Being a CIO isn't an easy job, not when hackers are coming at you from all sides trying to get their hands on that sweet, sweet data. It’s especially never-racking because one breach can turn a company from a respectable business to one that looks like it protects its information with a layer of Swiss cheese.
When I reviewed the fourth-generation Apple TV after its release late last year, I wrote that it was “like a gorgeous cake that didn’t cook long enough”. It was sweet and pretty but clearly needed more baking time. It felt like a beta product, unfinished and with many rough edges.
A couple of days ago Google's cloud went offline, just about everywhere, for 18 minutes. Now the Alphabet subsidiary has explained why and issued a personal apology penned by “Veep for 24x7” Benjamin Treynor Sloss.
Mapping tools, data-collecting drones, and sensors are just a few pieces of technology playing integral roles in farm tech, or what farming industry leaders refer to as precision agriculture. Allowing for improvements to be made in taking care of crops, this niche technology is proving to be good for profits and the environment.
Imagine if you could snap on a DNA-matching wristband that connects you with long lost cousins, or pick up a personalised VR headset game that could immerse you in the lives of your ancestors? "It's simply a matter of time before we could see this sort of technology," says genealogy expert Thomas MacEntee.