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the industry is expected to grow by almost 400% by 2027.

by rick richardson
technology this week 

we bought our first home in late 1968. we watched it being built and even installed sound cables in the walls before they dry-walled so we would have a sound system for the whole home. those days were called “container days.” the contractors erected the container and left the homeowner to finish the rest.

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now, 45 years later, the sector is being upended by smart home technology, creating a large market opportunity for investors, entrepreneurs, designers, and builders. the smart home industry, which was estimated to be worth $79 billion in 2020, is expected to increase to $314 billion by 2027, according to recent research from mordor intelligence.
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4 new tech trends to watch

embedded research assistants, metaverse meetings, more evs and safer connections are closer than you think.//www.g005e.com/2022/12/06/choose-your-little-black-dress-of-technology/

by rick richardson
technology this week

now that we have a few weeks of 2023 under our belts, it’s time to look out to the remaining months to see what areas of technology are going to have the biggest impacts on our lives.

before we look forward, let’s look back to the end of 2022 and see the trends that were forming and how they will affect our world in 2023.

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from a hardware perspective, it was an unexciting year. apple and samsung refreshed their flagship smartphones, but most reviewers rated the changes as incremental upgrades. mark zuckerberg, with his eyes on changing the way people work, introduced a $1,500 virtual-reality headset. but, with only a two-hour battery, most users will strap the new headset on for gaming.

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cyber insurance costs rise in health care as attacks soar

just how will that affect health care costs for employers?
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by rick richardson
technology this week

health systems – having already been hit by labor and supply chain costs and broader economic woes – have another unwieldy financial problem: the soaring costs of cyber insurance.

moody’s investors service notes that, while it’s not sexy, the sheer size of cyber-crimes and insurers’ reluctance to cover losses brought on by ransomware attacks are seriously impacting hospitals.

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“the timing of the insurance price increase is bad for health care. there isn’t much room for error, ” said matthew cahill, a moody’s analyst. there have been double-digit increases in premiums over the past four years, often more than tripling in a single year. according to a recent analysis from property casualty 360, the industry’s insurance costs have finally started to stabilize in the first quarter of 2023.

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solar sensors detect wildfires early, saving lives, money

high school science project spurs the creation of outdoor detectors. back of smoke detector

by rick richardson
technology this week

one of the best pieces of innovative home hardware is the nest protect.

more than other household items, smoke detectors might benefit from being connected. they significantly contribute to your feeling of security while you’re away from home. ideally, you won’t need it, but it might save lives if you do.

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torch, established in 2020, is implementing some of these concepts in a new environment. the $299 device provides early outdoor detection for up to 10 acres, which is fixed onto a spike put into a tree. it’s a sizable addressable market that, regrettably, will expand even further in the years to come as wildfire threats rise.

my school closed down for a week because there was so much smoke. it was a horrible situation. people lost billions of dollars in damage

climate change is to blame for this situation since it causes droughts and hotter temperatures, ideal conditions for destructive fires, especially in the western united states. as recently highlighted by nasa:

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adobe announces “creator-friendly” generative ai tools

how can ai overcome copyright infringement issues?

by rick richardson
technology this week

adobe has unveiled firefly, a new suite of generative ai tools it hopes will encourage more design professionals to embrace rather than fear this cutting-edge technology.

why it matters. as generative ai has swept the globe, artists have had difficulty adapting to it. while some view it as a useful tool, others see it as a threat to jobs and a kind of thievery.

(wait, where have we heard that before?)

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adobe wants to address two obstacles that are preventing business usage of the technology with firefly: worries about copyright issues and the absence of professional-grade tools.

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phishing attack hackers have a new trick

and it’s working. faceless hooded anonymous computer hacker with programming code from monitor

by rick richardson

cybercriminals are experimenting with a new method of delivering dangerous payloads and employing targeted phishing emails to infect users with malware.

according to a study by proofpoint, digital onenote notebooks (denoted by “.one” extensions) are increasingly being used by cyber-attackers to spread malware. onenote is included in the microsoft 365 office software bundle and is a widely used piece of software.

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onenote documents are rarely misused in this manner, according to cybersecurity professionals, and there is only one clear reason attackers are experimenting with them: they can more readily avoid threat detection than other attachments. and it seems to be effective.

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the top hotspot router – and why you need it

reliability. adaptability. and cool capabilities.

by rick richardson

your phone probably has a built-in hotspot feature that enables you to share your internet connection with other devices, regardless of whether you use an iphone or an android smartphone.

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it’s a nice function, but if you use it frequently, a separate mobile hotspot router will probably serve you better.

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satellite sos services coming to android users

apple users can’t have all the fun.

by rick richardson

the iphone 14’s standout feature released by apple last fall was a satellite-based communication service for emergency calls outside the range of cellular networks. recently, qualcomm announced its plans to add a comparable feature to several advanced android phones.

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in some regions, starting in the second half of this year, premium android handsets running qualcomm’s snapdragon 8 gen 2 mobile platform will be able to connect to a satellite-based two-way messaging system.

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chatgpt spurs competition in different ways

microsoft and google bank on their own versions.

by rick richardson

recently, microsoft held a press briefing to announce two new web-based software upgrades. the same ai technology that powers the chatbot chatgpt has been updated and included in the latest edition of microsoft’s bing search engine. a fresh experience for exploring the web and getting information online is promised by the firm as it introduces the product alongside new ai-enhanced features for its edge browser.

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“it’s a new day in search,” said microsoft ceo satya nadella at an event announcing the products. the paradigm for web search, according to nadella, hasn’t changed in decades, but ai can offer information more swiftly and fluidly than conventional techniques.

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chatgpt: what it is. why you need to know.

open.ai

and why google is worried.

by rick richardson

chatgpt was created by the technology company openai. microsoft is now testing the ai language to enhance its office suite of products, including word, outlook and powerpoint.

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openai has had a lot of press lately given that their ai products chatgpt and dall-e 2.

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vector databases: the newest tool for the ai era

rapid data searches and production-ready features can be game changers.

by rick richardson
technology this week 

making data-driven decisions is becoming increasingly understood by companies in every industry as a requirement for competing today, in the next five years, in the next 20 years and beyond. according to current market research, the worldwide artificial intelligence (ai) market will “increase at a compound annual growth rate (cagr) of 39.4 percent to reach $422.37 billion by 2028,” driven by the exponential expansion of unstructured data in particular.

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the era of data overload and ai has arrived, and there is no turning back.

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amazon making chips, will rent out

computer chiphigh-performance computing will be available to more workloads.

by rick richardson

new chips are being released by amazon.com inc.’s cloud computing division to power the most advanced computing, supporting tasks such as gene sequencing and weather forecasting.

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the largest provider of cloud computing, amazon web services (aws), announced recently that it will allow users to rent processing capacity that uses a new generation of its graviton chips. the product is a platform for expanding access to high-performance computing, according to peter desantis, senior vice president and manager of most of aws’ technical teams.
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gadget simplifies multiple screen use on the go

turn your travel laptop into your all-in-one portable workstation.

by rick richardson
technology this week

a device from rollingsquare named the edge kit could be that standout stocking stuffer for that special someone who works from home or for a deserving college student.

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billed by its makers as “the first modular work-from-home kit,” the edge kit consists of a phone and tablet mount for your laptop that allows the convenient use of dual screens and efficient study and work.

here’s how it works:

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