{n}.bora’s Top Articles: 10th May
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Business:
- This blog post from IBM looks at how businesses need to manage product data across the product management lifecycle: https://www.ibm.com/blog/product-lifecycle-management-for-data-driven-organizations/
Technology:
- This article from BBC News provides a concise explanation of why more sites are suffering from web outages which also demonstrates some of the ways the internet has changed over the last few years: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxrz350qyy5o
- This article from the Next Web reports from FOSDEM, Europe’s preeminent event dedicated to open-source software and hardware: https://thenextweb.com/news/state-open-source-europe
Advice:
- Our second blog post from IBM looks at how to ensure your organisation’s people implement key cybersecurity practices: https://www.ibm.com/blog/building-the-human-firewall-navigating-behavioral-change-in-security-awareness-and-culture/
- This post from LSE Business Review looks at what organisations need to consider when deciding whether to implement AI: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2024/04/15/three-questions-for-businesses-before-they-integrate-ai-in-their-operations/
AI:
- This opinion piece from the Guardian maps the current hype surrounding AI onto the five stages of the boom-bust cycle: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/13/from-boom-to-burst-the-ai-bubble-is-only-heading-in-one-direction
Something Great:
- This BBC News article looks at attempts to create ‘touch-free’ gaming: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyxen4v97dro
First published by {n}.bora May 10, 2024
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