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Streaming devices track viewing habits – study
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TADHack winner’s app to curb battery theft
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AI set to impact humanity
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The exponential value of connections
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How exponential technology will change the world
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IoT under fire from cybercriminals
Kaspersky honeypots - networks of virtual copies of various internet connected devices and applications - have detected 105-million attacks on IoT devices coming from 276 000 unique IP addresses in the first six months of the year. This figure is around nine times...
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The importance of an effective data management plan
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