1. Validate Why You Should Go to That Event If you’re still in that phase where you’re trying to determine your ideal target, don’t go. Unless it’s a cheap, local affair, you’ll spend far too much and receive little-to-no benefit. Once you know who your ideal target is, only choose events where decision makers in your target audience will be present, preferably in droves. After display, travel, entry, and any other associated costs, going all-in at a trade show will cost you at least several thousand dollars....

We asked seven entrepreneurs what hiring mistakes startup founders should avoid. Check out their answers below and make sure your startup team is set up for success: Overlooking Attitude/Cultural Fit in Favor of Skills You should hire attitude and train skills: Negativity is toxic and can destroy a small company. Overlooking these attitude and cultural fits because you need to fill a certain skills gap can be tempting. I know this firsthand as I made that mistake with an early employee and it turned into a painful situation for everyone....

– Joshua Dorkin of BiggerPockets – Johnathan Long of Marketing Domination Media – Danny Wong of Blank Label – Shawn Porat of Judgement Marketplace – Reuben Yonatan of GetVoIP Engage Them in Your Product – Jayna Cooke of EVENTup – Kumar Arora of Rogue Eyewear

– Marcela De Vivo of Gryffin – Josh Sprague of Orange Mud – Mattan Griffel of OneMonth – Rahul Varshneya of Appreneurship Academy – Dave Nevogt of HubStaff – Phil Laboon of EyeFlow – Doreen Bloch of Poshly LinkedIn – Obinna Ekezie of Wakanow

1. Decide What You Should Write About For most new writers, it’s quite difficult to find a topic to write about, and this leads to a lot of wasted time and energy. The best advice: create a list of specific topics or just headlines on a Google Spreadsheet and approach each one of them one by one. Before you start writing, you better spend a few minutes on brainstorming, as this can save you a lot of time....

That’s right, artificial intelligence has racked up another victory against humanity, this time in an air combat simulator commonly known as a “dog fight.” The software is named ALPHA and is made by Psibernetix, an AI development and consultation startup based out of Cincinnati, OH. The technology took on retired US Air Force Colonel Gene Lee, an experienced combat pilot and instructor whose students number in the thousands. His description of the ALPHA’s arial prowess was unsettling to say the least: As the developers put it, the technology is not only simple but also adheres to the cutest set of rules anyone has ever heard of, named “fuzzy logic....

Thankfully, billions of dollars have been poured into advancing cancer testing and treatment over the years and we have better tools and procedures than ever before. Analyzing Next Generation Cancer Testing The physical, emotional, and financial impact of cancer is hard to quantify. After all, how can you possibly put labels on diseases that are so atrocious and devastating to individuals and their families? According to data gathered by Cancer....

Online security is a perpetually evolving world of hacks and breaches that can be pretty hard to navigate, particularly for those unfamiliar with everyday best practices. From ransomware to phishing scams, the modern internet is a minefield of traps and hacks that could see your personal information sold to the highest bidder. To make matters worse, hackers are coming up with new ways to gain access to your accounts every day, and the innovations are getting pretty wild, particularly considering the information from this new study....

Allay is the country’s first virtual health insurance brokerage platform. They assist companies with 500 employees or less in providing certified benefits to all employees, the need for which is abundantly clear. Allay also eases companies into the new system by providing HR advisors that are experienced and knowledgable in the field. This will help companies not only feel comfortable with their health insurance set up, but will also help them to find the perfect plan....

Many people sleep on their stomach or on elevated pillows that angle the head in the opposite direction of their spine. Ideally, you want to sleep on your back with your ears even with your shoulders, neck supported in neutral spinal postures, and shoulders relaxed and flat. You should sleep ON the bed, rather than IN the bed. Below, you can find six sleep hacks to ensure you sleep well and maintain a healthy neck and back....

Still, there remains some distance between the expectations that consumers have about their app experiences and what businesses are providing. Consumers regularly browse for products that they are considering, make those purchases, watch videos, do banking transactions, interact on social media, and play games. However, while many feel that they should expect a seamless experience, few businesses and organizations have actually reached the point that they are providing it. In order to meet the needs of modern-day consumers, apps need to provide:...

The insanity of charging cables has a long and storied history. A mere ten years ago, there were 30 different charging cables and ports on the market, an undeniable nightmare for anyone with more than one device that wasn’t fiercely loyal to a single brand. Now, in 2020, we’re down to only three — USB-C, Lightning, and micro-USB — with the outdated micro-USB decidedly on its way out. And, if an EU ban goes into effect, we could finally be down to one....

Fortunately, Apple has just announced its annual Apple Camps, a series of three-day summer programs for kids ages 8 to 12. The camps will take place at Apple stores across the US, which will likely be a familiar stomping ground for most of the attendees along with their parents. Unique to the program this year, Apple will be partnering with Tynker to introduce kids to programming through interactive play. This will effectively teaching them visual-based coding through puzzle-solving and games....

One thing is for sure, hackers are going to continue to cause chaos for businesses and our government for personal or political gains. It means the next wave of cybersecurity experts need to be extra vigilant to maintain the security of our nation’s data. From the battlefield to the ballot box, experts are witnessing a new generation of strategic war games, and the government and other agencies need companies to help decipher and develop the latest technology....

Beards of SXSW is an Instagram account dedicated to precisely that: beards of SXSW; the account features pictures of guys rocking beards at the music, film, and interactive festival. Yeah…it’s literally just pictures of random guys spotted around SXSW growing those magical gardens on their faces. Considering the rise in the popularity of the “lumbersexual” and the thousands of attendees at this year’s SXSW, it’s actually surprising to discover that the Instagram account has less than 300 followers....

With presidential campaigns ramping up to the 2020 election, some presidential candidates have taken hard stances on tech policy. Elizabeth Warren, for instance, has called for the breaking up of big tech companies, and Donald Trump is reconsidering his tariffs because of the negative effects on Apple’s competitive edge. Now, Bernie Sanders is throwing his hat in the ring with his plan to ban the use of facial recognition technology in law enforcement investigations....

Why? I’ve been following Bitmoji for a while because first off, I feel like everybody uses the platform. But more importantly they engage their users in really fun, innovative ways to stay relevant. Case in point, to celebrate Inside Out they’ve create their very first movie theme pack. It’s an exclusive tie-in that features 15 new bitmojis being released. The movie itself takes place inside the mind of Riley, an 11 year old girl guided by five Emotions: Joy, Amy Poehler; Fear, Bill Hader; Anger, Lewis Black; Disgust, Mindy Kaling; and Sadness, Phyllis Smith....

Tech Cocktail: Why is this needed in New York? Daniel Ahmadizadeh: Moving to New York City is expensive. When you’re looking to find an apartment, most of the time you’re forced to pay a broker 15% of your first year of rent (around $3,000 based on the average rent in NYC). Why not just skip the broker and go straight to Craigslist? Fake listings are often made by brokers to attract prospective tenants to call them and offer their “real” listings (there’s more…but we’ll leave it at that)....

Of course, there are ways to at least have a hint about the phone number’s owner: you can either use apps like WhitePages, Number Guru, and PrivacyStar, or you can give it your best shot and Google it. The only problem with the above is that you are losing precious minutes, while you should be focusing your energy on more productive actions than looking up a phone number just to find out that maybe it was your ex with a phone number you didn’t know....

This time, those potentially affected included anyone unfortunate enough to have used websites serviced by content delivery company Cloudflare. The now infamous “Cloudbleed” bug resulted in an overflow error causing potentially sensitive website data of its enterprise customers to leak onto the internet – some of it rapidly indexed by search engines like Google. While the leak was quickly identified by a Google researcher, the damage could have been far worse, potentially compromising a stunningly broad swath of private internet content: ride hailing data, hotel reservations, even dating site messages....