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Blockchain and Cryptocurrency – A disrupting force to the banking Industry?
How Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology Could Disrupt the Banking Industry The world of finance has been one of the pillars society has been built upon since humans began to trade with one another, which in theory, if not in delivery, has barely changed in millennia. How then can cryptocurrency and blockchain technology challenge this status
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The Impact of Driverless Technology on Independent Driving Jobs
Driverless cars are coming. At present, there are more than 30 companies across the globe that say they are working on autonomous vehicle technology. Leading the race for market share is Google sibling Waymo, which is on course to launch a driverless taxi pilot program for paying customers later this year in Phoenix, Arizona. Meanwhile,
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The Pros and Cons of Speech Recognition and Virtual Assistants
Pocket-sized digital devices with speech recognition and talking virtual assistants are becoming as commonplace as keyrings or Swiss Army knives used to be. Speech recognition technology has come a long way since its mass-market introduction in the 1980s. For example, you no longer need to shout into the microphone, or spend two hours waiting for
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How to Protect Your Personal Information Online
Recent events like the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the introduction of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have thrown the spotlight on issues concerning the protection of personal information online. With the GDPR now in force, consumers and internet users originating from or based in the European Union (EU) now have a greater
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5 Jobs Artificial Intelligence Could Replace Soon
Slowly but surely, artificial intelligence (AI) is creeping into the workplace, creating fear that the technology will progress to the point where it will replace the human workforce entirely. We’ve heard it a million times – “The robots are coming to take our jobs.” It’s like something from a space movie. In the past, perhaps
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Speech Recognition and Virtual Assistants
The Pros and Cons of Speech Recognition and Virtual Assistants Pocket-sized digital devices with speech recognition and talking virtual assistants are becoming as commonplace as keyrings or Swiss Army knives used to be. Speech recognition technology has come a long way since its mass-market introduction in the 1980s. For example, you no longer need to
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TWiTIoT: This Week in The Internet of Things –Infrastructure Options Expand
Greetings, and welcome. This week, encouraging news of coming enhancements to the global IoT infrastructure – including, we can but hope, consistent, effective cyber security. As always, your thoughts, reactions, and suggestions welcome. Just send a quick email to medortch@dortchonit.com. And for more on the IoT and IIoT, check out “DortchOnIT’s Industrial Internet of Things
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Information Technology Allowing Seniors to Make a Living Post-Retirement
Retirement is not what it used to be. At present, 3 in 10 working Americans are not confident that they are financially prepared for retirement. Furthermore, a survey conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute found that only 1 in 10 individuals have a formal retirement plan in place. Taking these figures into consideration it
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