{n}.bora’s Top Articles: 13th November
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Business:
- This Boston Consulting Group blog post explores the idea of change aversion and how this needs to be overcome in order to successfully implement business transformations:
https://www.bcg.com/publications/2023/how-change-aversion-can-derail-transformation
Technology:
- Ofcom has released guidance on how it will enforce the UK’s new Online Safety Act, making sure that websites and technology platforms with UK users follow specific new rules:
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/uk-online-safety-regulation-ofcom
Advice:
- This IBM article provides a good overview of different types of malware and gives a history of the technology:
https://www.ibm.com/blog/malware-history/ - Providing a comprehensive explanation as well as discussing its benefits, this Digital Project Manager article looks at agile project planning:
https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/projects/pm-methodology/agile-planning/
AI:
- This article from the Next Web discusses the Bletchley Declaration, signed by 28 countries at the UK’s Safety Summit to agree the dangers and opportunities of AI:
https://thenextweb.com/news/ai-safety-summit-bletchley-declaration-concerns
Something Great:
- This Guardian article looks at how AI is being used to decipher the body language of cats and other animals:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/04/scientists-turn-to-ai-for-help-translate-animal-vocal-physical-cues
First published by {n}.bora November 13, 2023
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