Companies often struggle with how to respond to cybersecurity incidents. According to one recent poll, only three out of five organizations have an incident response plan in place, and only around a third do regular drills to ensure that their plans remain effective. The consequences of poor incident response are costly. The International Monetary Fund estimates that cyberattacks will cost the world more than $23 trillion by 2027, up from roughly $8.4 trillion in 2022. It’s against this backdrop that Amazon sensed an opportunity. Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the company’s cloud computing division, launched AWS Security Incident Response, a…
Author: Olsi
Slowly but surely, Amazon’s AWS cloud computing unit has become a major player in the call/contact center space with its Amazon Connect cloud-based (and AI-centric) contact center service, which launched back in 2017. Today, companies like Air Canada, Dish Network and U.S. Bank use the platform for their customer service needs. At its annual re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, the company has now announced a number of updates to Connect which, unsurprisingly, focus on AI, powered by the Amazon Q platform. “When we first came out, we were really a voice only solution that focused heavily on bringing AI to…
A new app called Death Clock predicts the date of its users’ deaths and offers tips on how to push that date back. The Tech Spot wrote about an iPod Death Clock app way back in 2006—but developer Brett Franson told Bloomberg that with an AI trained on more than 1,200 life expectancy studies, his app offers a “pretty significant” improvement on standard life tables. Naturally, I had to try it myself. The questionnaire started with basics like age and gender but also included more detailed questions about family history, mental health, and chronic conditions. Finally, it predicted that I’ll…
This year’s Black Friday deals are far from over, even with the event behind us. For Apple fans who want to take advantage of the shopping event to buy a MacBook, there’s an offer from Best Buy that you shouldn’t miss. The 256GB model of the 13-inch Apple MacBook Air M3 is on sale with a $250 discount that slashes its price from $1,099 to $849, but probably not for long, as Black Friday MacBook deals will be gone soon. You’re going to have to be quick to add it to your cart, though, because this rare 22% discount won’t…
Next time you rent a car, it could be delivered by a driver sitting miles away. Vay, a car rental service, is trialing a technology in Las Vegas where its vehicles are ferried to customers by remote teledrivers – and the tech could be coming to Europe soon, too. Using the Vay app, you can summon a vehicle to rent by the minute. Drop a pin and your car will arrive driverless, ready for you to use for as long as you need. The system isn’t reliant on self-driving technology, though: Vay’s fleet is operated from afar by a team…
Writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry wrote, “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” When we look at our lives, I’m sure we can all think of goals we’ve had that have gone unrealized. It might be related to education, work, relationships, or health, but one question is worth considering: “Did you make a plan?” Benjamin Franklin put it this way: “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” I’m now approaching 40 years old and I’m a little bit tired of reaching for goals yet so often coming up short. With new year’s resolutions soon to be…
In July of this year, Google announced multiple updates for the incident reporting system in Maps, such as larger iconography and an easy confirmation interface for other drivers on the same route. Back then, the company also confirmed that these reports would be pooled together from Google Maps and Waze, complete with details of the report’s origin. The latter has already started appearing for Google Maps users. According to an image shared in the Google Maps subreddit, one user got an incident report pop-up message in Google Maps, which also mentioned that it was contributed by a Waze user. Google…
The Meta Quest 3S is fantastic, but there’s one big reason to choose the Quest 3 instead.I finally got my hands on the Meta Quest 3S VR headset to test it out for our in-depth Meta Quest 3S review, and using the headset has given me flashbacks of using the Oculus Quest 2—and made me realize how rubbish its visuals were this whole time. The Meta Quest 3S uses the same chipset and has the same RAM as the Meta Quest 3, meaning it can play all the same VR games and apps as its sibling, like the upcoming Batman:…
Senna and Beatles ’64 lead this week’s streaming suggestions. Luckily, no matter whether you live stateside or elsewhere, there’s plenty to watch on the world’s best streaming services this weekend. So, read on to see what’s worth catching before the new working week starts. Senna “Netflix” One of the greatest, if not the greatest, F1 drivers to ever live, the story of Ayrton Senna is one filled with record-breaking feats, showcases optimism and fearlessness in the face of adversity, and ends in tragedy. It’s high time, then, that the three-time world champion’s life was retold once more in epic and…
As more celebrities and popular influencers join Bluesky, the fast-growing social media service has been facing more concerns around impersonation and verified identity. The Bluesky Safety team posted Friday that the company has updated its impersonation policy to be “more aggressive,” adding that “impersonation and handle-squatting accounts will be removed.” The company said it should be able to act on impersonation reports more quickly because it has quadrupled the size of its moderation team, though there’s still “a large backlog of moderation reports due to an influx of new users.” Anecdotally, over the past few weeks I’ve noticed a growing…
