How social media is killing your dreams
Social media is one of the greatest inventions of the 21st century. Facebook allows you to keep in touch with your friends, regardless where on the globe they live. If you have in-demand professional skills, LinkedIn allows you to move up the career ladder with only a fraction of the Continue Reading
How can you help to defeat the Russian war machine and why you should
On the 24th of February 2022, Russian armed forces invaded Ukraine. They started by bombing airports and other parts of civilian and military infrastructure. Then, large columns of Russian ground forces have crossed into Ukraine from Russia and Belarus. This all has happened without any declaration of war and without Continue Reading
How to Protect Against Ransomware
Ransomware is one of the most prevalent cyberattacks worldwide. The recently released FBI and Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)’s report shows that in 2020, there were at least 2,474 ransomware complaints which is double the number of complaints recorded the previous years. Companies also lost over $29.1 million to ransomware. Continue Reading
Why you can get sued for negative online reviews
Virtually every business these days gets reviewed online. And it’s a good thing. If, in the past, you wouldn’t know how good a business is unless you personally know someone who used it, today you can know it just by doing couple of clicks on the web. Of course, you Continue Reading
4 Most Common Types of Cybersecurity Threats
There’s every indication that the pandemic is changing the nature of cybersecurity. Online threats are evolving to match our new remote-work paradigm, with 91% of businesses reporting an increase in cyberattacks during the coronavirus outbreak. Hackers are getting more and more sophisticated and targeted in their attacks. Many of these cyber threats have Continue Reading
Why Facebook made the right decision by blocking mainstream news in Australia
Australian government has decided that big tech companies, such as Facebook and Google, must pay the news companies for any content that appears on their platforms. Af first, the tech giants tried to negotiate their way out of it. But the government didn’t budge and said that it will go Continue Reading
How to make money by creating online courses
There are many ways of making money online, whether you choose to do it as your main activity or as a side project. And today, we will be talking about the method that I am most familiar with – publishing online courses. I have been doing it as a side-activity Continue Reading
How to properly form an opinion on a scientific topics
Even though we live in the 21st century, a large proportion of world’s population is scientifically illiterate. This especially became apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic, when understanding science became, to some extent, a matter of life and death. This needs to change. If you don’t know how to properly form Continue Reading
Very simple ways to tell if a website is unsafe to register on
Now and again, you can hear news stories about large-scale cyber attacks. Many of those are done to obtain personal data. The cybercriminals can then use it for more targeted attacks in the future. Unfortunately, there is no way to completely insulate yourself from the theft of your sensitive personal Continue Reading
Taking advantage of manipulative social media mechanisms as a user
Social media is built upon powerful manipulative algorithms that can influence behavior of its users. However, it is also a very powerful tool that can greatly aid you in education, building your business, developing your career and exerting your influence in other ways. Even though most of the mechanisms that Continue Reading
