI is transforming the insurance industry
More
links to AI papers.
Artificial
intelligence What Think Tanks are thinking
European
Parliamentary Research Service Blog:
“Artificial intelligence (AI) is usually understood as the ability
for a machine to display human-like capabilities such as reasoning,
learning, planning and creativity. The ‘Holy Grail’ for many
governments and companies seeking to benefit from the digital
revolution, the first to invent and apply true AI could achieve an
enormous advantage in economic and military terms. However, there
are serious ethical implications in such potential developments.
Many aspects of AI have already been applied since the 2000s in
machines with sufficiently fast processing speeds, equipped with
learning techniques and fed large amounts of data. Current versions
of AI help to drive cars, beat chess champions, and offer excellent
medical diagnostics, to take a few examples. This note offers links
to recent commentaries,
studies and reports from international think tanks on
AI and related issues…”
Perspective. We no longer teach cursive, perhaps
we could stop teaching reading?
Audio
Articles are Helping News Outlets Gain Loyal Audiences
How Harvard
Business Review, The New Yorker, and The Economist use audio to boost
reach and retention
Supplemental
material for my students.
MIT
Open Courseware
“OCW
is a free and open publication of material from thousands of MIT
courses,
covering the entire
MIT curriculum.
That’s every MIT department and degree program, and ranging from
the introductory to the most advanced graduate level. Each OCW
course includes a syllabus, some instructional material (such as
lecture notes or a reading list), and some learning activities (such
as assignments or exams). Many courses also have complete
video lectures, free
online textbooks, and
faculty
teaching insights.
While some OCW content is custom-created for online use, most of it
comes straight from the MIT classroom…”
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