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The Startup Sectors Most Impacted by the Coronavirus

Tom Tunguz

Over the weekend, I analyzed Roger’s data to answer this question. However, there doesn’t yet seem to be a daily or weekly increase in the data. If we tally the reductions by category, travel, retail, fitness, real estate, transportation, and recruiting constitute the top 6 categories.

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Benn Stancil, founder of Mode, on how data science can help us make better decisions

Intercom, Inc.

The fact of the matter is that data science, as a field, is still relatively new. But as Benn points out, the future of data analysis isn’t an architecture diagram or business leaders looking at dashboards – it’s building an experience, and a very exciting one at that. I worked there for a couple years as an analyst or data scientist.

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Everything You Need to Know About Secure Payment Processing Systems

Stax

Data protection and security are crucial not just for safeguarding customer information, but for protecting business owners as well. By combining a secure payment system with secure payment habits like not collecting excess data from customers, you’ll go a long way in safeguarding your business against fraud.

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Tap to Pay: What It Is and How It Works

Stax

In Seoul, South Korea, the Seoul Bus Transport Association introduced the UPass, a contactless payment card that commuters could tap on as they entered the bus. This short-range wireless communication technology allows data exchange between devices close to each other, typically within a few centimeters.

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Apple, accessibility, and Project Titan

IT World

We think part of that work will involve building transportation for the world we’re going to live in , not the one in which we exist now. And it should be quite clear by now that the future of transport does not need to be the only invention the Project Titan team creates. We know Apple is working on a car. What is a car?

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Demystifying AI and ML: How These Technologies Are Transforming Industries

Valerian Tech

With their ability to process vast amounts of data and learn from it, AI and ML are reshaping traditional practices, streamlining operations, and opening up new possibilities. ML, a subset of AI, focuses on algorithms that allow machines to learn from data and improve their performance over time without being explicitly programmed.

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Payment Security: Everything You Need to Know About Secure Payments

Stax

Taking precautions to implement security measures such as secure firewalls and cybersecurity training helps to protect cardholder data and other sensitive information. Learn More Payment Security Fundamentals Merchants hold a lot of sensitive data when processing transactions, and if not properly safeguarded, hackers could wreak havoc.