Author: Spier

German elections vulnerable to hacking: ‘cyber-warfare’ say security pros

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Chaos Computer Club warned that software being used to tabulate and transmit vote totals in Germany's upcoming parliamentary elections contains major vulnerabilities; election hacking equals cyber-warfare says security pros On Thursday last week hackers from the Germany-based Chaos Computer Club warned that software being used to tabulate and transmit vote totals

The impact of automation collapsing enterprise IT

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The IT stack is collapsing, thanks to the latest innovation in IT and moving into a software-defined service-oriented architecture. What can happen as a result of the collapse is important for every company to understand, as the more the stack collapses, the better results IT can deliver. Before we look at the

Could Blockchain Fix the Flaws in Programmatic Advertising?

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Programmatic ad buying, an algorithm-heavy piece of software to purchase advertising online, as opposed to the traditional process that involved human negotiations and often paper-based manual insertion orders, is not a new phenomenon. With the promise of making a brand’s ads more targeted and relevant to their specific audience, spend

Industrial robots and the new China Syndrome

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Last year, China bought 66,000 industrial robots. This might not seem like an extraordinary figure for a country of over a billion people, but when you consider that each of these machines can do the jobs of 15 or more full-time employees, the impact begins to look more significant: it

How to be an Instagram Instaguru

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Becoming an Instagram expert is to reign supreme in the social, online, and connected world. Instagram is the natural response to an image based society pushing for a more stimulating alternative to text based social networks like Facebook. At over 200 million users sharing over 60 million photographs a day, Instagram is

Apple hides secret job advert to attract world’s best tech talent

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The world's biggest technology companies are known for asking difficult questions and running strange competitions in a bid to attract top talent. Apple took the recruiting game a step further this week and hid a job advert on its website. The posting, for a technical engineer, said: "Hey there! You found us. We

Going Headless: Exploring a New Type of Content Management System

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“Headless CMS”. It’s a phrase that you’re likely to have heard being batted around a lot over the last year, and it's becoming an increasingly popular development choice for businesses and organisations across the globe as their digital aspirations evolve. It almost feels like a catchy buzzword; one of those internet