Who Got Hacked This Week? July 29 Edition
What types of cyberattacks were carried out this week, July 29, 2019? Read on to find out about the latest cyberattacks and who got hacked this week.
Blogs
Google Home Leak Reminds Consumers of AI Surveillance
The leak featured recordings taken from Google Home and Assistant—some of which were recorded by accident.
Amazon Is Upskilling Its Employees – Here’s What That Means
Amazon is investing millions of dollars to train and retain employees, alongside providing them with better benefits and evading job replacement by automation.
Week in Review: Audience Survey, TechSpark, AWS, etc.
This week, July 22nd – 26th, 2019: Take My TechDecisions’ 2019 Audience Survey, check out a video about AVI-SPL TechSpark, learn more about AWS, and more.
There’s Already A Hospital Robot…Now, There’s AskBob, An AI Smart Healthcare Solution
We recently reported on Moxi, the “robot nurse.” Now, we’re telling you about AskBob, an artificial intelligence-based smart healthcare decision support tool. Ping An Smart Healthcare introduced AskBob in Singapore through collaborations with SingHealth and the National University Health System (NUHS) to provide critical medical information to clinicians when dealing with patients at the point of care and for medical research […]
Chalmers Chatbot Connects the Homeless in Toronto with Local Resources
Can AI help the homeless? A new project called Chalmers chatbot from Ample Labs and Ada aims to instantly connect Toronto’s homeless community with local resources like free meals, clothing banks, overnight shelters, and more. Throughout the course of its six months in beta testing, Chalmers has grown to support 700 users each month, providing […]
Will Renewable Energy Continue to Grow?
Private investments in renewable energy seek to boost the industry, but can the trend continue?
Manufacturing Jobs Are Getting Hit the Hardest by Automation – Here’s Why
Researchers explain why manufacturing is getting conquered by robotics, and what that means for humans jobs ten years down the road.
British Airways Fined £183 Million for Data Breach
Personal customer information was obtained by hackers and diverted to fraudulent sites.
Pennsylvania Counties Spending Money on Potentially Insecure New Electoral Systems
Pennsylvania is taking election hacking seriously, spending federal money on new electoral systems. But are those systems secure? According to a recent report on the Associated Press, many of the new systems run on outdated software which is vulnerable to hackers. The majority of the election jurisdictions nationwide use Windows 7 or older operating systems […]
