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Initial currency offerings (ICOs) are a traditional way for companies and organizations to raise money and put their crypto-coins on the market. ICOs, however, follow the same unregulated pattern of the virtual currency market and therefore are subject to frauds. According to a new study released last 11 by the Statis Group, an ICO consulting firm, no less than 78% of all initial currency offerings made in 2017 were identified as a blow. Read the full article

When it comes to artificial intelligence - one of the hottest nowadays in the technology industry - it is natural to think of robots and that pessimistic side of domination of the human race, or personal assistants for everyday life. But this technology has many other useful and exciting applications involving calculations, manual tasks, and decision making. Do you know of any examples? We are very close to several of these advances, and you will now know some of them. Read the full article

The Cryptocurrencies are definitely here to stay. In recent times, negotiations using digital currencies have been on the rise, and with the popularization of the resource, debates about its regularization are recorded continuously. In several countries, its use has already been integrated into commercialization, while in other places, there has been prohibition and even bills to criminalize such transactions. Many platforms and services such as Telegram, Kodak, Samsung, and Facebook, already think of ways to crack crypto-coins in their business, and interestingly, it is even possible to mine digital coins through the heat of the human body. Read the full article

With gigantic volumes of data, in an increasingly connected and metric environment, the "internet of things" has gained importance with frightening speed. Whether in simple systems or the most complex and intricate systems, internet of things (IoT) has proven to be a valuable technology for the collection, management and rational use of information. Taking as one of the driving forces behind the digital transformation, by pushing and sustaining innovation processes in all areas, with security and scalability, the Internet of Things will have no less than 34 billion connected devices by 2020, in a number that can be revised upwards briefly. Read the full article

Microsoft is investing in accessibility technologies for its products. The company announced that it has set aside $25 million for the development of artificial intelligence technologies for accessibility projects. "Around the world, only one in ten people with disabilities have access to assistive technologies and products," Microsoft Chairman Brad Smith wrote in an official post. "By making artificial intelligence solutions more widely available, we believe that technology can have a broad impact on this important community." Read the full article

In science fiction, the practice of silently saying words thought by the mind is called subvocalization. If the term does not sound familiar, think of when you read a board or a text, and the consciousness automatically reproduces the writings in the brain: it's like you're reading aloud inside your head, is not it? Recently, this began to be used for purposes of interaction with computers and mobile devices, and the MIT researchers even created a wearable that measures neuromuscular signals, they are triggered when the individual does the subvocalization. Read the full article

Human Rights Watch has issued a report calling attention to the way large Chinese technology companies are wishing to fight machismo in the workplace. According to the statistical survey, almost one in five job ads posted in the country include information such as "men only" or "preferably men". According to Sophie Richardson, director of Human Rights Watch in China, some companies go deeper into sexism. This is the case with Alibaba, which advertised recruiting ads promising, as one of the benefits of the vacancies offered, that the work environment had beautiful work colleagues. Read the full article

Do you know those plastic jars you use at home to store food? Well, now Tupperware Brands has developed, in partnership with NASA and TechShot, a space engineering company, a product exclusively dedicated to growing vegetables in space. The product is called POND, an acronym for Passive Orbital Nutrient Delivery System and was developed with technology created on the International Space Station (ISS). The astronauts, in 2014, developed the "Veggie", a system for planting consumable leaves and vegetables in space. From there, Tupperware began collaborating to create a product that used fewer resources for production, even in a hostile environment such as the space station. Read the full article

Technology popularized by films like artificial intelligence, I Robot, and The Bicentennial Man, in which machines acquire human characteristics, Artificial Intelligence has emerged in recent years from the field of science fiction to real life. To get an idea of the industry's potential, according to a research study by Research and Markets, the artificial intelligence solutions market will drive more than $23 billion by 2025, with a 44 percent annual growth rate. For those who are not yet familiar with the term, it defines the area of computer science that aims to develop systems and equipment capable of simulating the human capacity to reason and consequently make decisions and perform tasks. Read the full article

Microsoft has released a survey that portrays the scenario of women in a universe considered to be masculine at times: that of the exact sciences. The study, conducted by Microsoft in partnership with KRC Research, reveals that despite the high priority these disciplines are placed in schools, efforts to expand women's interest in these areas and in computer science are not working, especially in technology and engineering. The survey heard more than 6,000 American girls and women ages 10 to 30 about science, technology, engineering and mathematics education, or STEM. One of the data, for example, shows that in elementary school 31 percent of girls believe that jobs that require coding and programming are not for them, rising to 40 percent in high school and 58 percent in college. Read the full article

Toyota's total quality approach is based on continuous feedback, primarily industrial. This approach is also at the heart of so-called "agile" methods of computer development or organization, and it brings, again, real benefits according to a study by Freeform Dynamics on the order of CA Technologies. The agile companies thus have a higher growth of turnover (57% above average) and profit (+ 43%). This study also shows that the agile spirit begins to be generalized in the company, at least according to the statements of the officials questioned. Read the full article

In January 2009, a man under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto launched Bitcoin, an innovative digital currency that entered the world of the internet as digital money, creating a chain of blocks, similar to an accounting book public, where all the transactions are recorded and verified by a massive and decentralized computer network. In other words, it is a crypto-discourse, a digital medium of exchange that is characterized by being decentralized, which means that it is not backed by any government or dependent on trust in a central issuer. Read the full article

The data scientist is one of the emerging jobs in the IT landscape. According to Glassdoor, it is the best work that can be done, while the Harvard Business Review has defined it as the sexiest work of the 21st century. If you are looking to enter this field, or if you want to stand out from the competition, it is essential to invest in training. Data science is important in different sectors, but the skills required by breeders vary from company to company. Certifications are a great way to update your skills and develop new ones, especially those that are hard to find in the industry you want. Being able to demonstrate your skills through certification ensures that recruiters and hiring managers know what you can offer the company. Read the full article

According to a new Hays report, professionals looking to develop future-proof digital skills need to consider areas such as computer security, business intelligence, data science/big data, DevOps, and the development of JavaScript and UX/UI. The challenges of digital transformation and data are overheating the so-called talent war, and Hays emphasizes that software development skills are now vital to most of the areas that offer the most significant opportunities for professional growth. It's not digital native organizations that embrace the latest transformation technologies, but even the most traditional organizations are making strategic investments to ensure they remain relevant in the digital world. If job-seekers have what it takes to help them, they will likely face a breakthrough in their careers. Read the full article

Have you ever thought about how many moments you have lived in your life and have you forgotten? How many things do you overlook every day? Have you ever wondered why? The truth is that our memory is very fragile and needs to be "recharged". One study published in Nature Communications showed a new scientific approach that can help our memory (and hence brain activity) with deep brain stimulation. Read the full article

Should robots be given legal status? This is the question that currently occupies the AI experts, and for a good reason, a paragraph well buried in a report of the European Parliament published in January 2017, suggests that it is necessary to assign "electronic personalities" to certain robots. "The creation, over time, of a legal personality specific to robots, so that at least the most sophisticated autonomous robots can be considered as electronic persons responsible for repairing any damage caused to a third party; it would be conceivable to consider as an electronic person any robot that makes autonomous decisions or that interacts independently with third parties." Read the full article

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are lightening the workloads of help desk, IT security, and other typical IT tasks. Alongside the obvious benefits for companies, this trend is raising considerable concern about the long-term impact on jobs. And the concern is not groundless. According to a recent report by Tata Consulting Services, in 12 of the 13 major vertical industries, IT is the segment that makes more use of AI, with over 46% of the IT teams of large companies that integrate artificial intelligence into their applications. Read the full article