Female tech pioneers from the UAE have described their desire to get more girls to learn about artificial intelligence and coding.
They spoke in an online meeting of thought leaders, organized by the British Embassy UAE on Tuesday.
Gamification and using the power of social media were two suggestions on how to encourage more young people to consider a career in tech.
Emirati student, Fatima Ali Aldhuhoori, who was part of her school's prize-winning robotics team and Radhika Iyer, who studied in the UAE before moving to the UK and winning the Amazon Longitude Explorer Prize for tech design, discussed how much they enjoyed using computer science to solve problems.
Globally, these two women are outliers for their generation. Only 18 per cent of girls in tertiary education are pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics studies, compared to 35 per cent of boys, according to the UN children's fund.
Joysy John, the CEO of 01Founders, a free coding school in the UK, told the online meeting about the dire shortage of software engineers and the need for more young people to learn how to work in the digital space.
Continue reading: https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2021/09/08/coding-and-ai-jobs-how-do-we-get-more-girls-into-tech/

Tech Up For Women is a collaborative hub with the goal of assisting women in “teching up” and furthering growth for women within the technological field. The International Tech Up For Women, IFA Berlin Conference 2021 was its first virtual conference. The topics ran the gauntlet on everything from brand building to women in the space industry, to pioneering women’s health through AI with everything in between.  
Faye Holland of Cofinitive kicked off the event by discussing the world’s reliance and our inextricable link to technology and the internet. There are 4.66 billion active internet users – 59.5 percent of the global population. Most are using a smart device, and what are they using the internet for? Holland pulled out the data for us; Amazon has one hundred million Prime users, Facebook has 1.6 billion daily users, Twitter 125 million daily users and all overshadowed by WeChat which is now at 1 billion daily users. Holland brought up the time before the internet and the consumer technological advancements of that period. We have come so far in just 40 years! 
Continue reading: https://dealerscope.com/2021/09/tech-up-for-women-emphasizes-diversity-as-the-key-to-growth/

The SC Women In Tech Bahrain Program has announced the five winning teams receiving $10,000 each and three months of incubation at Bahrain FinTech Bay, one of MENA’s leading FinTech Hub. The winners will be able to further develop their startups, scale up, and venture into new markets. The program is an initiative by Standard Chartered Bank in partnership with the Supreme Council for Women (SCW), and Bahrain FinTech Bay (BFB).
Earlier this week, during the final demo day event, ten Bahrain-based female entrepreneurs pitched their solutions across various industries and sectors such as health, leisure, climate tech, and more.
Prior to that, the ten teams participated in an eight-week incubation period where they received mentorship from Bahrain FinTech Bay’s team and some of the Kingdom’s subject experts. Additionally, the startups participated in workshops focusing on critical aspects of building and growing a tech startup and pitch practice sessions leading up to the demo day finale.
Continue reading: https://thefintechtimes.com/standard-chartered-bank-announce-the-winners-of-the-sc-women-in-tech-bahrain-program/

Today’s Woman in Tech: Elaine Skapetis, front end developer at Adobe
Compared to many of my colleagues, I discovered computer technology for myself relatively late. I was never a big gamer in my childhood and I didn’t spend much time in front of the computer when I was young. I only had my first own PC when I was 18, but I have always been curious. The technology behind it and how the internet and websites work have fascinated me from the beginning. And it was exactly this curiosity that drove me to dive deeper and deeper into the world of computer science and finally to learn the profession of a front-end developer. From today’s perspective, this was the best decision of my life. I have found my absolute dream job! Especially at a company like Adobe: In our international team, I get the opportunity to work with and learn from the best people from a wide variety of fields every day. I am very grateful to be able to work at Adobe.
Which different career paths have you taken?
Before I discovered my dream job as a developer, I tried out various exciting jobs in the fields of technology and innovation. Originally I come from Brazil, where I first completed an apprenticeship in mechanical engineering. Then I came to Germany to become an IT specialist. After a stopover at an automotive supplier in Mexico, I founded the IT company Factor Sigma Software Solutions in Greece. Only then did I move to Switzerland, where I joined the Adobe.com team.
Continue reading: https://jaxenter.com/women-in-tech-skapetis-172954.html

There’s a lot of debate and concern about the impact AI will have on jobs. 
Are the robots out to replace all humans and take over our jobs? Not necessarily.  
Many people believe that jobs will be lost as AI grows. But jobs aren’t car keys—they can’t simply be lost. They can, however, be taken from us.
I put together a video which talks about this in more detail. Please check it out below and if you want more content like this you can subscribe to my Youtube channel.
There are two ways that AI will take our jobs:
Continue reading: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/two-ways-ai-take-our-jobs-jacob-morgan/?trk=eml-email_series_follow_newsletter_01-hero-1-title_link&midToken=AQGgi4xj0oeN-Q&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=2F9CMwc1oyQpU1

Over the last two or three decades, some inventions have changed the future of the healthcare industry. With the advancement in technologies such as application of robotics, 3D printing, artificial intelligence (AI) and nanotechnologies in the medical field we doctors can now identify the disease easily. With the early screening of the problem the severity of the disease can be predicted. All these advanced technologies have helped to save numerous lives. All the medical professionals are embracing the technologies which are revolutionizing the industry overall.
Internet of Things (IOT) and It’s Emergence
While the whole healthcare industry is going through technological changes, parallelly with that other factors have also affected the process such as the internet of things (IoT). IoT helps in the improvement of data computing technologies and along with that also increases the storage capacity of every possible medium from a small data chip to a big data cloud. The seamless data computing and storing process has helped a lot in creating a network which is spread all over the world but connected with a unique identity. The network that connects the whole thing is referred to as the internet of things (IoT). With the help of this we doctors can easily find a patient’s previous medical history and the whole treatment procedure has also become easy with the help of data computing.
Continue reading: https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/health/revolutionizing-healthcare-industry-early-screening-risk-assessment-through-breakthrough-technologies/2326330/

The Internet of Things (IoT) includes items such as smart appliances, smartwatches, and medical sensors.  For organizations to enjoy all of the benefits and convenience of IoT devices, enterprise customers must fully understand the potential risks and threats to their systems and the underlying data. IoT devices often lack built-in security controls, a situation which creates risks and threats for federal agencies and consumers. 
As IoT devices proliferate, it is important for manufacturers to provide secure and safe devices. According to NIST, built-in security controls include device cybersecurity capabilities as well as non-technical support relevant to cybersecurity. Both can be used to mitigate risks related to IoT devices.
IoT Device Non-Technical Supporting Capabilities
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity for the Internet of Things (IoT) program announced the drafting of four public documents that provide guidance for federal agencies and IoT device manufacturers on defining IoT cybersecurity requirements. The purpose of this initiative is to help manufacturers and federal government agencies better understand what kinds of device cybersecurity capabilities and non-technical supporting capabilities may be needed from or around IoT devices used by federal government agencies. 
In distinguishing technical and non-technical means for securing IoT devices, NIST notes that IoT devices are primarily secured using technical means, referred to as “device cybersecurity capabilities,” and that non-technical supporting capabilities include actions that manufacturers or third-parties take in support of the initial and on-going security of IoT devices. 
Continue reading: https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/iot/iot-devices-built-to-meet-cybersecurity-needs/

Few environments are as complex as commercial buildings, which must support hundreds or even thousands of users and have many subsystems dedicated to keeping them comfortable, safe, and efficient.
Internet of Things (IoT) devices has improved efficiencies in many environments, from manufacturing to water treatment. Their ability to harvest data and send it back to a central point makes them ideal for automating management in complex environments.
Automation
IoT creates powerful opportunities to automate many aspects of building management, creating benefits ranging from environmental efficiency to cost management. According to Gartner, smart technologies can reduce overall building costs by 30%.
Continue reading: https://www.iotforall.com/creating-smart-buildings-of-the-future-with-iot

The world of digital advertising continues to change around us. As marketers look for ways to get their ads in front of their target audience and increase conversions, consumers are demanding more effort be made to secure their  data and privacy. 
By using everything from ad blockers to stop unwanted banner ads from following them across the internet every time they express interest in something to demanding more transparency about the type of data being collected while they’re browsing, consumers are trying to take back control of their online experience.  
Regarding how brands use their data for marketing and advertising, according to recent data from Merkle (registration required), while many believe there are benefits, 44% of consumers believe that some ads can be invasive, and 23% are unwilling to share their personal information no matter the benefit. 
So, where do advertisers and consumers go from here? Some think the answer may lie in blockchain technology.
Continue reading: https://www.cmswire.com/digital-marketing/how-blockchain-is-changing-advertising/

The European Commission proposed before the summer an EU-wide framework to enable all EU citizens to have a digital identity but it did not urge countries to use blockchain in the process, although the technology seems quite fitting. EURACTIV France reports.
“There is an opportunity to deploy a system in Europe based on this concept of self-sovereign identity and to take advantage of this formidable regulation to put digital trust back at the center of exchanges,” said Hervé Bonazzi, head of a consortium founded by the Caisse des Dépôts group, La Poste, and two energy utilities, EDF and Engie.
The e-wallet – on top of having peoples’ surnames, first names, dates, place of birth, gender or nationality – should enable Europeans to identify themselves online and in the long term store a collection of administrative documents of all kinds, which can be recognized and used throughout the bloc for administrative purposes.
“The European digital identity will allow us to act in any member state as we would at home, at no extra cost and more easily, whether we want to rent a flat or open a bank account outside our country of origin,” said Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for digital affairs.
Continue reading: https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/blockchain-might-be-the-solution-to-the-digital-identity-hurdle/

Over the past year or two, we’ve talked about blockchain in combination with the Internet of Things numerous times. But to really understand how the blockchain can help improve device security and the IoT experience, you first have to understand what the blockchain is.
With that in mind, here’s a brief overview along with some examples, so you don’t get lost in all the buzzwords.
Blockchain 101
When most people hear the word “blockchain” these days, they typically associate it with cryptocurrency. Those are the digital coins or tokens you likely hear about on a near-daily basis, such as Bitcoin, Etherium, and yes, even Dogecoin.
In fact, those digital coins and tokens are simply applications that use blockchain for transaction history. When you buy, sell, or trade such digital currencies, a public record is added to a digital ledger that records the transaction.
And at its most basic level, that’s what a blockchain is, a database of stored information. But that database is different from most others because it’s completely distributed. There’s no central database server. Instead, the data is replicated across the internet as a peer-to-peer list, or chain, of transactional blocks.
Continue reading: https://staceyoniot.com/blockchain-101-how-distributed-trusted-data-can-boost-the-iot/

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are oft-cited buzzwords in our contemporary conversations about property operations and analytics -- but what are their meanings and, more importantly, how can their application benefit multifamily business operations? 
If you are encountering these concepts in internal meetings, vendor presentations, and sessions at conferences -- but wish to take a deeper dive, you've come to the right place.  This article aims to demystify the concepts of Machine Learning and discuss their role in the broader context of Marketing Analytics. 
So, first, the terminology.....
What is Machine Learning?  How is it different from Artificial Intelligence? 
Machine learning is a method of data analysis used in computer software to identify patterns in data and make recommendations for optimization based on those patterns. 
Artificial Intelligence is a broader discipline, that includes Machine Learning -- but also represents a higher level of cognition. An example of Artificial Intelligence technology would be in certain types of robotics, where a more human-like sense of reasoning would be applied -- such as with self driving cars -- whereas Machine Learning is more focused on analysis and logic. 
In this article, we will focus on Machine Learning, as a fundamental concept for building Marketing Analytics systems. 
Continue reading: https://www.multifamilyinsiders.com/multifamily-blogs/brandon-hornibrook-multifamily-marketing-machinelearning-analytics?utm_source=MHN&utm_medium=MHN&utm_campaign=Content

As US health systems prioritize financial recovery and innovation in the wake of the pandemic, the pressure is on to re-evaluate their infrastructure and emerging technology investments, and to ensure their efforts not only support the future of healthcare delivery, but also provide services more efficiently and cost-effectively.
While there is no widely agreed-upon definition of a smart hospital, healthcare executives are nonetheless working toward their visions of the hospital of the future. The digital solutions that health systems are deploying today—like AI—are effectively steps in their evolution into smart hospitals.
Artificial intelligence in healthcare
Several experts Insider Intelligence spoke with agree: A smart hospital triggers action. It effectively leverages AI and machine learning to not only learn from the data, but also act on the data by building automation around it. "A smart hospital takes in information from sensors, processes it in the data center, and then triggers a result," said Dr. Andrew Gostine, CEO of Artisight, an IoT sensor network provider. "In this way, a smart hospital will start providing clinical care the way clinicians do."
Continue reading: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-ai-in-healthcare-makes-hospitals-smart-2021-9

The film industry has always helped to enliven the human imagination. Today it is one of the most popular types of entertainment, giving people the opportunity to escape from a sometimes heavy reality. 
However, it is not only about art, but also about business space with its own tasks and goals. Today, as technology drives almost all existing industries, filmmakers try to leverage new tools and means to take their product to the next level, attract more consumers, and, of course, earn money.
In this article, we will focus one of the most life-changing technologies for filmmaking - artificial intelligence (AI). What are the benefits and pitfalls of it for the industry? And how to leverage AI without risks?
How AI is Changing The Film Industry
In commerce, logistics, medicine, and facial recognition systems, artificial intelligence (AI) has already shown potential in transforming social and economic life. In creative industries, the role of AI is less prominent.
Making a film is a complex multistage process, so the film industry has remained resistant to machine intervention at some stages of pre-production: script selection, budgeting, casting. Attempts to implement AI are usually found in post-production: when creating graphics, animation, special effects, and color correction.
Continue reading: https://www.respeecher.com/blog/help-executives-filmmakers-trust-artificial-intelligence-ai

Five young South Africans are now ready to pursue careers in the drone industry after obtaining their drone pilot licenses.
The students, beneficiaries of education funding from the Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust (CRET), participated in a drone pilot training program as part of development careers in the fourth industrial revolution.
The trust supported 10 students this year for the drone pilot program, with Velile Mngoma, Amanjee Moosa, Azwindini Mugari, Braiden Kitching and Jayden Brink obtaining their qualifications.
According to a statement, the Academy of Aviation and CRET this week hosted a graduation ceremony where the graduates were able to demonstrate their pilot skills, and received their official certificates of qualification.
Continue reading: https://www.itweb.co.za/content/lwrKxv3K92Qvmg1o

On March 28, 2021, during a deadly flash flooding event in middle Tennessee, despite warnings, a man went kayaking on the Harpeth River in Franklin, TN. Shortly thereafter, a motorist spotted the man from an overpass and called 9-1-1, reporting that the man’s kayak capsized and that he appeared to be in distress. The Franklin Fire Department (FFD) was dispatched to rescue him.
What made this search and rescue operation unique for the department was the way that FFD members located the victim—with the assistance of a drone. In less than 15 minutes, FFD’s drone team (Capt. Clay Mackey and Firefighter/Paramedic Daniel Donegan) spotted the victim by using a drone that had a thermal sensor. The victim was clinging, unharmed, to trees, which were surrounded by floodwaters.
The drone enabled just two department members to search a large area without having to place personnel in the water. In fact, crews didn’t enter the water until they knew the victim’s precise location. Once the victim was found, the drone allowed the drone team to visually monitor the victim and the rescue operation, which added a layer of safety to the incident. If any part of the rescue went wrong, the team would have been able to redirect further resources immediately.
Continue reading: https://www.firehouse.com/tech-comm/drones/article/21235150/fire-and-rescue-drones-at-work-in-middle-tennessee

Great article here from MIT about robotics/AI being used for good.
Love this:
She’s drawn to the field of computational sustainability, she says, which is based on “the idea is that machine learning, artificial intelligence, and similar tools can and should be applied to solve some of our most pressing challenges, and that these challenges will in turn change how we think about our tools.” 

The Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) and Access Bank’s ‘W’ Initiative are collaborating to establish a Female Digital Academy, which will educate over 500 women to become technology experts over the next three to five years.
Female Digital School is a female-centric digital academy that educates and prepares the next generation of technology professionals for the job market, providing them with skills, jobs, internships, mentoring and financial assistance for those in need.
At the cost of N25,000 and a 50 percent discount, the three-month program offers a wide range of inspiring tech courses such as Mobile Development, Front-end Web Development, Back-end Web Development, Python for Data Science and Machine Learning.
Applications for the academy commences from September 4th, 2021, to October 17th, 2021.
Continue reading: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/aff-access-bank-launch-digital-academy-to-train-women-in-technology/

Countries of the GCC region have come a long way. In diversifying their economies away from oil, they have invested in a wide range of sectors. Over the past decades, regional governments as well as private sector players have channeled resources into digitalizing systems to enhance productivity.
Governments’ efforts to support small and medium enterprises, coupled with local talent, can be credited for a crop of tech startups from the region, while global names have also established a presence.
The UAE and Saudi Arabia have added smart city technologies to their infrastructures. Similar advancements are taking place in Oman, that is following suit with the Madinat Al Irfan smart city project in Muscat.
Private sector organizations in the region have also adopted the latest and most efficient technologies over the past decade. This trend has accelerated following the Covid-19 pandemic. Due to lockdowns and restricted outdoor access, banking and finance institutions across the region, for example, saw a major increase in people using apps. Existing apps had to be updated to ensure a seamless customer experience. A study by a US tech firm, Avaya, that specializes in cloud communications, pointed to the adaptability of the GCC region’s banking sector to drastic changes in environment. The study said that GCC banks showed a commitment to digitization and a speed of modernization that had not been seen before – to counter the aftermath of a downcast global economy.
Continue reading: https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/2021/09/07/a-ticket-to-boost-the-arab-worlds-tech-sector/

Every day we see more women taking a seat at the table in the places historically reserved for men. Yet, even before we consider how the last 18 months have taken their toll on the journey towards gender parity, it’s clear we still had a long way to go in terms of social equality and female representation in the workplace. This is particularly the case in areas that have been traditionally dominated by men, such as in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) industries. Before the pandemic, only 35% of STEM students in higher education globally were women. There were also significant differences within STEM disciplines themselves, with only 3% of female students in higher education choosing information and communication technologies (ICT) studies. As a technology company, we at Amadeus recognize that this gender disparity is alarming, especially as STEM careers are directly associated with jobs of the future, driving innovation, social wellbeing, inclusive growth and sustainable development.
Where has COVID-19 left us?
Where progress clearly needed to be made before 2020, evidence suggests that the onset of COVID‐19 has reversed many of the incremental gains of recent years. According to World Economic Forum’s 2021 Global Gender Gap Report, the length of time until women and men are truly equal has increased from 99.5 years to 135.6 years in the space of just twelve months. Continue reading; https://www.phocuswire.com/Looking-gender-balanced-workforce-travel

The tech industry is making a conscious effort to overcome its longstanding diversity problem. Google pledged to increase its leadership team's percentage of underrepresented communities by 30% by 2025, Salesforce spent $2.1 million in 2020 to correct pay disparities, and companies are increasingly disclosing workforce race and ethnicity data.
However, simply having ambitious goals and a willingness to share and improve won't drive tangible diversity and inclusion (D&I) progress.
Recent advancements in technology and artificial intelligence (AI) are helping employers overcome obstacles to building diverse candidate pipelines, setting relevant benchmarks, and tracking and retaining diverse employees. However, technology isn't the answer to all previous D&I challenges; organizations need to step back, rethink their approach to D&I and lay a new foundation to ensure their investments will return tangible results.
Today's Biggest Roadblock: No Performance Insight
Slow diversity progress is, in large part, due to limited access to actionable data and benchmarks. While annual diversity reports are gaining traction, they have become a check-the-box activity for many. These reports are also reactive and don't provide the context or level of insight that many organizations need to improve.
Facebook began releasing annual diversity reports over six years ago, and the percentage of the company's employees who are Black has gone from 3% to just 3.8% during that time.
Continue reading: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/09/07/talent-diversity-in-tech-time-for-tangible-results/?sh=78504fe64b64

An appropriate thermal environment — temperature and humidity — is critical for animal growth and health.
During very hot days, animals may suffer from heat stress, causing the loss of appetite, poor growth performance and increased mortality and morbidity, whereas cold temperatures may result in increased feed intake, a reduced growth rate and a decreased feed-to-meat conversion efficiency.
In confinement barns, the thermal environment is regulated primarily by ventilation. However, undesired thermal environmental conditions could still happen, requiring timely human intervention. A similar challenge is faced by outdoor animal production systems as well.
Here, we present a low-cost solution to remote monitoring of the animals’ thermal environments using LoRaWAN Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology. It allows producers to access the real-time thermal environmental information on their cell phones, tablets or computers, and respond accordingly.
It is noteworthy that the solution is for farms whose ventilation controllers can’t do remote monitoring. Modern smart controllers — e.g., Maximus brands — can do both remote monitoring and control, but they are expensive.
Continue reading: https://www.capjournal.com/community/low-cost-remote-monitoring-solution-for-thermal-environments/article_846f15ec-0f21-11ec-9916-db4682277ce9.html

Automated and rapid response systems are necessary to respond to cybersecurity breaches, which have become more potent each year, while ransomware is now a government-level issue.
While much of the focus is often placed on preventing cyberbreaches, it’s vital to plan for a rapid response once the worst has occurred.
Throughout IT, cybercriminals are exploiting vulnerabilities in record time and have forged ahead off the back of commoditized toolkits made available through the dark web – known as cybercrime-as-a-service.
Ransomware is becoming a thorn in the side of digitization, and each financial quarter it seems is punctuated with reports of a major breach.
Given the scale of the threat, enterprises must prioritize which responses to mount first in case of an attack, according to Dr. Pranshu Bajpai, a security researcher commenting as an independent field expert.
“After gaining initial access, ransomware often seek lateral movement to infiltrate deeper into internal environments,” he said.
A glance at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s database provides little comfort. As of early August 2021, the U.S watchdog and research board had already processed 63 potential new flaws that month, and nearly 1,600 in July.
Continue reading: https://www.iotworldtoday.com/2021/09/06/responding-to-a-cybersecurity-breach/

The first half of 2021 saw 1.5 billion attacks on smart devices, with attackers looking to steal data, mine cryptocurrency or build botnets.
The first six months of 2021 have seen a more than 100-percent growth in cyberattacks against internet-of-things (IoT) devices, researchers have found.
According to a Kaspersky analysis of its telemetry from honeypots shared with Threatpost, the firm detected more than 1.5 billion IoT attacks – up from 639 million during the previous half year, which is more than twice the volume.
“Since IoT devices, from smartwatches to smart home accessories, have become an essential part of our everyday lives, cybercriminals have skillfully switched their attention to this area,” said Dan Demeter, security expert at Kaspersky. “We see that once users’ interest in smart devices rose, attacks also intensified.”
It should be noted that it’s not just a concern on the personal front, either. With millions still working from home, cybercriminals are targeting corporate resources via home networks and in-home smart devices too, according to Red Canary’s Grant Oviatt. They know organizations haven’t quite gotten used to the new perimeter — or lack thereof.
Continue reading: https://threatpost.com/iot-attacks-doubling/169224/

We can turn on the lights in our homes from a desk in an office miles away. The built-in cameras and sensors embedded in our refrigerator let us easily keep tabs on what is present on the shelves and when an item is close to expiration. When we get home, the thermostat has already adjusted the temperature so that it’s lukewarm or brisk, depending on our preference. 
These are not examples from a futuristic science fiction story. These are only a few of the millions of frameworks part of Internet of Things (IoT) being deployed today. 
IoT has redefined the way we interact, communicate, and go about our daily work. From homes to maintenance to cities, the IoT ecosystem of devices is making our world more innovative and more efficient.
In this guide, we will walk you through everything you need to know about the increasingly connected world of IoT. This guide discusses in-depth:

• What Is Internet of Things (IoT)? 
• The History of IoT 
• Examples of IoT
• Internet of Things Ecosystem: How Does it Work?
• Sensor Technology & IoT
• Benefits of Sensor-Based IoT
• IoT & Data Security & Privacy
• Key Takeaways & The Future of IoT

Continue reading: https://www.iotforall.com/beginners-guide-to-the-internet-of-things-iot-2021