cancer vaccine available by 2030?

imagine a world without cancer. is it possible?

by rick richardson
technology this week

a ground-breaking group of new vaccines for a variety of illnesses, including cancer, might save millions of lives, according to researchers. a major pharmaceutical company expressed confidence that vaccines for ailments including cancer, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, as well as others, will be available by the end of this decade.

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studies into these vaccinations are also “very promising,” according to some researchers, who claim that the covid-19 jab’s success has “unspooled” 15 years’ worth of development in just 12 to 18 months.

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four of today’s new technologies that will be tomorrow’s ‘norm’

what startup stock should you add to your portfolio?

by rick richardson
technology this week

twenty years ago, the idea of smartphones and electric automobiles looked like a pipe dream. however, as of today, 86.4 percent of the world’s population, or roughly 6.92 billion people, own their own smartphones.

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further, ev car ownership grows daily. governments all around the world are promoting the use of electric automobiles rather than vehicles with combustible engines to move toward a greener future.

we’re all trying to add to our portfolio that startup stock that will blossom into a blue chip cornerstone of our retirement. here are four exciting innovations that seem poised to become an assumed part of our life in the next two decades.

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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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who is better at accounting, ai or humans?

and what that means for the profession.

by hitendra patil
rise of the aiccountants

a new research study by the american accounting association evaluated the performance of chatgpt on accounting-specific content.

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the study was conducted by a team of 327 coauthors from 186 educational institutions worldwide, who entered 25,817 assessment questions and evaluated the accuracy of chatgpt’s responses.
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cyber insurance costs rise in health care as attacks soar

just how will that affect health care costs for employers?
illustration of man pushing padlock button

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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accounting profession to experience highest ai impact

a new research report hints at future opportunities for accountants.

by hitendra patil
client accounting services: the definitive success guide

openai, the creator of the wildly popular artificial intelligence (ai) tool chatgpt, conducted a new research study with the university of pennsylvania. it identified the occupations with the most significant impact potential because of large language models (llms, like chatgpt). among the occupations with the highest exposure to ai are accountants, auditors and tax preparers!

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what does it mean?

1. to quote some (edited somewhat for more straightforward reading) of the essential notes from the research:

  • which occupations will see gpt-powered software saving workers a significant amount of time completing a task while maintaining equivalent quality? workers facing higher (lower) barriers to entry in their jobs tend to experience more (less) exposure to llms. (gpt = generative pre-trained transformer.)

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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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why vc is a bigger threat than ai

how big money could change everything.

by seth fineberg
at large

here is some truth, at least that i believe, accountants need to know: accountants in practice today, particularly firm owners, should be more afraid of venture capital entering the profession than ai or any like form of automation. a bold statement, i know but stay with me and see if you agree.

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at the core of this viewpoint is how i believe the two will, respectively, impact the profession at large. the major difference, to me, is that one has the potential to help the profession move forward while the other could change its dynamic for the worse.

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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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be serious about ai, not amused

learn more | buy now

seven essential things to know.

by hitendra patil
client accounting services: the definitive success guide

unless you live under a stone, you would have heard about all the craze chatgpt has created recently. and most likely, you, too, are amused by it.

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an artificial intelligence-powered tool, it is one of the first that allowed people to directly interact with ai in a familiar way how we use chat functions on mobile phones and websites. this ease of access and usage gave it a huge fan following. moreover, it triggered a tsunami of new ai tools emerging all over the internet.
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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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