How Some Brands are Successfully – and Cost-Effectively – Combating Online Counterfeiters

Protecting brands and going after counterfeiters is like herding cats. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of ways that online counterfeiters illegally monetize brands. Companies have many ways to combat them, but it can traditionally take lots of time, cost, and resources to do it. Now there is a less publicized option in the United States…

Analytics operating system Redbird makes data more accessible to non-technical users

Data engineers have a big problem. Almost every team in their business needs access to analytics and other information that can be gleaned from their data warehouses, but only a few have technical backgrounds. Redbird was created to help everyone in an organization create and run analytics without using code, therefore reducing the amount of…

Nudge Security emerges from stealth to tackle cybersecurity’s people problem

Social engineering attacks are on the rise. These low-tech but high-impact attacks — where hackers manipulate employees into granting them access to companies’ services and data — increased by almost threefold last year, and have so far this year claimed several high-profile victims, from Twilio and Mailchimp to Revolut, and most recently Uber. As these…

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law season 1 ending and post-credits scene explained

Full spoilers follow for She-Hulk episode 9. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law‘s final episode has smashed its way onto Disney Plus – and there’s a lot to unpack from the 30-minute long season finale. The latest MCU Disney Plus show seemed like it’d follow the usual Marvel project formula by ending things with an over-the-top, CGI-laced…

PS Plus October headlined by a whole bunch of Assassin’s Creed games

PS Plus’s October game catalog lineup is a good one. If you’re a big Assassin’s Creed fan, that is. The PS Plus game catalog updates for October feature six Assassin’s Creed games, the best of the bunch being Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Odyssey is joined by Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Assassin’s Creed 3 Remastered and the Assassin’s…

MacKenzie Scott donates $15 million to a social enterprise that provides affordable eyeglasses to millions of people

MacKenzie Scott is donating $15 million to VisionSpring. Taylor Hill/Getty Images Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has given $15M to a social enterprise that provides cheap eyeglasses. VisionSpring said it’ll help generate $1 billion in income for agricultural and artisan workers. Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has donated billions of dollars to hundreds of nonprofits since June 2021. A…

Social Determinants of Health: Technology, examples and healthcare trends in 2021

Healthcare payers and providers are broadening the scope of health-influencing factors they address to include social determinants of health (SDOH). Below, we outline how digital technology in healthcare is working to address SDOH. Do you work in the Healthcare industry? Get business insights on the latest tech innovations, market trends, and your competitors with data-driven…

Bank of America forecasts exactly how many jobs will be lost as the US economy takes a downturn — and how quickly

A Bank of America storefront. Getty Images Bank of America is projecting that the US economy will lose over 500,000 jobs in 2023. The bank expects the unemployment rate to reach 5.5%. But compared to prior recessions, it says this one may only be “minor.” Whether it’s more likely to be “mild” or severe is…