By creating another type of entry mode to smartphones, phone makers created another vector of attack for would-be hackers.
Smartphone makers must perform a delicate balancing act between security and ease of use in their devices.
These Millennials Have Become The Top Decision Makers At IBM
A look at how IBM’s 5,000-strong “Millennial Corps” is helping the company stay relevant.
Supermodel Karolina Kurkova made an appearance at this year’s Met Gala in an intricately designed couture gown. The dress had two designers—one man, one machine. Fashion designer Marchesa worked alongside IBM’s supercomputer to design the dress. The computer helped Marchesa’s designers choose essentials like color palette and fabric. The dress was also wired with LED lights that changed color in tandem with social conversations about the gala in real time. It was undoubtedly a hybrid man-machine creation.
Online Comments Sections Are Terrible. Monetizing Them Would Make Them Worse
Pricing out the trolls will also price out the poor. There are better solutions
The idea of monetizing comment sections by asking readers to pay to contribute or promote their comments might sound like a good idea.
A Map Of How Emotions Influence Our Lives, Commissioned By The Dalai Lama
When the Dalai Lama teams up with a top psychologist, who teams up a top data viz firm, you get the Atlas of Emotions.
The five circles slowly pulsing on my screen are meant to visualize the entire core of human emotion. Fear. Disgust. Anger. Sadness. Enjoyment.
Climate Change Has Officially Engulfed 5 Pacific Islands
A study of satellite imagery confirms what Solomon Islanders have known all along: they are doomed.
Five Pacific islands have just disappeared, thanks to rising oceans. The islands are—or were—a part of the Solomon Islands, located around 1,000 miles off Australia, and were uninhabited by humans. However, the same rising sea levels have washed away huge chunks of other inhabited islands, forcing the residents to move and destroying an established village.
Americans Don’t Realize How Big The Gender Leadership Gap Really Is
A new initiative aims to get more women CEOs at top companies to help solve the huge gender gap in leadership.
Gender disparity is the greatest at some of the highest positions in the business world. According to the research firm Catalyst, women only make up 4% of CEOs in Standard and Poor’s 500.
Lyra Health’s Chief Medical Officer Leaves Startup
CEO David Ebersman, who is Facebook’s former CFO, remains at the company’s helm.
Lyra Health‘s chief medical officer and cofounder Dena Bravata is leaving the company, along with at least two others from the clinical team. Lyra raised $35 million in October of 2015 with a vision of “transforming mental health care,” according to its website.
What This Video Of A Drone Fishing For Tuna Can Teach You About Disruption
Drones and fishing had nothing to do with each other until someone decided they could. Here’s what an agile mind-set’s made of.
Want to know what disruption looks like? Take a look at this video of a few Australian guys beach-fishing for tuna with the help of a drone.
Here’s How To Use Social Media At Each Stage Of Your Career
You know not to post drunken photos on Facebook, but do you know that your social media presence should change as your career moves forward?
You already know social media is a handy job-search tool. You dutifully update your LinkedIn account and scrub your Facebook profile of incriminating photos. But what you might not realize is that your approach to social media should change as your career moves forward. What works for landing that first-ever job won’t be the same thing that gets you promoted to VP.
Watch Taylor Swift Dance Alone In Her Living Room In New Apple Music Commercial
“Dance like no one’s watching” looks a lot like dancing while everyone’s watching.
Taylor Swift may be a Grammy-winning singer/songwriter and one of the highest paid performers in the world, but she’s still very much known for her, uh, unique dance moves (see: every awards show the girl has ever gone to).
