AI of Things 4 companies using Big Data to address Water Scarcity Water scarcity is an increasingly serious issue. It is estimated that by 2025, 1.8 billion people will face “absolute water scarcity”. The United Nations recognized the seriousness of this...
Ana Zamora Hackathons are not just for developers By Glyn Povah, Head of Global Product Development at LUCA. Hackathon is derived from the English words “hack” and “marathon”, and if you Google the word “hackathon” you’ll get something...
AI of Things 4 Data Enthusiasts changing the world as we know it It is becoming increasingly apparent that NGOs and governments are creating more roles in the Data Science discipline. Using Big Data for social good is all about coming up with new...
AI of Things When Big Data meets art In this world of ours, it is normal to feel overwhelmed by the amount of information, facts and data we encounter everyday – and the quantity we are generating...
AI of Things How we’re mapping Climate Change with Big Data At the 2014 U.N. Climate Change Summit in New York City, U.S. President Barak Obama shared his thoughts on the seriousness of climate change. While acknowledging other pressing issues...
AI of Things 5 degree programs for becoming a Data Scientist At LUCA, our Data Scientists are at the heart of what we do. Recruiting these valuable team members can be a challenge, though, because they are in such high...
AI of Things Poverty Insights in Guatemala using Big Data “No poverty” is the first of the U.N.’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals and it is closely linked with several other goals, including zero hunger, reduced inequality, and good health and...
Beatriz Sanz Baños José Ignacio Guerra: “We’re playing a leading role in IoT scene in Latin America” The Telefónica R&D centre (TID in Spanish) in Chile is a benchmark for Internet of Things technologies. This is the only research complex in Latin America to bring together all the...
AI of Things 4 times Big Data invaded the world of Fashion The relationship between Big Data and Fashion stems back to 2013 when giants like ASOS and Gap started to use data to enhance their customer shopping experience – revolutionizing the way consumers buy garments online. 1. Chanel’s Data...
AI of Things Axonix acquire mobile geolocation startup Statiq This week, our programmatic trading platform, Axonix, has acquired British mobile geolocation data startup Statiq in our continued pursuit of data-driven business opportunities. The investment has been driven by...
Innovation Marketing Team Partnerships that escalate entrepreneurship and innovate the corporation: Ten Wayra startups that do business with Vivo With 10 years of operations, Wayra has transformed the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Brazil and worldwide. Since its launch in 2011, when it was created to support entrepreneurship, Wayra has...
ElevenPaths Mum, I want to be a hacker The hacker concept is most often associated with male ‘techies’ and ‘geeks’. But why is it so difficult to find female role models in the world of technology? We...
Florence Broderick Quick and dirty script in Powershell to check certificate fingerprints Malware is using signed binaries to attack Windows systems. Malware needs it to get into the roots of the operative system. So attackers steal or create their own certificates....
Florence Broderick How to bypass antiXSS filter in Chrome and Safari (discovered by ElevenPaths) Modern browsers usually have an antiXSS filter, that protects users from some of the consequences of this kind of attacks. Normally, they block cross site scripting execution, so the...
Florence Broderick How does blacklisting work in Java and how to take advantage of it (using whitelisting) Oracle has introduced the notion of whitelisting in its latest version of Java 7 update 40. That is a great step ahead (taken too late) in security for this...
