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Productivity, Focus, and Motivation During Meetings

Ones that start late are not only inconvenient and impolite, but they are also much less effective than meetings that start on time, according to research. A colleague leaned over and whispered about the start time of any meetings on time after ten minutes of listening to our boss talk about the turning radius of his new riding mower. Only three – yes, three – of the approximately 700 meetings started on time.

That means that three sessions were the only ones that were as productive as they could have been. Meetings that start late aren’t merely a loss of time and a source of annoyance, according to a 2018 study published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Security Scanning during software development

The number of applications scanned has also increased considerably, with developers currently testing more than 17 new applications per quarter, more than quadruple the amount scanned a decade before. The study, which looked at almost half a million apps, uncovered fresh information from a diverse range of major and mid-sized businesses, commercial software providers, and open-source organizations.

The world is more connected than ever, according to research, with 4.66 billion active internet users worldwide. According to Chris Wysopal, who is the CTO of Veracode, scanning software as a pre-production stage in the final phase of the software development lifecycle is no longer sufficient. Scanning using a variety of testing tools must happen continually as a completely integrated part of the process, much as software is now distributed regularly.

Use of multiple scan types fix defects faster

Remote work for Digital anxiety

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, the number of people working from home has increased dramatically. This effort to prevent health hazards may have slowed the spread of the virus, but according to F-Secure, it may have also contributed to an increase in digital anxiety among remote workers. According to a recent survey, 67 percent of internet users who work from home, compared to 58 percent of other users, are increasingly concerned about their online security and privacy, even if nothing is wrong.

Intel Introduces Blockchain chip for Bitcoin and NFT Minting

The chip will be available later this year, with Block Inc, the Jack Dorsey-led company that just changed its name from Square Inc to emphasize its expanding focus on blockchain, among the first customers. To cash in on the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies, Intel Corp announced a new processor for blockchain applications such as Bitcoin mining and minting NFTs on Friday.

James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope that focuses on infrared astronomy. The telescope was developed by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The JWST was launched on an ESA Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana on December 25, 2021, and is set to follow the Hubble Space Telescope as NASA’s premier astrophysics mission. The telescope is named after NASA Administrator James E. Webb, who served from 1961 to 1968 and oversaw the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.

Panasonic Factory towards “Zero Carbon Emission”

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an odorless gas that is vital to life on the planet. CO2 is also known as a greenhouse gas, because its presence in the atmosphere can disturb the natural regulation of temperature, resulting in global warming.

CO2 levels have risen dramatically as a result of the Industrial Revolution and the exponential growth of manufacturing activity all over the world. The primary sources of CO2 are deforestation, agriculture, and the use of fossil fuels. China, the United States, India, Russia, and Japan are the top five countries that produce the most CO2, according to the most recent data from the Global Carbon Project.

Investors, corporate customers, and consumers are pressuring large firms around the world to adopt comparable efforts to address their contributions to the greenhouse effect, with many making “net-zero” emissions pledges to cut and counter their emissions.

Panasonic, which, according to estimates from the firm and other experts, is one of the world’s largest corporate carbon emitters, is only getting started. To offset the roughly 2.2 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions linked with the company’s operations, it will have to repeat its Wuxi accomplishment 37 times.

Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security

AI is always known to be by learning. By digesting billions of data items, AI enhances its ability to “understand” cybersecurity dangers and risks. AI reasoning identifies risks more quickly. In seconds or minutes, AI evaluates correlations between risks such as malware files, strange IP addresses, or insiders.

Hackers can defeat security algorithms by targeting the data they train on and the warning flags they search for, thus machine learning and artificial intelligence can assist protect against cyber-attacks. According to internet statistics, the global market for artificial intelligence in cybersecurity is predicted to increase at a CAGR of 23.6 percent from 2020 to 2027, reaching $46.3 billion.

Because AI and machine learning can swiftly scan billions of data sets and hunt down a wide range of cyber dangers, from malware to shady behavior that could lead to a phishing attack, they are becoming increasingly crucial in cybersecurity.

Artificial intelligence aspires to mimic human intelligence. It has enormous potential in the field of cybersecurity. Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems can be trained to provide threat warnings, identify new types of malware, and protect critical data for enterprises if used correctly.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a regulatory framework that establishes standards for the acquisition and processing of personal data among European Union citizens (EU). The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the world’s most stringent privacy and security law. Despite the fact that it was designed and passed by the European Union (EU), it imposes duties on organizations anywhere that target or collect data about EU citizens.

The GDPR major principles:

Intrusion Detection using Machine Learning

Telecom operators are currently using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to improve their services. Cloud providers are beginning to provide AI as a service, making the technology available to all customers. Compromising an operator is valuable to the attacker, and using AI to increase their success rate is considered a technique to do so. Telecommunications providers are also under attack from two directions: direct attacks from cybercriminals attempting to compromise their organization and network operations, and indirect attacks from those attempting to steal their subscribers’ data. Many classic attack vectors are present among the top threats now attacking each of these frontlines, but with new twists in terms of complexity or size that place new demands on telecoms businesses. The following are some of the threats:

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks
The exploitation of vulnerabilities in network and consumer devices
Compromising subscribers with social engineering, phishing or malware
Insider threat

Vector and Raster Graphics

In a simple sense, Vector graphics are not pixelated (not based on pixel) on the other hand Raster graphics is based on pixels. Vector graphics are the form of digital art that is rendered using a mathematical formula, while raster uses pixels or tiny dots that works with colors to form or create an image.

So what is Pixel??? The pixel (“picture element”) is the basic unit of programmable color on a computer display or image. The size of a pixel varies according to the resolutions for the screen. Basically, pixel used RGB colors and different forms of their blend for the specific indication. The bitmap is the file that marks the color for each pixel.