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Criminal justice software code could send you to jail and there’s nothing you can do about it

DEF CON American police and the judiciary are increasingly relying on software to catch, prosecute and sentence criminal suspects, but the code is untested, unavailable to suspects’ defense teams, and in some cases provably biased. In a presentation at the DEF CON hacking conference in Las Vegas, delegates

Nintendo Switch sales nearly hit 20 million as software boosts profits

The Nintendo Switch has sold 19.67 million units and strong software sales boosted the company’s profits, Nintendo’s quarterly earnings report revealed Tuesday. The Switch, which launched in March 2017, sold 1.88 million units between April and the end of June. Its software sold 17.96 million units in the same period.

Software Is Eating The World, Starting With Finance

On its way to eating the world, software is eating up bank IT budgets, according to Paul Rowady, CEO of the consultancy Alphacution. Marc Andreessen, the venture capitalist, is the author of the famous quote about the general rise of software. Rowady, who is developing sophisticated models around

How can blockchain applications adapt and adopt software security best practices?

Although blockchain-native software is in its infancy, the technology is racing ahead to meet more and more use cases. But the community doesn’t seem to have taken software security principles seriously, as we can see from the recent scan of Ethereum smart contracts that identified 34,200 vulnerable

Senzing’s Software for Bad Guy Hunting is the First Real-Time AI for Entity Resolution to Fight Financial Crime

Senzing, a new artificial intelligence-based (AI) software company, today announced its Senzing software product to address the $14.37 billion financial fraud market. Senzing is an IBM spinout that has reinvented entity resolution, which senses who is who in real time across multiple big data sources. Senzing is disrupting

An AI a day keeps the doctor away… Neural net software gets better at clocking cancer tumors

Baidu’s AI researchers have built an algorithm that can spot cancerous tumors in breast tissue using a method that doesn’t rely solely on neural networks. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) excel at pattern matching, and thus are useful at detecting potential clusters of cancerous cells in medical scans.

Why software giants are failing

Microsoft Office 365 – The Ins and Outs With some significant changes in recent years, including a switch to a subscription-based offering, Microsoft Office 365 is rapidly evolving. Check out how the software has evolved and what the future has in store for it. How can this

Best business plan software of 2018

Thomas Edison said that genius was “1% inspiration and 99% perspiration,” and anyone who has gone through the process of turning their epiphany of a great idea into the reality of a viable business, can attest to that, as there are tons of pitfalls along the way.

How To Recover The Necessary Files And Folders With Recovery Software

Getting your data recovered is one of the best things you can opt for in these days. It helps you in saving your precious data which might get lost due to inadvertent losses. This software provides a user friendly interface wherein the user explores all the sides

CHOOSING THE BEST HELP DESK SOFTWARE FOR YOUR BUSINESS

Choosing the best help desk software to aid in customer support processes is a tricky job, especially when the budget is a constraint. While most software service providers do offer a trial period or a free version, it is not guaranteed that switching from a free version to