Technology

September 5, 2023
Key Benefits of Embedding Discord Chat on Your Website

Key Benefits of Embedding Discord Chat on Your Website

I started using Discord around three years ago.. The company I freelance with uses it to communicate and keep everyone on the same page. After about a year or so of using it I started to put the chat on a couple of my websites. I noticed that after doing this my bounce rate reduced significantly… and as you know, the lower your bounce rate, the higher the odds are you will rank in Google. I started noticing...

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September 4, 2023
How Virtualization Helps with System Security

How Virtualization Helps with System Security

Virtualization plays a crucial role in enhancing system security in various ways. I use it to containerize certain projects, especially when I’m researching malicious websites, code or spam…. Here are some other uses and key benefits of virtualization for system security: 1. **Isolation**: Virtualization allows you to create multiple isolated virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical server or host. Each VM operates independently of the others, with its own operating system and applications. This isolation prevents malware...

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September 1, 2023
How To Avoid Data Theft When Working With Freelancers

How To Avoid Data Theft When Working With Freelancers

Data breaches are a seemingly constant occurrence. The frequency of these events has increased dramatically in recent years, and they seem to be getting worse with each passing day. It’s getting to be common that unscrupulous freelancers are using their status as a non-employee to steal your data, hold it for ransom and even spy on your day to day operations. They could be doing so quietly for years… and you’ll be none the wiser until it’s too...

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May 8, 2023
My Head is Spinning with AI Ideas

My Head is Spinning with AI Ideas

My head spins with the things you can do and that are possible with AI… of course I’ve written them down as I get inspired …. and with a lot of details of course (thanks Airtable). The dilemma remains though, that there is currently no feasible way I could pursue all of them… Soo I’ll do the next best thing… and turn it into a book with details on how someone else can pursue each one….then sell it...

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April 24, 2023
How To Avoid Data Theft When Working With Freelancers

How To Avoid Data Theft When Working With Freelancers

Data breaches are a seemingly constant occurrence. The frequency of these events has increased dramatically in recent years, and they seem to be getting worse with each passing day. It’s getting to be common that unscrupulous freelancers are using their status as a non-employee to steal your data, hold it for ransom and even spy on your day to day operations. They could be doing so quietly for years… and you’ll be none the wiser until it’s too...

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August 26, 2022
Domain Hijacking – Why You Should Be Concerned

Domain Hijacking – Why You Should Be Concerned

Have you heard of domain hijacking? If not, don’t feel left behind. A lot of Internet users might not know that domain hijacking is a real threat to the virtual world. But this kind of cyber attack has been around for quite some time. It basically refers to the unauthorized takeover of a website and its related services like email, social media accounts, and other similar platforms. What is DOMAIN HIJACKING? Domain hijacking is an attack on your...

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June 30, 2022
Can your smart tv be hacked?

Can your smart tv be hacked?

I recently bought a smart tv for my office. I don’t all the time, but occasionally I also sleep in there. For the longest time, I used one of my laptops, desktop or just my phone to watch whatever I wanted to watch. It was never important to me to have a huge screen staring back at me…. It got to the point though, for whatever reason, that the sound coming from my non-tv equipment was just not...

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June 16, 2022

The Scary Reality of Surveillance Capitalism

The internet and digital technologies have transformed almost every aspect of our lives. Through innovations like smartphones, social media, and online services, we can access information, communicate with people around the world, and perform tasks faster and more conveniently than ever before. However, these same digital technologies are being used to monitor our behavior in increasingly intrusive ways that threaten privacy and have negative implications for human society I’m going to highlight and discuss the monitoring techniques known...

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June 15, 2022

IBM’s Fall From Grace: The Rise and Fall of IBM in the Digital Age

In the mid-2000s, Big Blue was king of the tech world. The company’s stock price hit an all-time high in 2001, and its earnings that year were higher than they had been in 25 years.The company ranked third place on the Fortune 500 list, behind only ExxonMobil and General Motors. And then it all came crashing down.By the end of 2014, IBM no longer made the Fortune 500 list at all––a stunning drop from 33rd place just five...

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May 18, 2022
Signs Your Computer Might be a Zombie and Why You Should Be Concerned

Signs Your Computer Might be a Zombie and Why You Should Be Concerned

Everybody knows that the Internet is home to a plethora of virtual creatures. But it’s not just cat videos, LOLCats and animated rodents that you need to worry about. It’s also home to what are called “zombie computers” — computers that have been hacked and used as unwitting proxies by cyber-attackers. These zombie computers are what we call ‘botnets,’ which operate like an army of remote controlled drones. An attacker can take control of these compromised devices and...

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