{n}.bora’s Top Articles: 17th July
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The first three sections will cover business news, technology news, and advice relevant to our services. Given all the hype surrounding AI, we’d thought we’d dedicate a section to this to share the most interesting articles. Finally, we thought we’d dedicate the final section to sharing something great – articles which may not be the most relevant to our reader’s own work, but show the fantastic things IT, computing and digital transformation can do. So, without further ado, let’s get into the first blog post…
Business News:
- This article from BBC News reports disappointing news regarding the UK economy, stating that it has barely grown since the start of the COVID pandemic:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66179998?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Technology News:
- In a move increasing tensions with China, the Next Web reports that the EU has adopted the Chips act, which aims to bolster semiconductor production in the block:
https://thenextweb.com/news/eu-parliament-adopts-chips-act?utm_source=social&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=profeed - Despite a drop in ransomware attacks in 2022, this article from WIRED reports there has been an increase again over this year:
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ransomware-attacks-rise-2023
Advice:
- One of the less obvious applications of generative AI is managing IT operations. This blog post from IBM looks at how enterprises can use this to manage their hybrid cloud as well as other IT:
https://www.ibm.com/blog/transforming-it-operations-and-application-modernization-with-artificial-intelligence/ - This post from the ever-fantastic Digital Project Manager looks at the difference between capital projects (which involve capital, or physical objects) and non-capital projects (which doesn’t involve this):
https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/personal/new-pm/capital-projects-vs-non-capital-projects/
AI:
- This article from Entrepreneur gives a comprehensive and frank account of ways using AI in organisations can deepen social inequality and how you can address this:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/growing-a-business/ai-can-be-racist-sexist-and-creepy-here-are-5-ways-you/449109
Something Great:
- With quantum computing capabilities just around the corner, this article from Fast Company explores how we may be able to use sound rather than light in qubits:
https://www.fastcompany.com/90919606/splitting-sound-quantum-computers?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss
First published by {n}.bora July 17, 2023
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