Alex Williams

1 week ago | cacm.acm.org | David Geer |Alex Williams |Sam Greengard

Cybercriminals are using artificial intelligence (AI) to create spear phishing attacks personalized against a specific individual. According to CNN, fraudsters recently used deepfake technology to fabricate a videoconference with a company’s CFO, convincing a Hong Kong finance worker to send them $25 million. Cybersecurity companies are countering with AI-enabled analysis of video data to detect deepfakes.

1 week ago | cacm.acm.org | Sam Greengard |Alex Williams |Chris Edwards

Throughout history, people have found ways to stay connected to loved ones who have died. They visit gravesites, tuck away personal belongings, create shrines, and sometimes perform elaborate rituals that involve food, song, and dance. Now, digital technology is altering the way people think about death—and how they process sorrow. A growing array of grief apps aim to deliver resources and support during difficult times.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Alex Williams

He was the last surviving member of a retro-minded string trio whose celebration of prewar songs of the rural South put them at the heart of the folk revival. Tracy Schwarz, the last surviving member of the New Lost City Ramblers, an influential folk trio whose reverential approach to the lost music of the rural South stood in contrast to more commercial acts like the Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary, died on March 29 in Elkins, W.Va. He was 86.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Alex Williams

John Douglas Thornton was born on April 9, 1965, in Wichita, Kan. After getting his diploma from Wichita Northwest High School in 1983, he earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Trinity University in San Antonio, graduating first in his class in 1987. He worked for McKinsey & Company before heading to Stanford University, where he received a Master of Business Administration degree in 1991. Then he joined Austin Ventures, where he guided nearly 50 software investments.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Alex Williams

Kathan Brown, founder of San Francisco-based company Crown Point Press, who helped revive the centuries-old art of intaglio printmaking in the United States, producing limited-edition prints by artists such as Elaine de Kooning, Chuck Close, and Francesco Clemente, died March 10 at her home in the Bay Area. She was 89. Her death was confirmed by her son, Kevin Parker.