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LA Public Defender CIO digitizes to divert people to programs, not prison

CIO Business Intelligence

Al Rawi shares the passion of the public defenders’ office and employs his digital talents to help divert people to “programs, not cages,” he says, paraphrasing his boss’s key objective to ‘get people out of jail and keep them out of jail.’ “Our No one can access trial lawyers unless you have half a million in the bank.

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Apple’s ‘notebook upgrade program’ could get businesses new M1 Macs for $30 per month

The Verge

Mac notebook upgrade program marketing to apparent business partners | Image: @MaxWinebach. Apple has apparently introduced a business-only program that enables members to obtain and eventually upgrade computers for a relatively low monthly fee. CIT Group’s offer for a ‘Mac Notebook Upgrade Program’. Image: CIT Group.

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Generative AI: the Shortcut to Digital Modernisation

CIO Business Intelligence

Faster app development: By leveraging Generative AI, companies can automate documentation generation, improve software reusability, and seamlessly integrate AI functions such as chatbots and image recognition into low-code applications. A poorly structured approach to application modernisation also potentially leads to data breaches.

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North Korean Hackers Intensify Cyberattacks on South's Arms Industry

SecureWorld News

The apparent goal is to illegally obtain classified data, research, and intellectual property related to South Korea's most sensitive arms programs. Documentation on the Lazarus Group contains dozens of TTPs that can be analyzed against defensive infrastructure maturity and assets of an organization to prioritize and harden against attack."

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Seattle-area software engineer charged for attempting to defraud CARES Act of $1.5M

GeekWire

Baoke Zhang , a 35-year-old software engineer at ride hailing giant Lyft, is facing bank and wire fraud charges for what federal prosecutors called a “brazen scheme” to defraud the U.S. government’s recently launched Paycheck Protection Program. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

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Making data accessible with OCR

Dataconomy

OCR stands for optical character recognition and it allows computers to recognize and interpret text that appears in images, such as scanned documents or photographs. From improving healthcare outcomes to enhancing fraud prevention in the banking industry, the potential applications of OCR technology are truly limitless.

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Rules targeting financial criminals will require new filings for startups and small businesses

GeekWire

There are 23 categories of exemptions, including larger businesses, nonprofits, banks and credit unions; many of these are excluded because their ownership information is captured through other means. At a high level, the reporting requirements are simple, but for some individuals and organizations it gets tricky. “But we’ll see.”