In today's world, business processes depend largely on technology. With increase in automation, corporate fraud is also on the rise. Unscrupulous individuals exploit weaknesses in security and controls to commit crimes that cost firms millions of dollars. Businesses...
Dead Sea Scrolls Website Enhanced by New Update
In 2012, in collaboration with Google Research and Development Center in Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) had launched the 'Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library', a website that allows viewing and searching the Dead Sea Scrolls online. The project...
Data Mining Applications Helping to Restrict Recalls in the Automobile Industry
The automobile industry is one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the global market. However, it is also one that is plagued by consumer-troubling recalls. The news is that data mining techniques are helping to limit these costly recalls. In October,...
NSA Analyzing Internet Images for Facial Recognition
The National Security Agency (NSA) is harvesting millions of photos posted online everyday as part of its global surveillance program. Digital images captured from social media, emails, text messages, and other communication portals are analyzed with a view to facial...
Mining Student Data
Data analytics companies are mining information about children when they are active online. Analyzing the thoughts and mental abilities of children when they are online helps them understand their behavior. The danger is that this data can be shared and sold for...
Data Analytics Discloses Factors Impacting Bitcoin Prices
Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer payment system (digital currency) that has attained wide popularity in the last couple of years. Two years back, the value of a bitcoin was around $5. But today, its value has increased to around $600. An economist, Ladislav Kristoufek at the...
Massive Data Breach Caused Target’s CEO to Resign
Customer data breach is raising concerns for many organizations. A recent incident happened at Target makes it clear that data breaches not only affect the staff group, but higher officials as well. The latest victim is Target's chief executive, Gregg Steinhafel, who...
Health Insurance Form Processing Backlog Running into Thousands
Lingering backlogs of applications for wellness insurance coverage has left American health officials in dilemma. It was disclosed recently that the Massachusetts Health Connector, the independent state agency that helps people find health insurance, had a backlog of...
Internship Program to Develop Job Skills in Students with Special Needs
Young adults and teenagers with special needs face unique challenges. Once they complete high school requirements, it's important that they be equipped with skills that will help them get a job. Training students for jobs and for independent living should be started...
Data Mining Helps in Detection of Epidemic Outbreaks
Epidemic outbreaks that spread rapidly pose serious threats at all times. Its early detection helps in preventing the spread of infectious diseases if there is an outbreak. Latest studies claim that data mining search engines, aggregator websites and social media...