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Jan 8, 2021

FBI Warns of Egregor Attacks on Businesses Worldwide

Posted by in categories: business, cybercrime/malcode

The agency said the malware has already compromised more than 150 organizations and provided insight into its ransomware-as-a-service behavior.

The FBI has alerted companies in the private sector to a spate of attacks using the Egregor ransomware. The malware currently is raging a warpath across businesses worldwide and has already compromised more than 150 organizations.

The agency issued an advisory (PDF) that also shed new light and identifies the innerworkings of the prolific malware, which has already been seen wreaking indiscriminate havoc against various types of organizations. Bookseller Barnes & Noble, retailer Kmart, gaming software provider Ubisoft and the Vancouver metro system Translink all are known victims of the ransomware.

Jan 8, 2021

Hyundai Confirms It’s In Talks With Apple To Make Electric Car

Posted by in categories: business, sustainability, transportation

A collaboration on an Apple Car would be huge! 👀🚗


Hyundai has already produced successful electricity-powered cars. However, talks with Apple could allow Hyundai to become a leading player in the EV market.

Hyundai Motors, a South Korea business that produces a variety of technology, has already moved into the electric vehicle market alongside its competitors. With that said, it has not reached the heights of the industry leaders such as Tesla.

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Jan 7, 2021

Ryland Engelhart — Kiss The Ground — Regenerative Agriculture For Planetary Regeneration

Posted by in categories: business, education, food, sustainability

Executive director & co-founder of kiss the ground, and producer of kiss the ground the movie, discussing regenerative agriculture for planetary regeneration.


Ryland Engelhart, is Executive Director & Co-Founder of Kiss The Ground (https://kisstheground.com/), a non-profit organization dedicated to planetary regeneration, and is the producer of Kiss The Ground, the Movie, recently released on Netflix.

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Jan 4, 2021

Meet Joe, the drone that herds cattle (or camels)

Posted by in categories: business, drones

Two Israeli cowboys introduce drone technology to save time and manpower in the rugged business of cattle (or camel) ranching.

Jan 3, 2021

From mealworms to ‘miracle’ berries, EU sees boom in novel food applications

Posted by in categories: business, food

The European Food Safety Authority has taken in more than 156 innovative food applications for substances such as apple cell cultures and mung bean proteins since January 2018, when new EU legislation took effect, aiming to make it easier for businesses to bring their unusual products to market. Of those 156114 are still under consideration, 39 were approved and three were rejected, officials said.


More products have been submitted for approval since 2018 than in prior 14 years combined.

Jan 1, 2021

Dumb and dumber: The future of business AI depends on HI

Posted by in categories: business, robotics/AI

The takeaway: “Unless you can quickly use your tech advantage to establish a monopoly-like position your AI technologies cannot maintain a market lead without additional innovation required.” The ‘innovation’ comes from (HI) Human Intelligence. (HC) Human Creativity-zdnet.com


When every organization has access to AI … the difference will be in Human Intelligence (HI)

Dec 31, 2020

‘Bad business’: the rise and fall of China’s bike-sharing twin stars

Posted by in categories: business, transportation

But their cash-burning tactics to attract users and uncertain business models turned out to be unsustainable. By 2017, the bubble was already bursting – yet another casualty in big tech’s seemingly endless proxy wars for users and market share, leaving a trail of broken companies, and bikes, in their wake.


Mobike officially halted operations of the mobile app and WeChat mini programme under its own brand last week, fully merging under its parent company Meituan.

Dec 30, 2020

The ‘autism advantage’ and how it’s giving workplaces a competitive edge

Posted by in categories: business, neuroscience

This is another example of how autism is now being used as an advantage in business. What people previously saw as a weakness turned out to be a strength. 😃


Gordon Douglas struggled to find work because of his “differences”. Now his neurodiversity is making him a sought-after employee.

Dec 30, 2020

Making Money in a Futuristic World (Jobs and Future Business Ideas)

Posted by in categories: business, economics, Elon Musk, employment, physics, robotics/AI, space

In the not so distant future you could be making money from home by controlling robots, robots that are in another country. Or there will be products, such as a self driving Tesla car, that can go out and earn money on their own.

This video takes a look at the futuristic ways people will be earning money. From telepresence jobs and future business ideas, to new space businesses, and even how people will be storing their money — moving away from cash and credit cards to using chips that are in their bodies.

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Dec 29, 2020

Bart Madden — Free To Choose Medicine — Better Drugs, Sooner, at Lower Costs — Saving Lives

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, business, economics, policy

Is the author of the book Free To Choose Medicine: Better Drugs Sooner at Lower Cost; a book that offers a compelling argument for the freedom of every patient, guided by the advice of his or her doctor, to make informed decisions about the use of not-yet-FDA-approved therapeutic drugs, that are in late stages of clinical testing.

Mr. Madden is recently retired as a Managing Director of Credit Suisse/Holt after a career in money management and investment research that included the founding of Callard Madden & Associates. During his career, he developed the cash-flow return on investment (CFROI) valuation framework that is widely used today by money management firms worldwide.

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