MANILA, Philippines – Almost one in five employees in Southeast Asia clicks on suspicious emails designed to trick users into giving out sensitive and personal information, according to Kaspersky, noting these workers usually overlook the signs of a phishing scam. The cybersecurity firm, in a recent statement, said that about 16 percent to 18 percent of the employees in the region “tend not to notice pitfalls hidden in emails devoted to corporate issues and online delivery problem notifications.” These emails are usually about reservation confirmations from a booking service, notification about an order placement and even those coming from a supposed IKEA announcement. “It’s interesting to see companies being targeted by financial phishing but we have to remember here that businesses, at their core, are still made up of humans,” Kaspersky general manager for Southeast Asia Yeo Siang Tiong said. “Phishing is a type of social engineering attack. Social engineering attack is … [Read more...] about Southeast Asia workers vulnerable to phishing
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Nvidia Teams Up With Microsoft On Industrial Metaverse
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Microsoft is jumping into Nvidia’s industrial metaverse network, just weeks after apparently withdrawing from its own attempt to create immersive internet tools for manufacturing companies. The alliance will see Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, Azure, host Nvidia’s suite of internet services for building and operating hyper-realistic virtual worlds called Omniverse Cloud, as well as Nvidia DGX Cloud. The latter is a new offering described as an artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputing service that gives enterprises instant access to the infrastructure and software needed to train advanced models for generative AI, according to an announcement previewed by Forbes . The alliance is being presented today by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the company's GTC developer conference. A large portion of the chipmaker’s revenue comes from its gaming division, home to the graphic processing units (GPUs) that had been … [Read more...] about Nvidia Teams Up With Microsoft On Industrial Metaverse
Catch The Next Big Tech AI Wave: Startups Flock To OpenAI’s Chat GPT And DALL-E
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin In the 2020s, a new wave of technology is emerging, one with the potential to unleash creativity and innovation on a scale never seen before. Startups are flocking to OpenAI, the company behind the revolutionary language processing engine Chat GPT and the powerful image generator DALL-E. Billions are beginning to flow in, as Microsoft recently announced a 10-billion-dollar investment and Google has begun to redouble efforts in the space. These powerful cutting-edge tools are poised to disrupt industries and create immense wealth for those founders that embrace them. How? In short, both Chat GPT and DALL-E are already being used to improve productivity, save time, and even generate creative ideas. In a recent Startup Club room hosted on Clubhouse, founders shared how they were using these technologies to improve their businesses. Some talked about how Chat GPT helped them improve their emails, blogs, and sales scripts, … [Read more...] about Catch The Next Big Tech AI Wave: Startups Flock To OpenAI’s Chat GPT And DALL-E
Quantum Computers: Why We Should Be Both Excited And Concerned
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Skip Sanzeri is the founder, board chair and COO of QuSecure, a top post-quantum cybersecurity company. By now, many of you have heard of a new form of computing called quantum that has the potential to become an amazingly powerful tool. While quantum computers promise great things for humankind, these computers also have the potential to be weaponized. Quantum Computers: The Good And The Bad Like other historical technological breakthroughs, quantum computers have the potential to change how we view and operate in this world. Using subatomic properties, quantum computers operate differently from the standard computers we use today. These properties, such as superposition and entanglement, enable quantum computers to easily perform calculations on problems with a great deal of variables that would otherwise crush our standard (classical) computers. Applications in genomics, materials science and chemistry, … [Read more...] about Quantum Computers: Why We Should Be Both Excited And Concerned
15 Tricks Of The Trade For Booking Speaking Gigs
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Securing a speaking gig at a large business conference can be a great opportunity for an up-and-coming leader. Delivering a speech or a presentation to others in your industry allows you to share your expertise and knowledge with a potentially wider, yet at the same time, more niche, highly relevant audience. However, the competition can be fierce, and the process of getting selected can be daunting. Here, members of Forbes Coaches Council share some strategies to help you increase your chances of being chosen to speak at a major conference. By following their advice below, you can position yourself as a leading authority in your industry, stand out from other potential guest speakers and get noticed by event organizers. 1. Search On LinkedIn To keep my calendar filled with speaking engagements, I perform a weekly search on LinkedIn using the hashtag #callforspeakers. First, I filter the results by “posts” and then by … [Read more...] about 15 Tricks Of The Trade For Booking Speaking Gigs