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Report: Mid-sized businesses lose more to cybercrime than large or small ones

Aug10
by on August 10, 2018 at 5:46 pm
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A new report on cybercrime shows mid-market companies — 500 to 999 employees — experience greater losses than smaller or larger ones. The report, published by the internet security company Malwarebytes and the market research firm Osterman Research, was based on a survey of 900 security pros — 200 of which worked in the US, with 175 each in the UK, Germany, Australia, and Singapore. Each of the surveyed professionals belonged to an organization that had between 200 and 1000 employees. According to the report, an organization of 2,500 employees spends up to $1.9 million on security. This includes expenditure…

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Report: Mid-sized businesses lose more to cybercrime than large or small ones

Aug10
by on August 10, 2018 at 5:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


A new report on cybercrime shows mid-market companies — 500 to 999 employees — experience greater losses than smaller or larger ones. The report, published by the internet security company Malwarebytes and the market research firm Osterman Research, was based on a survey of 900 security pros — 200 of which worked in the US, with 175 each in the UK, Germany, Australia, and Singapore. Each of the surveyed professionals belonged to an organization that had between 200 and 1000 employees. According to the report, an organization of 2,500 employees spends up to $1.9 million on security. This includes expenditure…

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Microsoft’s AI can convert images into Chinese poetry

Aug10
by on August 10, 2018 at 5:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


Microsoft recently taught its XiaoIce chatbot, a Chinese language conversational AI, how to interpret pictures as poems. We’re not sure if that counts as inspired writing, but it’s an interesting step toward better mimicking humans. It’s not the first AI to write poetry, but it’s the first we’ve seen that can generate Chinese language poems inspired by images. There may be a little bit lost in translation, but some of the bot’s bars aren’t too shabby: Wings hold rocks and water lightly in the loneliness Stroll the empty The land becomes soft The problem of teaching AI how to generate…

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Microsoft’s AI can convert images into Chinese poetry

Aug10
by on August 10, 2018 at 5:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


Microsoft recently taught its XiaoIce chatbot, a Chinese language conversational AI, how to interpret pictures as poems. We’re not sure if that counts as inspired writing, but it’s an interesting step toward better mimicking humans. It’s not the first AI to write poetry, but it’s the first we’ve seen that can generate Chinese language poems inspired by images. There may be a little bit lost in translation, but some of the bot’s bars aren’t too shabby: Wings hold rocks and water lightly in the loneliness Stroll the empty The land becomes soft The problem of teaching AI how to generate…

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Google’s new Q&A app lets celebs personally answer your most boring queries

Aug10
by on August 10, 2018 at 5:01 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google


Google has, more and more, attempted to offer public figures a chance to manage their own Google results — and in this case it appears to be trying to have fun with those inane questions people are always Googling about their favorite celebrities. The app is called Cameos, and it’s currently only available on the iOS App Store. It’s a terribly exclusive app. In order to even use it, you have to be issued an invite code. I mention that so you know I haven’t had the chance to test this personally because, you know — your girl isn’t exactly pulling in…

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