{n}.bora’s Top Articles: 21st February

Top articles for this fortnight include why you should include sustainability at the core of your business transformations, an explanation of the hacking network Volt Typhoon which demonstrates how even innocuous cybersecurity weaknesses (such as end-of-life routers) can put major systems at risk, and why you need to focus on both end results and people when managing agile projects.

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Business:

This article from the Boston Consulting Group looks at how businesses can gain a competitive advantage through integrating sustainability into their business model:
https://www.bcg.com/publications/2023/future-built-companies-embrace-sustainability

Technology:

This Guardian article explains the Chinese hacking network Volt Typhoon and how it targets specific vulnerabilities to threaten the infrastructure of US and other countries:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/13/volt-typhoon-what-is-it-how-does-it-work-chinese-cyber-operation-china-hackers-explainer
The Next Web reports that the UK government is planning on investing in emerging technologies, putting £100 million into AI research and regulation and £45 million into quantum computing:
https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-invests-ai-research-regulation-quantum

Advice:

This article from Leading Agile looks at why you need to balance prioritising both people and results when managing agile teams:
https://www.leadingagile.com/2024/02/does-agile-without-results-even-matter/

AI:

This blog post from IBM looks at a wide range of AI use cases across different industries:
https://www.ibm.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-use-cases/

Something Great:

Discussing use cases involving technologies such as AI, drones, and advanced computing, this World Economic Forum article explores how developing tech can be used to help us adapt to the climate crisis:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/02/ai-climate-adaptation-technologies/

First published by {n}.bora February 21, 2024

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