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10 MUST READS TODAY

Tuesday
October 30, 2018

1	Fast Forward

Fast Forward

Will Artificial Intelligence Save Us From the Next Cyberattack?

Cyber storm chasers combine artificial intelligence and human skills to battle data theft and privacy violations.

Employees at FedEx in the U.S., Telefónica in Spain and the National Health Service in the U.K. opened their work computers one day in May 2017 to find they no longer had access to thousands of crucial documents. A message appeared demanding payment in bitcoin to have them restored. The ransomware attack known as WannaCry afflicted more than 200,000 people in 150 countries, according to Europol, and was the largest of its kind in recent history. The threat of this sort of crippling data security breach has tech giants turning to artificial intelligence for solutions.

As online hackers increasingly use advanced technology for penetrative attacks, the companies that host our private information also are engaging the most advanced systems available in a bid to protect us. Microsoft, IBM and Cisco are among the many technology companies depending more than ever on machine learning and AI to defend their customers’ identities and data, around the clock and in real time.

2	Rising Stars

Rising Stars

The Heretic Adman Shaking Up Europe

Andrea Stillacci is the CEO, founder and the head heretic at Herezie, a punk-style and award-winning French ad agency.

In the heart and heat of Paris in late spring, Andrea Stillacci sits somewhere in the 16th arrondissement, close to the Eiffel Tower.

The locale? A 22,000-square-foot, former early-20th-century nursery. It’s somehow fitting when you consider the kind of dream factory that Stillacci, an Italian-born punk rocker, has brought to bear for everyone from Coca-Cola and Barilla to Amazon and Google, where making a brand breathe and live is part of a special kind of alchemy. And those big corporate names should in no way obscure how and why Stillacci came, saw and conquered the subversive mysteries of getting people to care about shit they got along without just fine before advertising came along. The result? According to AdForum, his firm, Herezie, has pulled in more awards than any other indie agency in France.

Opinion

With One Week to Go, Democrats Tighten Grip on the House

OZY’s exclusive election forecast shows Dems with a 98 percent chance of taking the House, but Republicans have a 90 percent chance of holding the Senate.

This election season is roaring to a close with a frenzy of controversy and violence that makes the outcome feel less than certain. But the numbers tell of a hardening reality: a split Capitol come January.

Democrats are deploying a huge cash advantage in the U.S. House to potentially run up the score, while red states are coming home for Republicans in a big way to secure their hold on the U.S. Senate. That’s the latest from OZY’s exclusive election forecast in partnership with Republican data and technology firm 0ptimus.

Good Sh*t

Ever Feel Boxed In? Try Breaking Out of a Haunted New Orleans Mansion

Ghost tours and the French Quarter are clichéd tourist traps. How about a live game of Clue instead?

5	Fast Forward

Germany Cracks Productivity Puzzle as Others Lag

While the U.K.’s productivity is slipping dramatically, Deutschland is offering a model for how companies and countries can stay competitive.

Flashback

The Black Texas Congresswoman Who Took On Nixon

Barbara Jordan paved the way for women like Kamala Harris and Stacey Abrams.

7	Fast Forward


How Christian Siriano Launched the Body Positivity Movement

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