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Historically, ship owners protected themselves from pirates with weapons. Today, criminals also use an arsenal of digital weapons to attack. And globally, the maritime industry is struggling to keep up as cybercriminals get faster and smarter. A key example is La Marina de Valencia,home of TNWs first conference in Spain in March 2023. It operates as a Port 4.0 testbed and the worlds first cybersecurity Living Lab for the maritime industry....

Content provided byIBMand TNW. TodaysAIsystems are quickly evolving to become humans new best friend. In 1906, philosopher G. K. Chestertonwrotethat common sense is a wild thing, savage, and beyond rules. Robots, of course, run on algorithms that are just that: rules. So no, robots cant use common sense yet. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. So why does it matter if we teach AI common sense? Common sense includes not only social abilities and reasoning but also a naive sense of physics....

Content provided byIBMand TNW. Babies learn to talk from hearing other humans mostly their parents repeatedly produce sounds. Slowly, through repetition and discovering patterns, infants start connecting those sounds to meaning. Through a lot of practice, they eventually manage to produce similar sounds that humans around them can understand. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Take fraud detection in insurance claims. Thousands upon thousands of both. You get where this is going, because the same applies to healthcare records and financial data....

Thisarticlewas originally published on.cultbyLuis Minvielle,Ines Almeida. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. Youve probably read this before: the Netherlands is an English-speakers paradise. Tied with the Nordic countries for proficiency, more than 90% of Dutch people speak English fluently. Our research shows that in 2022 salaries grew in the Netherlands. Companies in thecountrymay even pay above average expectations. We used newly dug data and compared it against someinsights from 2021....

Thisarticlewas originally published on.cultbyMikaella C, Ines Almeida. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. Last year we brought you ourfirst comprehensive breakdownof developer salaries in Germany. In 2021, we found that while COVID-19 impacteddeveloperhirings, it didnt make a noticeable difference in salary. Breakdown of developer salaries in Germany 40% off TNW Conference! And the city you live in plays a role, too. If youre not originally from Berlin, you’re able to still set your sights on the city....

A UK scale-up this week unveiled an industry-first approach to identity verification: asking users to turn their heads. Onfido, an Oxford University spin-out, launched the software amid surging identity fraud. Similar developments have been observed around the world. These trends have triggereda boom in the ID verification market. Increasingly sophisticated fraudsters are also forcing providers to develop more advanced detection methods. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Onfidogave TNW an exclusive demo of their new entry to the field: a head-turn capture experience dubbed Motion....

References: Didnt they go out with the ark? What is a reference? 40% off TNW Conference! Its basically a way for them to fact-check all the wonderful things that youre saying about yourself. After all, who hasnt padded out their CV just a little bit? When do you need a reference? Often, you wont need to list your references on your CV or attach reference letters to your applications. But, you should always have your references on hand in case a potential employer asks to contact them....

Youve got a brand new MacBook? I mean, whats the point in your laptop being portable? As far as Im concerned,none. And yes, you are very welcome. You guessed correctly:never close it. Make music a single time a year? Who cares, leave Garageband primed and ready to go 24 hours a day. Opened Outlook by mistake in 2012? It must stay active forever. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

Its a bold new world for automobile makers. But theres more to the future of cars than just electric motors. for navigate the road to these technologies, European automakers are partnering withquantumcomputing companies at an increasing pace. The European automobile industry has a long, rich history of technological innovation. With that in mind, lets contemplate the future. The next steps for the industry involve taking a quantum leap forward. 40% off TNW Conference!...

Are you starting to get itchy feet? Well, youre not the only one. This mass exodus was spurred on by lots of different factors. Firstly, the Covid-19 pandemic led to a lot of workers re-evaluating what they want from their careers. Months of lockdown gave us all time to reflect on our goals and how we can achieve them. Many workers were faced with the stark reality that their current role was not really benefiting them....

Vinyl has undergone one hell of a renaissance. In 2006, the format was effectively dead. While in Germany, sales went from 0.3m in 2006, to 4.5m last year. Those numbers are somewhat misleading though and their exuberance hides a darker story. Vinyl sales are strong, but the industry itself is at breaking point. And, of course, to make some money along the way. In this instance, that mantle is being taken up byelasticStage....

European businesses, investors, and talent are all vying for a ticket on themetaversehype train. Even political heavyweights are making moves or, at least, pronouncements. French President EmmanuelMacron wants to builda European metaverse to challenge US and Chinese tech giants. The EUs digital chief, Margrethe Vestager, meanwhile, is mulling new antitrust regulation. But their ambitions are a long way from being realized. Its being defined by US and Asian players. Those are the two regions where this technology is going to develop....

Influencers may crave attention by occupation, but a newAIexperiment shows they cant always control their admirers gazes. Depoorter first recorded weeks of footage captured at Insta-friendly landmarks. Next, he scrapedInstagramfor photos tagged with the camera locations. His software then compared the Instagram images with the recorded footage. 40% off TNW Conference! They were then matched to the film of their Instagram photos being taken. He shared some examples on where else?...