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Top 5 tech tips when working from home

While more companies around the world continue to implement remote working from home measures amid the coronavirus outbreak, it can be a challenge to adapt to work obligations using your existing home tech facilities. Inside Telecom offers 5 tech tips to optimize the work-from-home experience. 1.) WiFi performance is key The quality/stability of your WiFi […]

How to clean the bundle of germs that is your phone

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — You’re washing your hands countless times a day to try to ward off the coronavirus. You should also wash that extension of your hand and breeding ground for germs — your phone. Tests done by scientists show that the virus can live for two to […]

Can AI flag disease outbreaks faster than humans? Not quite

MATT O’BRIEN and CHRISTINA LARSON Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors inwarning the world of a severe coronavirus outbreak in China? In a narrow sense, yes. But what the humans lacked in sheer speed, they more than made up in finesse. Early warnings of disease outbreaks can help people […]

3 Analytics Trends That Are Redefining The Business World

Our digital world is giving rise to new ways of aggregating and interpreting complex data. Whilst some businesses choose to utilize and leverage advancing technologies, others are falling behind. Inside Telecom presents 3 analytics trends that are redefining the business world in 2020. 1. Augmented Analytics Recognized as an important tool to optimize decision making […]

Protesters fear rising costs if firm buys dot-org universe

By ANICK JESDANUN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The company that controls the dot-org universe is trying to sell the online registry to an investment firm for more than $1 billion, drawing opposition from activists who protested Friday and others who fear costs would soar if a for-profit company is in […]

Deep Learning developments underway to support AI

For those who are not familiar with the term deep learning – this concept involves a more developed aspect of machine learning methods. It is related to algorithms inspired by the structure of the brain, to help construct artificial neural networks that involves multiple levels of representation. Deep learning explores artificial neural networks, using brain […]

Management of Passwords and Cyber Security

The password is the most commonly used mechanism to access mobile devices, networks, computers and accounts. As citizens of a digital society with multiple devices at our finger tips, and with access to more remote services, security requirements intensify. This can present challenges in the practice and management of passwords, especially in times of stress. […]

EU legal opinion: mass data retention at odds with EU law

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN undefined BRUSSELS (AP) — A legal adviser at the European Union’s highest court said Wednesday that the bloc’s data protection rules should prevent member states from indiscriminately holding personal data seized from Internet and phone companies, even when intelligence agencies claim that national security is at stake. In a non-binding opinion on […]

NSA finds major security flaw in Windows 10, free fix issued

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The National Security Agency has discovered a major security flaw in Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system that could let hackers intercept seemingly secure communications. But rather than exploit the flaw for its own intelligence needs, the NSA tipped off Microsoft so that it can fix the system for everyone. […]

White House proposes guidelines for regulating the use of AI

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The Trump administration is proposing new rules to guide future federal regulation of artificial intelligence used in medicine, transportation and other industries. But the vagueness of the principles announced by the White House is unlikely to satisfy AI watchdogs who have warned of a lack of accountability as computer […]