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Watch: The end of privacy – ‘If you’ve got nothing to hide, you’ve got nothing to live for’

May23
by on May 23, 2015 at 3:28 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

The End of Privacy
XPRIZE‘s competitions touch the furthest reaches of human achievement in fields like healthcare, oceanography and even space exploration. The organization is currently designing a competition in the field of cybersecurity. In this three-part series produced by XPRIZE, you’ll hear from some of the giants in the Internet and cyber-security fields as they relate stories of cybercrime becoming a worldwide business, privacy becoming an antiquated idea, the discovery of Stuxnet and real possibility of cyber-warfare. ➤ XPRIZE

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From co-founder to ousted CEO of 500px: Trials, errors, and lessons learned

May23
by on May 23, 2015 at 2:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Entrepreneur, Insider

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Started in the early 2000s as a community on the LiveJournal blogging platform, 500px has become one of the most popular places in the internet to store professional and amateur photos, with more than 50 million images in its archives. Its history, however, has been a bumpy ride, which ended for its co-founder Oleg Gutsol last year, with him being ousted from the CEO role and the company itself. Shortly after the news hit the media, Gutsol left Canada where he’s lived since 2000 after moving from Ukraine, and he spent a few months in the Dominican Republic. “For some…

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iOS coding and Linux courses, loads of storage plus privacy protection: Top deals this week

May23
by on May 23, 2015 at 1:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Offers, TNWDeals

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As usual, it has been a busy week over at TNW Deals. The highlights reel is filled with deals on digital upgrades, from backup storage to privacy protection — here’s a roundup. Learn to code iOS 8 apps with this comprehensive course for only $89 The course is suitable for beginners and includes 350 videos and 36.5 hours of content to help you understand iOS 8, Xcode 6 and Swift. As a bonus, you’ll also get access to the previous iOS 7 course. Through the course, you’ll build 14 iOS 8 apps. You’ll learn everything from app design to API…

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Urgent vs important tasks

May23
by on May 23, 2015 at 12:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, LifeHacks, tasks

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Bronnie Ware is a palliative care nurse who looks after patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. In her years working with dying people she put together a list of the top five regrets she heard most often. They were: I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. I wish that I had let myself be happier. I think about…

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10 deadly tech hazards in hospitals

May23
by on May 23, 2015 at 9:12 am
Posted In: Around the Web, hospitals, Insider

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Despite a stated mission of saving lives and providing care, hospitals and healthcare facilities can be very dangerous places. It’s estimated that more than 400,000 people are killed each year due to preventable medical errors, which include preventable Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs). Many of these errors are technology-related, which both clinicians as well as patients need to be aware of. According to the non-profit ECRI Institute, health technology hazards can come in many forms. “They can be the result of IT-related problems such as improperly configured systems, incomplete data, or inappropriate malware protection. They can be caused by inappropriate human-device…

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