Cisco Talos researchers explain psychology behind election disinformation posts on social media
Tech Republic Security
OCTOBER 1, 2020
With the 2020 presidential election looming, here are questions to consider before posting on social media.
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Tech Republic Security
OCTOBER 1, 2020
With the 2020 presidential election looming, here are questions to consider before posting on social media.
Forrester IT
JANUARY 8, 2021
Coming off of a year like 2020 makes analysts and futurists reluctant to make any kind of predictions going forward! When I published the “What I See Coming For The Channel 2020” I totally missed the pandemic, social unrest and pandemonium, and even murder hornets somewhere in the middle.
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Forrester IT
AUGUST 24, 2020
Neutrality Is No Longer An Option In the summer of 2020, brands did something they had never done before. For some, like Ben & Jerry’s and Microsoft, this came naturally; they had long-standing programs to advance social justice. They spoke up about race.
Tech Republic Security
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Bad actors could create or change websites and social media content to discredit this year's electoral process, cautions the FBI and CISA.
Speaker: Dr. Kate Wolin, Founder, Circea
In the age of social distancing, digital onboarding is becoming essential to any program. Wednesday September 9th, 2020 at 9:30AM PDT, 12:30 PM EST, 4:30PM GMT This is especially true for medical practices, where the threat of the pandemic is the most real. How to articulate behavior change techniques to be used in patient onboarding.
Tech Republic Security
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
The surge gives further credence to the idea that cybercrime is less about tech know-how and more about social engineering, according to its fraud report.
CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Shih has clearly been considering the move to Meta for some time — and is no stranger to the company’s social media platform, Facebook. That experience led her to create Hearsay Systems, a software developer combining social networks, CRM, and AI to help sales staff at financial services companies.
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Cut to 2020: Social […]. Miley Stewart was an average American kid with an alter ego pop star named Hannah Montana. Miley/Hannah’s dual identity allowed her to escape the public eye while still reaping fame and fortune – ultimately, living “the best of both worlds.”
Forrester IT
AUGUST 5, 2020
Some people would call 2020 “biblical.” Fires raged across Australia for almost 80 days; a locust plague has ravaged East Africa; the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed our way of living; social unrest and racial discord erupted in the United States and spread to other countries. And the year is not even over yet.
Forrester IT
MARCH 16, 2021
The good news is that there are now multiple vaccines paving the path to an eventual recovery of social and economic activity lost to the pandemic since 2020. Two words describe the current situation as the world battles to eradicate the COVID-19 pandemic: hope and uncertainty.
Forrester IT
JUNE 21, 2021
When the COVID-19 pandemic triggered stay-at-home orders and canceled social plans, consumers turned to online media streaming to fill the void. TV/video streaming services touted exclusive content and low prices to lure viewers, and by June 2020, 48% of US online adults had subscribed to at least one streaming service.
Forrester IT
MAY 10, 2021
It’s impossible not to see how consumers have felt the pressure of the 2020 pandemic. People have faced job losses, extended furlough, or enforced remote work while also managing home schooling, and the social (and psychological) impact of lockdowns.
Forrester IT
JANUARY 6, 2020
With Holiday peak just behind us, apply lessons from 2019 for wins in 2020 (… and not just during Holiday!). Shoppers are not just looking for a good deal, they want to appease their sense of social responsibility to feel like they’re doing some GOOD with their purchase – or at least, not making it […].
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 14, 2025
A human firewall is a collective effort of individuals within an organization that fights and wards off cybersecurity threats (such as phishing and ransomware), especially ones that use social engineering. Human intelligence is the only mechanism that can evolve as fast as sophisticated cyber threats and social engineering attacks.
Forrester IT
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
2020 has been a year of unprecedented political, social, economic, and healthcare disruption — and 2021 shows no signs of these trends slowing down. How should European consumer marketing leaders prepare for the coming year?
Network World
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
By 2020, the existing wireless infrastructure was struggling to keep pace with the demands of modern fans who were on their phones talking, texting, shooting videos, taking selfies, posting content on social media, checking out other online sites, and generally consuming huge amounts of bandwidth. Why Wi-Fi 6E? Wi-Fi 6 runs in the 2.4
Venture Beat
DECEMBER 28, 2020
The gaming trend of the year is connected social games. Players relied on games to provide the crucial structure required for socialization. Read More.
Forrester IT
OCTOBER 15, 2020
2020 has been a year of unprecedented political, social, economic and healthcare disruption – and 2021 shows no signs of any of these trends slowing down. Every autumn Forrester looks ahead to predict the major consumer, business and technology trends that will shape the marketing landscape for the following year.
Forrester IT
JUNE 17, 2020
The ancient Chinese curse “May you live in interesting times” might be neither ancient nor Chinese, but it’s wholly applicable to 2020. Words and phrases like “unprecedented” and “the new normal” are, well, the new normal as infection and social unrest sweep the globe.
Forrester IT
JANUARY 13, 2021
2020 was an emotional rollercoaster. A global pandemic, economic upheaval, social unrest, and a contentious election have all left consumers reeling. Marketers know that emotion is the biggest driver of purchase decisions, and naturally attempt to tap into these turbulent consumer emotions.
Forrester IT
JANUARY 7, 2025
Meta’s current emphasis on “free expression” takes a turn from previous positions during and after the 2020 election, in which they heavily promoted the measures they were taking to reduce the […]
GeekWire
JUNE 27, 2023
LinkedIn Photo) OwnTrail , a Seattle-based life-and-career social startup, is being acquired by Miami-based job search-and-apply platform Teal. Launched in 2020, OwnTrail’s social platform lets users map their career trajectory, highlighting important milestones in their professional growth, personal relationships and well-being.
Forrester IT
JULY 15, 2020
It’s mid-July 2020, and the world is a very different place than it was six and a half months ago! With social distancing rules and […]. Just think of the ways we now interact with each other, carry out our daily activities, and buy and pay for products and services. How we bank has also changed dramatically.
CIO Business Intelligence
OCTOBER 31, 2024
BPM as a driver of IT success Making a significant contribution to Norma’s digital transformation, a BPM team was initiated in 2020 and its managers support all business areas to improve and harmonize the understanding of applications and processes, as well as data quality.
GeekWire
JANUARY 4, 2021
Commentary: Yes, 2020 really sucked. It’s one of the most important positive stories from 2020. In short, 2020 should go down as a year in which technology saved a large part of the economy. When the pandemic hit, lockdowns and social distancing moved us from the physical world to the Internet for our work and social lives.
Forrester IT
DECEMBER 14, 2020
It’s safe to say that our email inboxes, social media feeds, and online shopping trips have been filled with endless holiday promotions and shipping delay notices. In my latest research, “New Tech: Deferred Payment Providers, Q4 2020,” I […].
Spearline Testing
OCTOBER 6, 2020
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Venture Beat
DECEMBER 24, 2020
A look back at nine books I read in 2020 to inform my work as a reporter covering artificial intelligence. Read More.
GeekWire
JANUARY 13, 2021
Costco announced Wednesday that it will no longer operate photo departments at its stores, bowing to the rise of smartphones, social media and digital photo sharing. trillion images were taken worldwide in 2020, as ubiquitous technology puts cameras in the hands of nearly everyone. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). An estimated 1.4
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
million people who filed for unemployment claims in the state in 2020. In addition to members of the general public, this group includes many state employees, as well as people whose identity was used to file for claims fraudulently in early 2020. SAO was reviewing all claims data as part of an audit of that fraud incident.
Network World
JANUARY 15, 2025
A digital leap for safer prisons In response to a national mandate from the President in 2020, the Ministry of Internal Affairs launched a comprehensive video surveillance project. This groundbreaking initiative has set a new benchmark for prison management, significantly improving safety conditions and operational transparency.
Social, Agile and Transformation
AUGUST 10, 2020
Let's recap 2020 without losing our minds. We went into the year with high aspirations around our digital transformation programs and all the places we wanted our organizations to succeed with experiences, analytics, and technology. window.dojoRequire(["mojo/signup-forms/Loader"], function(L) { L.start({"baseUrl":"mc.us14.list-manage.com",".
Trends in the Living Networks
DECEMBER 3, 2020
In July 2020, Elon Musk revealed to the media that Tesla cars would achieve “basic functionality for level five autonomy” by the end of the year. On social media. With the rapid change of the social media landscape, will we even use such applications in 80 years? Well it’s whether we use the word social media or not.
CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 24, 2024
The organization’s volunteers are energized by fostering social welfare with a sustainable approach that turns food surplus into a donation for hungry people in their communities. That’s when Essen für Alle emerged in Zurich to address two of Switzerland’s social challenges: rampant food waste and escalating financial vulnerability.
CIO Business Intelligence
MAY 3, 2022
Places for People technology officer Dean Garvey-North joined the property management firm in 2020 to lead infrastructure and technology teams. Places for People held up against economic and social difficulty. Prior to [the pandemic], most organisations were probably looking externally to drive technology change,” Garvey-North said.
Social, Agile and Transformation
JUNE 8, 2020
The 14th annual state of agile report is now available, and it's one of the papers I look forward to reviewing every year. It surveys over one thousand software development professionals from a mix of company sizes, development team sizes, geographies, and industries.
CIO Business Intelligence
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
In 2020, research found that nearly 90% of CISOs considered themselves under moderate or high levels of stress. According to CIISec’s 2020/21 State of the Profession report , which surveyed 557 security professionals, stress and burnout have become major issues, with almost half (47%) working more than 41 hours a week, and some up to 90.
Social, Agile and Transformation
JANUARY 11, 2021
For the second year in a row, I share with you all the books that I read as part of my GoodReads challenge. My top books from 2019 included reads about transformation, including The Ride of a Lifetime and The Technology Fallacy, books for entrepreneurs such as Lost and Founder and Inspired, and AI books such as AI Superpowers. This year, my.
GeekWire
OCTOBER 8, 2021
Eight years after they left Zulily to concentrate full time on their social platform for gamers, husband and wife co-founders Yaprak and David DeCarmine are growing Seattle-based Game Jolt and raising new funding. “We’re building the social community platform for gamers and the types of content they love.”
GeekWire
MARCH 19, 2025
Wizards of the Coast image) Reports spread on Tuesday via social media that Wizards of the Coast, the Renton, Wash.-based The COVID lockdowns in 2020 led many people to start playing tabletop role-playing games over chat programs such as Zoom and Discord.
CIO Business Intelligence
MAY 21, 2024
That’s more than three times the amount reported stolen in 2020. More alarmingly, 37% of respondents learn about website impersonation attacks as a result of “brand shaming” by impacted customers on social media. Global Surveyz was established in 2020 and is the brain-child of Ramel Levin. Federal Trade Commission.
GeekWire
DECEMBER 29, 2022
They can then use those avatars to travel into one of a few million player-created “rooms,” where they can play games, create custom experiences, and socialize with other users. Despite its status as a virtual social space, Rec Room doesn’t consider itself a “metaverse” company.
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
(GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Seattle voters are showing support for a new tax on big business that would fund a social housing developer. The money would go toward a public development authority created to develop, own, and maintain social housing in Seattle. and Arlington, Va. .” and Arlington, Va.
TechSpot
AUGUST 8, 2024
The Riken Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) recently released the first version of its "Virtual Fugaku" project, which aims to transform Fugaku into a "social infrastructure" for addressing complex social issues. In 2020, Fugaku was the world's fastest supercomputer, a title it held for two years before being surpassed by.
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