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As their old tricks stop working, cyber-criminal perpetrators are forced to innovate.

WHY IMPORTANT

Cyberattacks are increasing and evolving as schemers work hard to stay one step ahead of law enforcement. Here are some of the cybersecurity threats I think we’ll see in 2023 based on my role as senior fellow for threat research at Fortra’s Agari.

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The ultimate miniaturization of optical components is impossible with conventional optics—such as 3D visualization and augmented reality that is hard with traditional optics.

WHY IMPORTANT

Meta-optical systems enable novel applications not conceivable before, adding to so-called Industry 4.0. Such applications include the Internet of Things, autonomous cars, wearable devices, augmented reality, and remote sensing."

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While the example reflects health care, the fundamentals apply to any provider organization wanting workflow optimization, minimizing staff shortages, and improving the customer experience. RTLS offerings, such as automated nurse call systems, can decrease response times to patient needs by 40% and help healthcare staff find fulfillment in their profession as they gain more time to focus on patient care. RTLS solutions provide healthcare staff more time for patient interaction by reducing manual documentation and workflow bottlenecks while enhancing clear communication between staff.

WHY IMPORTANT

Advanced workflow platforms automatically run in the background and produce a significant impact by eliminating non-value-added tasks for caregivers and offering patients proactive status updates, estimated wait times, family text messaging to keep loved ones informed, and providing staff views on display boards that give an easy-to-read layout of each patient's location, the time they've been at the facility, the time they've been waiting for a staff member or provider, and which staff member or provider is currently in their room or was most recently with them.

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Technology-driven hybrid working across enterprises. This disruptive change continues with renewed vigor. New disruptive technologies include the Metaverse and Web3.0, automated systems, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered devices, including better chatbots and robots.

WHY IMPORTANT

Investment bank Goldman Sachs sees the Metaverse as an $8-trillion opportunity. And according to JP Morgan the economics of the Metaverse – or metanomics – offers opportunities in almost every area of business with a market opportunity of $1 trillion in annual revenue in a few years. Early this year, JP Morgan became the first bank in the US to open a lounge in the Metaverse, Decentraland. Decentraland, powered by the Ethereum blockchain, lets users buy plots of land with MANA cryptocurrency (used in transacting in the Metaverse).

Analyst firm Gartner predicts that by 2026, one-fourth or 25% of the world’s internet users will spend at least an hour a day in the Metaverse for working, shopping, learning, social interactions, etc.

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With rapid workplace transformation evident across industries, whether that’s moving to hybrid working or adopting new technologies, what can we expect from 2023? Here are five predictions for the coming year.

WHY IMPORTANT

Co-development projects where robotics companies and customers work together in developing specific solutions are also bound to increase in 2023 and beyond. Ultimately these allow customers to directly influence the product they are buying, while at the same time delivering valuable feedback for the robotic companies – meaning they will be able to launch a product to the benefit of the whole market.

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Scientists Blown Away by the Toughest Material on Earth – “Unexpected Transformation”

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“In the same units, the toughness of a piece of silicon is one, the aluminum airframe in passenger airplanes is about 35, and the toughness of some of the best steels is around 100. So, 500, it’s a staggering number.”

WHY IMPORTANT

Scientists have measured the highest toughness ever recorded, of any material, while investigating a metallic alloy made of chromium, cobalt, and nickel (CrCoNi). Not only is the metal extremely ductile – which, in materials science, means highly malleable – and impressively strong (meaning it resists permanent deformation), its strength and ductility improve as it gets colder. This runs counter to most other materials in existence.

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The cleaving of the manager role into two distinct, possibly at odds, roles.

WHY IMPORTANT

uncertainty about the future, and the future of work, still looms. As the skills gap widens, budgets tighten, and hybrid work remains the norm, it’s abundantly clear that organizations will need to focus their efforts on the people currently within their workforce in 2023

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Do this monthly to speed up your phone - Clear your smartphone cache. Safari and other browsers explained in the link

WHY IMPORTANT

Think of your browser cache as a digital storage closet. Over time, an iPhone stores website data like photos and banners in that closet to retrieve them when you visit a site. Most of the time, this speeds up your browsing. Before too long, though, that closet gets cluttered, and the contents may no longer match what you need.

Here's what to do.

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone.

2. Select Safari from the list of apps.

3. Go to Advanced > Website Data.

4. Scroll down and select Remove All Website Data.

5. Choose Remove Now in the pop-up box.

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