Facial recognition is everywhere. We have heard stories about all kinds of surveillance, but facial recognition is even more integrated into our lives than you may realize. Every time I access my phone, it uses facial recognition, when you use filters on popular apps, that is facial recognition. Even the camera I am using right now is tracking my eyes to focus. Today we are going to talk with a company that builds one of these systems.
Stress, Burnout and bad behavior are rampant. We see signs of a greater search for meaning in the fallout from the Great Resignation. Today we are going to be speaking with some people who started out on a journey to discover their real self, and along the way started a company to help others do the same.
I have heard so many time, I don't have to worry about privacy, because I have nothing to hide. But privacy is so much more than that. Protecting your privacy keeps you safe and those who know you safe as well. Today we are talking to someone who is building the tools to help you choose privacy.
I braved the shave, but it is still not too late to donate. You can find my donations page at:
https://stbaldricks.org/participants/cbrandt/
Every year, I shave to honor Sophia Z, her mother gave a great speech at the event. In her own words why this is important.
We have all been watching the tragedy unfold in Ukraine, and there is so much talk about it on the news. However, so much of the information is confusing or incorrect. So today we are going to dig into the origins of this conflict and look into how it could end.
AI is now a part of our lives, and it will be critical in helping us make decisions, but it is not without its challenges. Today we are going to be talking with a company that focuses on solving some of the big problems, Hypergiant.
Detecting and remediating security issues is critical, but it is better to build the security in up front. Today we are talking with a company that helps you do just that.
Supply chain issues have consistently been in the news. We are seeing lead times for some products more than a year out. Quite frankly some of these items will be end of life before they are ever shipped. Businesses are desperately struggling to just manage to this situation, much less provide a great customer experience. Today we are talking to a company that is helping to solve this problem.
We have spent a lot of time talking about Ransomeware, and a main attack vector is phishing emails, but there is another very large problem that comes from malicious emails and that is BEC or Business Email Compromise. In fact, the FBI's IC3 reported that there were more than 4.2 billion in losses tied to cyber crime in 2020, and BEC accounted for 60% of that.
Decentralization is all the rage these days. We talk about DeFi or decentralized financial systems, Web3, and reinventing the internet. Today we are going to be taking a look at what the future might look like, because it is closer than you think.
How can you trust what you read, what you watch. Disinformation runs rampant, and identifying reliable news sources is difficult and time consuming. Well, today we are going to be talking to some people who are working on a way to solve that problem.
Today we are talking about Advancing Women in Tech as both a goal and as an organization. We are going to be talking with the Founder and Board Chair of AWIT which works to empower women and members of other underrepresented groups to the highest levels of tech leadership.
Watch out for all those old devices with lithium batteries. The batteries will eventually go bad and could start a fire.
I recently found an old iPhone in my basement that was about to become a major problem. So go and check your junk drawers for any old electronics that might have batteries that could burst and start a fire.
The world is full of so much data, and collecting, refining, transforming and analyzing it becomes a bigger challenge every day. Like a frog slowly boiling in a pot of water, it all just slowly creeps up on you until you just can't manage it any more. You might be surprised to find that you are suddenly thrust into the world of HPC. So, today we are going to be talking with well known HPC expert Ryan Quick.
Do you ever think to yourself, "You know, I should write an app," and then remember, you don't code? Well why let that stop you! Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to the world of Low Code/No Code.
Today we are talking with Eoin Hinchy, CEO and founder of Tines, a No Code/Low Code platform that is designed to be the glue that holds all of your disparate pieces of security together
