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Your personal data is yours to sell

Pat Rabbitte7 months ago

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If personal data is big business, shouldn’t we be the ones getting paid for it? We look at the options...

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Global central securities depositories consider crypto custody

Pat Rabbitte10 months ago

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A group of global central securities depositories are examining how they may collaborate in order to custody digital assets. Central...

Technology

Zenodys ICO Opens the World’s First Digital Asset Marketplace

Sam Brake Guia2 years ago

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Zenodys, an Internet of Things (IoT) development platform, today announces the launch of the world’s first digital asset marketplace with...

We all have digital assets, why not monetize them?

Sponsored Post2 years ago

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Whether we are aware of it or not, we all have digital assets. While corporations like Facebook make billions off...

Brains Byte Back

(Previously The Sociable Podcast) The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

According to 99 firms, 293.6 billion emails are sent every day. That figure probably doesn’t surprise you given the number of emails sitting in your inbox, hundreds if not thousands… Right? But among these emails are numerous malicious emails, designed to trick, scam and hack.

These emails are known as phishing emails, which in its simplest form can be described as a fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

But there is good news, as we now have a guardian angel ready to look out for us. My guest today is the president and founder of Pixm, a company that provides real-time anti-phishing on log-in pages and shuts down an attack at the point of click, Arun Buduri.

And for our Neuron to Something piece, where we discuss a story relating to psychology and technology, we will look at a recent Pew Research Center survey, analyzing Americans’ feelings and perceptions relating to data collection.

Video from Buduri: Amazing mind reader reveals his ‘gift’