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Erie Insurance confirms cyberattack behind business disruptions
Erie Insurance and Erie Indemnity Company have disclosed that a weekend cyberattack is behind the recent business disruptions and platform outages on its website. Erie Indemnity Company is the management company for the Erie Insurance Group, a property and casualty insurer with over 6 million active policies. The company provides auto, home, life, and business insurance policies through independent agents. Since…
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Disinformation security is a major concern for cyber teams – here’s what your business can do
While new for cybersecurity, disinformation is not new to the world overall. We’ve had misinformation, disinformation and propaganda for centuries, and ‘social engineering’ is an evolution of this with a cybersecurity bend. People have been creating fake or falsified videos and images for as long as we’ve had cameras and editing software, notes Daniel Ayoub, senior director analyst at Gartner.…
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Apple is about to unlock international business – Computerworld
What about developers? I think Apple could take this further. After all, having built an effective core translation technology, the company could conceivably open access to the tech as an API for third-party developers. That could enable a multitude of new app experiences, though it’s important to note this is only my speculation. It’s also nice to imagine a translation…
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Is the future of business AI specialized services?
FluidStack is a name that most organizations may not be familiar with, unless they’re operating in the scientific research industry. Nevertheless, the experiences and business model of the company could offer lessons for multiple verticals. The company was founded by César Maklary and Gary Wu and is one of the many science and technology businesses spun out from Oxford University.…
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This hidden army can ease Apple deployment in your business – Computerworld
If you’re a business of any size considering increased deployment of Apple products, perhaps for the first time, you don’t have to go it alone. Apple has a hidden army of experts ready to help you reach the right decision. They won’t force you to do anything, but they will try to help you identify the right solutions for your business.…
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Does computer vision have strong business potential?
Computer vision is a well-understood field of technological development, in which computer systems derive contextual information from digital images, videos, physical scans, or other visual data. Having been kickstarted in the 1960s, computer vision has been a focus of researchers for than a half-century. From the artificial neural networks of the 1970s through to today’s multimodal AI models capable of…
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Android 16’s Factory Reset Protection Could Put Thieves Out of Business
In the past few years, Google has more than doubled down on privacy and security features on Android. From Find My Network (now Find Hub) to Scam Detection, Theft Lock, and Remote Lock, the new features give you a peace of mind. However, another super-important improvement Google brought in Android 15 was to the Factory Reset Protection. It prevents thieves…
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How gen AI can make your business work faster – really – Computerworld
About Smart Answers Smart Answers is an AI-based chatbot tool designed to help you discover content, answer questions, and go deep on the topics that matter to you. Each week we send you the three most popular questions asked by our readers, and the answers Smart Answers provides. Developed in partnership with Miso.ai, Smart Answers draws only on editorial content…
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Cyber attacks are costing UK firms billions every year – ransom payments, staff overtime, and lost business are crippling victims
Cyber attacks are costing UK businesses £64 billion a year in ransom payments, staff overtime, lost business, and other associated costs. Research from cybersecurity firm ESET shows that 53% of UK businesses have fallen victim to at least one attack over the last year, with 43% saying that it’s had a long-term impact on business growth. The top three most…
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SAS leans on synthetic data and digital twins to support business data demand
SAS has announced new synthetic data capabilities and support for digital twins in a push to equip enterprises with concrete platforms for data-driven decision making. Synthetic data is artificial data generated to resemble real datasets in every way that’s meaningful. These datasets are typically used to train AI and machine learning models without exposing sensitive data. While generating synthetic data…
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